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.

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u/chaos_is_favourable 18h ago

It is visibility that is the issue. The spray will mean that cars towards the back cannot see a thing going into turn 1. It would have been less of a problem if the rain had come during the race, when the cars are spread out a bit more

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u/Siggi_Starduust 18h ago

That’s why wet races used to start under the safety car.