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GuyAlmighty

I know the drivers are fully aware this stuff is penalised but imagine this happened at your job and they posted the conclusion on social media?


ashyjay

GuyAlmighty was late to a client meeting because they had the trots.


razareddit

ashyjay skipped work today because after a night of heavy drinking, he thought "who the fuck goes to office on a Thursday"? and then violently threw milk on his landlord.


ulTimaS1989

r/oddlyspecific


chipmunk7000

That’s how you make things funny when posing fake scenarios - the more detail the better because it gets wild


alphasierrraaa

Late to staff meeting due to emergency bowel movement penalty rescinded


Flux_resistor

he suffered enough.


alphasierrraaa

His bowel movement generated lance stroll he has suffered enough


tubbyx7

Softs or hards? Hopefully not wets


TheMineA7

Your honour movement is an understatement. It was more like a bowel sprint. A bowel dash


alphasierrraaa

Hurricane Katrina equivalent sized bowel movement sir Hurricane was so bad teams actually ran wet tyres


ItsAMeUsernamio

The driver of car 7 Kimi Raikkonen missed Pele’s presentation because he was having a shit.


charlierc

Back then it was banter. Now it would be a fine both for being late and for saying shit on live TV before the watershed. State of it


PrawilnaMordka

I miss times before political correctness and other public relations shit


Scarfiotti

"didn't give a shit"


Litl_Skitl

Maybe they wanted to warm up a bit given it's the Red Bull Ring. And remind fans of appeals.


RM_Dune

This kind of stuff would be a reprimand/fine at most. It wouldn't impact the race weekend at all.


bigpoppa611

I’m sure there’s room to fit a 5 second penalty to Ocon.


Temporary_Detail716

Trust me. It's better than our gutless owner NOT telling us he's shutting down our office today though Payroll 3 days back told the staff that they are cutting our final checks this week and the rumors are true.


uristmcderp

Using the same form for contractual obligations as sporting penalties makes the FIA seem to believe these media appearances are as important as racing safely.


vksdann

Imagine if he had diarrhea and then it was posted in all media "Driver was late due to brown river situation"


LincolnshireSausage

Their job is literally to entertain the public. Is yours?


novadova2020

He could have arrived on time if the DRS on his private plane didn't malfunction.


RedHotChiliCrab

Can't get DRS unless you're under 1s behind another plane.


Flux_resistor

ladies and gentlemen, as you may notice flight ua666 is next to us and has just challenges us to turn 1. please buckle your seat belts as shit's about to get real.


bigpoppa611

And they touched!


GoldElectric

wing damage wouldn't be great


Flux_resistor

tire management is not that important but don't get the front wing damaged.


Flux_resistor

listen, the pilot flap checked, we had the clear flight path.


TenF

I HAD THE ILS ANGLE. He has to let me land.


grandtheftzeppelin

I was forecast a landing


Thijs420

How fast does a private plane need to go in order for a 1 second gap to exist, without the planes touching/colliding? Paging r/theydidthemath


Eternus91

You can have a 1s gap with any speed


whoTookMyFLACs

Technically correct, the best kind. If they have to be rolling single file, then it depends on their length, if they have to be flying, then it's about the stall speed.


whoTookMyFLACs

Max owns a Dassault Falcon 900EX which is apparently 20m long, so they would have to be going at least 20m/s (72 km/h) to be within 1 second without rubbing against each other.


cacpowpowpow

That's what you get when you don't leave the airspace.


Eastern-Reindeer6838

Is it an African or a European private plane?


Ace3000

It's French, so European. There, now I won't be flung off the Bridge of Death, into the Gorge of Eternal Peril.


Eastern-Reindeer6838

Who are you who are so wise in the ways of science?


Brafo22

Average top speed of private jets is 1100kmh, just divide it with 3.6 to get m/s, 305 meters every second, if you want drs tou gotta be inside those 305 meters


Aethien

Verstappen has a Dassault 900EX which has a cruising speed of 850kph. At that speed the plane travels just over 236 meters per second. The plane has a length of a bit over 20 meters so you could be within drs range of the plane ahead at cruising speeds. Air traffic control would probably be very pissed off at you though.


TonAMGT4

Nah, ATC wouldn’t be pissed off… they would just politely asked if you have a pen to write down a number to call after landing.


Excludos

The dreaded "I have a number for you to call". It's the ATC's version of "I'm not angry, just very disappointed "


UrEx

The same speed if the gap doesn't change. Getting that close together when you probably started after each other is the hard part.


Haganu

Shouldn't have bought a 737 Max


mar33n

Poor Yuki sprinted to the anthem and was barely late and the entire team got a 20k fine😭


Quohd

It's kinda crazy that Tsunoda gets fined 20k for accidentally arriving too late for the anthem while Leclerc and Stroll got off with a reprimand for intentionally dangerous driving in FP


shewy92

Thought didnt they fine Stroll for being sick and skipping a fan thing?


Bgd4683ryuj

Didn’t they also fined AM when Stroll literally went to see a doctor?


bedrooms-ds

Yeah. Maybe it's fair, but the FIA must take into account that the difference in penalties is leading to conspiracy theories against the FIA everywhere in the world. Some Japanese fans are complaining that Yuki always receives racist bias in his penalty. BS, probably, but other sports tend to deliberately balance their penalties.


PradaAndPunishment

This is the first I'm hearing of this from Japanese fans but then FIA decides to give more evidence of that by only giving the Asian driver a fine? Lol


hs52

> but the FIA must take into account that the difference in penalties is leading to conspiracy theories against Why would FIA take fans' conspiracy theories into account? > but other sports tend to deliberately balance their penalties Can you list a few examples?


bedrooms-ds

There are gray zones in rules. Soccer referees, for example, exploit the gray zones to balance the penalties during a match, giving a fair impression to both teams' players. This helps calm the players down and avoid escalation of fouls on the ground. What I implied is that FIA can do similar stuff to avoid looking unfair to Japanese (and to Spanish to Asians to others for that matter).


Vurmalkin

During the game yeah, just as the FIA is exploiting the gray zones during the race. Outside of the games the FIFA is about as ruthless as the FIA, fining teams for showing up late before the match. Fining players/teams for not showing up, or showing up late for pressconferences.


RoySFNR

> Soccer referees, for example, exploit the gray zones to balance the penalties during a match, giving a fair impression to both teams' players. This helps calm the players down and avoid escalation of fouls on the ground. No they don't. What are you even on about?


nativebeans

Yes they do


egg_mugg23

oh this is huge in hockey. often refs will try to balance out the penalties. when one team receives a penalty the other team gets a man advantage for a certain number of minutes. so the refs will try to give equal amounts of penalties to both teams so the man advantage is balanced out, despite what's actually happening in the game.


bannedagainomg

"Team Informed the FIA in advance" might be the key difference here. If i call in saying i will be late i have never gotten in trouble, if i didnt call it might be different idk.


Aromatic_Pianist4859

The only time I've ever been in trouble for being late was the time I gave advance notice. It gave them time to come up with a punishment. (I was 17 and didn't control my transportation.)


PradaAndPunishment

How are Yuki's short legs not considered a transportation issue?


darkxmt

Should be🤣


cheeersaiii

Or Lando getting easily distracted


Shitting_Human_Being

That's why Leclerc cannot park: he has no time to do it properly.


KE55

Couldn't Max use Kimi's "I was having a shit" excuse?


JGreener7

That's ridiculous, this should be a 19 place grid penalty, this sport is a joke


Takis12

Lando approves this message


PradaAndPunishment

So does Logan Sargent


Ari_04

You can start Max a lap behind Logan and Max would still finish ahead of him


justk4y

Honestly, I think you can do the same thing with Zhou or Ocon


LosTerminators

Lando would prefer a 5 second penalty at last week's race instead


Takis12

Let’s see if FIA is listening.


crucible

Herbert as a steward, lucky not to get a life ban at minimum


silly_pengu1n

make it a pitlane start


charlierc

Tbf he would've won from the pits last year and I'm disappointed we didn't get to see Red Bull try 


Tomanelle

I want Zak to appeal it, just for the shits and giggles.


MoXiE_X13

He took some time transforming from his lizard form


charlierc

Red Bull are working on a new aerodynamic solution so that transformation can be a full second per limb faster. Should be ready after the summer break


BarryFairbrother

He was stuck behind Mazepin


BrainNSFW

I mean, we often say the RBR car isn't the best anymore, but this is stretching it a bit Max.


NippyMoto_1

I love how they write “Driver of Car 1 (Max Verstappen)” instead of just Max Verstappen


Litl_Skitl

Maybe standard formatting. For WEC this would make a lot more sense.


Adammmmski

He got a lift in an Alpine.


crownlessdriver

Took long to cover him with bubble wraps


ralphonsob

Nice of them to remind Max that he has the right to appeal the decision. I'm sure he'll be doing that. /s


Blarco

Wait, so even though a rule has been broken, the stewarts can decide not to impose a penalty if they believe it was unfair? I'm trying to figure out why they can make an exception here but not Sainz's car blowing up in Vegas FP1.


mkosmo

Probably a difference in their allowed discretion for something on-track versus ancillary events.


k66lus

I don't think he's ever gonna ask Checo for a lift again.


rrrbin

Sure. The bridge was open. Next time it'll be because *'his canine companion digested his domestic assignments'*.


Cekeste

Ron Dennis as a steward?


rrrbin

:D we missed out on that timeline


Swainix

That is very funny when it happens and half a class is late because a boat passed during peak rush biking hour lol


ycr007

What’s the standard penalty for slackness? €5000 fine for the team?


AlfaRomeoRacingF1

I'm curious too, I would imagine it is monetary and not grid penalty


ChocolateLights

But why would they give him a penalty for something like that? 🤣


mkosmo

Because it's part of driver duties.


ChocolateLights

Okay, what kind of penalty would have they have him?


mkosmo

Depends. Sounds like he wasn’t late because they forgot about it but rather circumstances beyond their control, so it seems a fair penalty to waive, frankly.


Kronzor_

Max really exemplifies "Sorry I'm late, I didn't really want to be here"


ThePhyry22

Someone has to after Kimi


Flux_resistor

that's an elegant way of saying he had the shits and missed his ride.


Noch_ein_Kamel

Should have left earlier. Penalty: 10 grid places


drivemyorange

everyone has a reason to being late


Walmartpancake

I guess the four legs of an lizard isn’t fast enough for a two legged humans


axialintellectual

"The Media Delegate informed the Stewards that the driver of Car 1 was invited to a tea party and made the only reasonable choice."


DamnItJon

Good ol' P


markhewitt1978

10 second penalty for Magnussen.


Skeeter1020

When they first introduced these rules, license penalty points and race bans, there was a theoretical situation where a WDC could be decided by a driver getting stuck in traffic coming to the circuit.


Peanutspitter96

Probably got the shitzzzzz. Happens sometimes


Chaoticc_Neutral_

Ocon 10 second penalty


SaturnRocketOfLove

Didn't this happen to two drivers last year? Don't remember the penalty though or if it was waived


s_dalbiac

Stewards with nothing better to do I see


SatanicBiscuit

whats the penalty? i mean if its few thousands bucks hell i would gladly never show up


Rechuchatumare

maybe he carpool with charles, and had the wrong tires or something


realmenlovezeus

Imagine getting a fine for being late to work because of traffic


Genobee85

[Angry Yuki noises]


Edlar_89

He has some transportation issues on track as well


zamboey01

He was busy simracing. Check his stream!


BigMH85

Does trivial shit like this really need a stewards hearing?


Harleyday07

I guess he got left at the petrol station again 


FerrariStrategisttt

[Document link](https://www.fia.com/sites/default/files/decision-document/2024%20Austrian%20Grand%20Prix%20-%20Infringement%20-%20Car%201%20-%20Media%20Commitment.pdf)


BlackLeader70

Transportation issues = got left at a gas station by Jos again.


Imaginary-Buddy5186

Imagine if he had diarrhoea. FIA: Driver of car 1 Max Verstappen gets a penalty for having diarrhoea


Strassi007

I mean, i absolutely get that there are contracts and much money in the game and i think breaching contracts should be punished; BUT... this shit is why people think F1 is a joke nowadays. And when i read stuff like this, i kind of agree. We want fast ars with good drivers. I don't cre about them answering the same 6 questions every weekend, i don't care about the generic answers that they have to learn as rookies, since they are not allowed to say what they want. Beep swear words if you need to, but just let them be humans; at least outside of the car.


Work_Account89

Yet if this was Logan Sargent. 10 place grid penalty am sure 😂😂


Twodeegee

To be fair Logan Sargeant would be too slow to even make it to the press conference at all instead of just being late.


RSR488

Frigging Jos left him at the gas station again??


ThorsMeasuringTape

If Horner would have just let Jos drive Max to work instead of take the bus, this never would have happened.


Habatcho

Dad left him at the gas station again.


Honourstly

Favouring


mickmenn

Yeah should have disqualified him from championship


Takis12

He should get a life ban from formula 1. He would never be able to return…ohh,wait.


Eremitt-thats-hermit

Really?


Teammmm_990003

Why ?


Bredius88

Those penalties or fines totally depend on how good the stewards' lunch or dinner was, and if there was enough money in the kitty to pay for it!


Teammmm_990003

No. You don’t Evan have evidence for that.


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Jorrie90

Can you back that up?