Disqualification of Lewis Hamilton and Charles Leclerc: What went wrong in the Chinese GP -Ui consequences | F1 news
Following the disqualification of Charles Leclerca and Lewis Hamilton on Grand Prix on China, Bernie Collins Sky Sports F1 looked more at what happened and the consequences that go ahead.
The Leclerc car was 1 kg below the 800 -pound car weight limit, and Hamilton’s board under the car had excessive spending by half a millimeter.
The couple finished fifth and sixth in the race, but Ferrari left Sunday Grand Prix without any points.
Did Ferrari have contributed to the disqualification of Hamilton?
Hamilton won Saturday Sprint in a great way, but Ferrari, like everyone else, still made changes to the changes to adapt or improve for Sunday’s race.
Bernie says: “I don’t think it’s unusual to change the setting after the sprint, because in Sprint you know you will never run 100 kg of fuel.
“One of these changes could increase your right height as you know you will have to start with a higher fuel.
“What is different between this and Austin two years ago [when Hamilton’s Mercedes was excluded for the same reason]You were not allowed to change the placement between the sprints and the main race, so when you were read in the sprint, you could not respond to it.
“There were a lot more management in Sprint than the main race because they worked more circles by pushing for a hard tire, while they did a lot of administration in Sprint on the medium, so it would not surprise me if the wear and use of fuel is increasing in the main race.”
Has Hamilton’s two tables strategy affected wearing a board?
Hamilton was the only driver in the original Top 10 who made a two -foot race after starting on the middle tires and Pitting for the stubborn in Circle 13 and the stubborn in circle 37 in the 56 rounds race.
BC says: “The two -year will lead to push more in each circle. The only light contra to Lewis is because he made two points on the hard, passes through that phase of grain, which controls the pace a little.
“The only other thing for Lewis is that I do not know if he had a damage to the leclerc incident? FIA say there were no” alleviating circumstances “and if Ferrari could prove the damage or lack of strength, they could do so, but they didn’t.
“As for Leclerc, who made comprehensive, people said it might be one-off. They didn’t know how heavy tires would be worn, so they didn’t have an estimated loss of a hard tire, but they were allowed to take over and they changed Leclerc’s front wing.
“I don’t know where the loss comes from.”
Does Ferrari have a core car design problem?
Interestingly, in Paddock, after Australia, there was a whisper that Ferrari had to lift his car to open the season to avoid too much of the board. Until the team commented on the alleged question, Hamilton was disqualified due to the excessive wearing of the board a week later, he raised his eyebrows.
Bernie says: “It would be standard for everyone to pick up a car in Australia because of the rush and they are harmful to carry strength and boards.
“In Australia, Ferrari were not so strong. Some came down to the strategy, but the performance in qualifying were not so strong, so they may have a car that is very sensitive to the height of driving in terms of performance of Aero. All of these cars are because all cars are based on, but it may be more sensitive than others.
“I would be surprised that Sprint in China is not a good enough indicator that you will be illegal on the board wearing.
“If they got what we would call a” top “driving height, which means that there is a very small optimal driving height where you can have a good aerodynamic platform, this is a problem for a car.
“You want to be suitable for starting a series of driving heights due to all these range of trails. For example, there are intense sidewalks in Austria, so you want to add a little driving height there.
“Maybe Aero platform is too high.”
What will Ferrari do now to ensure that they are legal for Suzuk?
Bernie says: “Basically, the job of a runner engineer is that the car is legal. Every race engineer for each car lies on them that the car is legal.
“They will try to understand why it is illegal in both cases, in weight and wearing a board. It would be nice to know if Leclerc was legal on wearing a board. We know that Lewis’s car was legal, because all cars were checked by weight. We don’t know if Leclerc was legal on carrying a boards because he was not verified for him.
“The teams will know how many cars fall out. They will go through all their actions to see what is that it has taken over the restriction and what marriage needs to change.
“I do not believe that someone outdoors out there, thinking it will be illegally on the plants and I hope they will not check them.”
What does all this mean for Hamilton’s relationship with Ferrari engineers?
Bernie says: “It’s a blow because Ferrari had a wrong strategy in Australia, they were disqualified in China, so they should have done better, and they probably had a wrong strategy because Lewis didn’t need a second time.
“Lewis really fought in the car on Sunday, and the car was illegal. The changes in setting did not respond in the way he wanted it, or he would not be so slow in the race, and were illegal.
“So it’s a rush. If they go through it and find everything that is wrong, Lewis can overcome it pretty quickly. But it’s one of those little things that adds a lack of confidence.
“When Sebastian Vettel came to us to Aston Martin, I really wanted him to think we were good at his jobs.
“I really wanted him to go” if he invites me to the pit, I’ll do it, “because I believe the team. Now we had a strategy, a thing and now a disqualification, so the driver is not sure.”
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