Ok this is a much more interesting question: What do you think of this suggestion by Whitting that he says would make sure they wouldnt have that same controversy? Whiting has an idea that would stop this sort of controversy from recurring in the future. He said: "Why don't we extend qualifying by one minute when a yellow flag is shown in the last three minutes? "It would give affected drivers the chance to try again." My question for him would be this... What if the guy who overcooks his lap has time enough to make another run and tops the list, would that be fair to the others who might have been much faster on their ruined lap? What about the others who were done and dusted...would they get a chance to do another lap? would all that be fair to the ones who get messed up? Should the guy who ruined the others' quick lap be given another chance to beat the others who got their lap ruined by him? I could see some other controversies coming out of this. What do you think??? Whiting moves to stop Monaco-style qualifying sagas Charlie Whiting wants to prevent a repeat of the Monaco qualifying scandal. Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg have fallen out spectacularly, after Hamilton accused his Mercedes teammate of making a deliberate mistake in the dying minutes of their fight for pole on Saturday. The FIA looked into whether Rosberg triggered the yellow flags on purpose in order to ruin the sister Mercedes' run, but found no evidence of a foul. Many, including Monaco steward Derek Warwick, found it hard to believe Rosberg 'did a Schumacher'. "I know there are conspiracy theories," he told the Daily Mail, "but you will not find a more honest driver in grand prix racing than Nico." Even so, the FIA investigated the incident for hours. "It was not black and white," said Warwick. "It took a long time. We wanted to be sure and thorough. "I have been around a long time and seen people try to pull the wool over my eyes. Did I have doubts in my mind? Of course I did. But he gave me the answers I needed," he added. But Hamilton suggested he saw data late on Saturday that convinced him that Rosberg had acted maliciously. The FIA was not convinced, concluding from detailed telemetry that Rosberg braked only 10 metres later than he had on his pole lap, and was travelling only 6kph faster, according to Germany's Auto Motor und Sport. FIA race director Whiting said: "And both Mercedes drivers braked 8 metres later at Ste Devote than they had before. They were just going flat out." Mercedes team boss Toto Wolff commented: "We will never know if Nico acted deliberately or not. But we give him absolutely 100 per cent the presumption of innocence. "When you are pushing to the maximum, mistakes can happen." Nonetheless, Whiting has an idea that would stop this sort of controversy from recurring in the future. He said: "Why don't we extend qualifying by one minute when a yellow flag is shown in the last three minutes? "It would give affected drivers the chance to try again."
I think Whiting has forgotten that typically drivers won't have enough fuel for another lap. If he's going to extend the session, it would be better to say any driver caught out gets an extra run of outlap/flyer/inlap without an arbitrary time added to the session.
No it wouldn't be. It's why nothing should be changed, Hamilton (and others who were affected) should have put in a better lap to begin with. He did the same in 2011 when Perez had that massive accident!
I must admit I think if something like this happens, then them's the breaks, It's a risk that's always there. In the same way that a yellow flag, safety car, or contact with another car can unfairly affect a race result. If something is blatant (like Schumacher at Monaco) then sanctions exist. Otherwise you take as the kind of bad luck that you hope will even itself out over a season.
This. If Hamilton had put in a fast lap at the start the question of whether Nico did, didn't (ort would not have) made a mistake would not arise. There is no guarantee that Hamilton would have got pole anyway as it's not like he had been massively quicker than anyone else over the weekend anyway. The flag could have been caused by anyone and he still would have been 2nd. If he had nailed his first lap he would not have been in the position of being 2nd in the first place (if that makes sense!?)
Yes, I got what you mean.... Why I posed the question is that that the proposal I think will cause more controversy, so I doubt it will help much.
It's one of those things when it happens. There really isn't a lot you can do about it I'm afraid. It's just something that all drivers have to deal with.
So really Whiting is worried about the controversy..but he must be careful of causing more controversy.
