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Here's the provisional starting grid. FIA clearly used a different set of rules to those published in the regulations, but be that as it may. Should be a fun race tomorrow with plenty cars starting out of place
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Well I called that one.Max will start 7th - the ruling says he must serve the full penalty.
Uploaded it via the app. It looks fine on my phone?
Congrats. Any idea where they found the method they used as it's obviously different to the published regulations?Well I called that one.
Where is this documented? Not saying it's wrong, would just love have the method available for a next time. The current published reg clearly states they first apply penalties to those taking non-back-of-grid penalties and then only the bog penalties. Anyway, as I said earlier, should be a fun raceIf anyone really wants to know how it works:
Qualifying results and penalty
1 16 Charles LECLERC
2 1 Max VERSTAPPEN + 5 = 7
3 55 Carlos SAINZ + 10 + Back of grid = Back of grid
4 11 Sergio PEREZ + 10 = 14
5 44 Lewis HAMILTON + Back of grid = Back of grid
6 63 George RUSSELL
7 4 Lando NORRIS
8 3 Daniel RICCIARDO
9 10 Pierre GASLY
10 14 Fernando ALONSO
11 31 Esteban OCON + 5 = 16
12 77 Valtteri BOTTAS + 15 = 27
13 45 Nyck DE VRIES
14 24 ZHOU Guanyu
15 22 Yuki TSUNODA + 10 + 3 + Back of grid = Bad driver
16 6 Nicholas LATIFI
17 5 Sebastian VETTEL
18 18 Lance STROLL
19 20 Kevin MAGNUSSEN + 15 = 34
20 47 Mick SCHUMACHER + 5 + 10 = 35
Remove those with penalties
1 16 Charles LECLERC
2 63 George RUSSELL
3 4 Lando NORRIS
4 3 Daniel RICCIARDO
5 10 Pierre GASLY
6 14 Fernando ALONSO
7 45 Nyck DE VRIES
8 24 ZHOU Guanyu
9 6 Nicholas LATIFI
10 5 Sebastian VETTEL
11 18 Lance STROLL
Add the penalties to the drivers and place where the number adds up to, even if it's already allocated (like position 7 and 'back of the grid')
1 16 Charles LECLERC
2 63 George RUSSELL
3 4 Lando NORRIS
4 3 Daniel RICCIARDO
5 10 Pierre GASLY
6 14 Fernando ALONSO
7 45 Nyck DE VRIES | 1 Max VERSTAPPEN
8 24 ZHOU Guanyu
9 6 Nicholas LATIFI
10 5 Sebastian VETTEL
11 18 Lance STROLL
14 11 Sergio PEREZ
16 31 Esteban OCON
27 77 Valtteri BOTTAS
34 20 Kevin MAGNUSSEN
35 47 Mick SCHUMACHER
BACK OF GRID - 55 Carlos SAINZ | 44 Lewis HAMILTON | 22 Yuki TSUNODA
Anyone sharing position are sorted by original qualifying position (VER was ahead of DEV in qualifying so he gets 7th and everyone else is pushed down):
1 16 Charles LECLERC
2 63 George RUSSELL
3 4 Lando NORRIS
4 3 Daniel RICCIARDO
5 10 Pierre GASLY
6 14 Fernando ALONSO
7 1 Max VERSTAPPEN
7 45 Nyck DE VRIES
8 24 ZHOU Guanyu
9 6 Nicholas LATIFI
10 5 Sebastian VETTEL
11 18 Lance STROLL
14 11 Sergio PEREZ
16 31 Esteban OCON
27 77 Valtteri BOTTAS
34 20 Kevin MAGNUSSEN
35 47 Mick SCHUMACHER
BACK OF GRID - 55 Carlos SAINZ
BACK OF GRID - 44 Lewis HAMILTON
BACK OF GRID - 22 Yuki TSUNODA
And then "allocate" the start order:
1 16 Charles LECLERC
2 63 George RUSSELL
3 4 Lando NORRIS
4 3 Daniel RICCIARDO
5 10 Pierre GASLY
6 14 Fernando ALONSO
7 1 Max VERSTAPPEN
8 45 Nyck DE VRIES
9 24 ZHOU Guanyu
10 6 Nicholas LATIFI
11 5 Sebastian VETTEL
12 18 Lance STROLL
13 11 Sergio PEREZ
14 31 Esteban OCON
15 77 Valtteri BOTTAS
16 20 Kevin MAGNUSSEN
17 47 Mick SCHUMACHER
18 55 Carlos SAINZ
19 44 Lewis HAMILTON
20 22 Yuki TSUNODA
It was a Ruling/Clarification made by Masi last year and as such overrides the old documentation.Where is this documented? Not saying it's wrong, would just love have the method available for a next time. The current published reg clearly states they first apply penalties to those taking non-back-of-grid penalties and then only the bog penalties. Anyway, as I said earlier, should be a fun race
Unfortunately I missed it as my power has only just come back on and is due to fail again just after the F1 race start.Not F1 but Victor Martins crowned F3 champion, another Alpine backed driver to win that level. Chaos at the end as there were so many penalties that it took 25mins to figure out who had won
F2 has 3 of the top 5 contenders out on lap 1
Here's the 2022 rules (i.e. post Masi). The FIA really are clueless ito organisational elements.It was a Ruling/Clarification made by Masi last year and as such overrides the old documentation.
It will be written down somewhere and is probably in a rules update, just not made public in light of the end of year fiasco as Masi's notes were probably sealed.

Where is this documented? Not saying it's wrong, would just love have the method available for a next time. The current published reg clearly states they first apply penalties to those taking non-back-of-grid penalties and then only the bog penalties. Anyway, as I said earlier, should be a fun race
Thats a nice visualisation of my understanding!
Yeah, I'm just trying to figure out how they decided on this method.Thats a nice visualisation of my understanding!
The FIA doesn't make sense...Yeah, I'm just trying to figure out how they decided on this method.
It was invented by the Ferrari Strategy team, confusing, illogical and guaranteed to send someone to the back of the pack.Yeah, I'm just trying to figure out how they decided on this method.