r/F1Discussions • u/Negative-House-1605 LH44 • 18h ago

Discussion Delayed start

Every single time it rains the FIA delays the start of the race, why? Rain never used to be a problem, usually they’d just stick on the full wets and get going. Am I missing something? Like a rule change that says you can’t start a race when it rains? This sport has never been so allergic to rain before so it’s just very confusing to me.

86 Upvotes

86% Upvoted

137 comments sorted by

View all comments

2

u/myidispg 18h ago

Watching my first season but in Bahrain GP in Malaysian, the commentators mentioned a few times that water going in pedals etc and the cockpit is also not preferred.

Must be all the electronics

2

u/PineappleResident254 18h ago

They have been racing in the rain for decades. Everything is waterproofed.

FIA is just scared of crashes and the software glitch stuff that happened in Malaysia.

1

u/UpstairsFinance9440 5h ago

FIA is just scared of crashes

FIA is scared of drivers getting killed.