ROUND 2: 🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia

FORMULA 1 STC SAUDI ARABIAN GRAND PRIX 2024

Circuit stats

  • First Grand Prix: 2021
  • Number of laps: 50
  • Circuit Length: 6.174 km
  • Race Distance: 308.45 km
  • Lap record: 1:30.734 Lewis Hamilton (2021)
  • 2023 winner: Sergio Perez

Track Map

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  • milk
    7·
    10 months ago

    What happened to that Norris jumpstart? Did the stewards forget

    • TheYang@lemmy.world
      11·
      10 months ago

      I believe sky mentioned that the jump-start sensors didn’t trip, indicating that he didn’t cross (or touch?) the line.

      Basically he stopped far enough back that his movement did not leave his designated area.

      • Worx@lemmynsfw.comEnglish
        3·
        10 months ago

        This is the rules reason he didn’t get a penalty.

        From a fairness standpoint, correcting from his early start threw him off and he lost a couple of places because he was slow on the real start.

    • guylacaptivite@sh.itjust.works
      63·
      10 months ago

      They were too busy giving 10 sec penalties to Magnussen for actual racing. Ok maybe the Albon pinch was penalty worthy but 10 seconds?

      • derekmceachern@fedia.io
        4·
        10 months ago

        I thought so too but it sounded like that was the new rule this year that they had to give a 10 second penalty.

        • guylacaptivite@sh.itjust.works
          3·
          10 months ago

          Ahh didn’t know about that thanks for the precision. Still feels a bit harsh to me, especially the second one where he went wide.