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Originally Posted by Andysan
Whilst I'm inclined to agree, it does at least ensure parity - five minutes doesnt leave a lot of time for error, meaning a check could overrun for some teams, or may mean that the scrutineers miss the large sharpened spike strapped to the front bumper. 
Stickers are a good idea I think. |
I am all for making sure all the cars are legal, but with pre-race checks as well, then 2x15min checks during the race it just seems a bit over the top. This will mean each car is being checked for half an hour during the race, there are 15 cars, is someone really going to do 7½ hours of checks during the race?
Also how much is going to be able to be changed between the 1st and 2nd in race checks? The car will be on track most of the time. I would have thought that 10 mins would have been more than enough to check the cars then a 2nd check of 5 mins. As John said in a previous post the check will most likely not take more than 5 mins, so it seems pretty pointless having the cars sat at the side doing nothing.