Sentences with phrase «grid penalty system»

Formula 1 chief Ross Brawn believes the sport's grid penalty system is rapidly getting out of control

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Grid penalties have become the biggest joke in F1 in recent times and in 2018, the system for working out the grid will change yet again.

YouTube user Chain Bear F1 has created a video to explain how grid penalties are applied, showing the old systems and how things will work this coming season.

But it also mocks the imposed engine limit and penalty system, and could create a scenario in which half the grid is taking penalties for freedom of development, leaving the few teams happy with their output to continue, with no choice offered to the lesser financed teams.

It might not be so bad, but the news comes in the wake of the Italian Grand Prix, where 150 places worth of grid penalties made a bit of a mockery of the sport, leading to many teams and even Ross Brawn calling for an overhaul of the system.

After a slightly farcical Monza weekend in which 150 places worth of grid penalties were split among nine drivers, F1 chiefs said that the whole system of punishment for penalising component changes needed overhauling.

With nine drivers taking penalties on the Italian Grand Prix grid, it is safe to say that something is very, very wrong with today's system.