Could it be time to reconsider pit window rules introduced by Super Formula in 2019? Much has changed since then...🤔 👇
The powers that be didn’t like the idea of drivers having to save fuel to make it to the end after a very early stop, or the prospect of a driver down the grid starting on the medium, pitting and then cashing in on an early safety car period to grab the win, much as that year’s eventual championPerhaps that way of thinking had some merit, but for 2020 the medium tyre that was so hated by drivers at the time was scrapped, eliminating the problem of drivers having their races compromised by...
The only possible justification for having the pit window set at lap 10 is that safety car periods tend to occur more often in the early laps. But, as the events of Fuji showed, they can easily happen just before the window too, leaving the entire field with little choice but to all head for the pits in unison, at a stroke removing any strategic intrigue from a race.
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