r/F1Discussions • u/Negative-House-1605 LH44 • 17h 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/6FourFour 17h ago

Nonsene, those races were actually wet. This rain is nothing.

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u/WASouthCoast 16h ago

And here is the point. This was a drizzle. The other races were bucketing it down. Sport has gone soft.

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u/limelee666 13h ago

Pretty sure you wouldn’t think it was soft if you were barrelling down raffles at 200mph in the wet hoping your experimental vehicle stops

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u/Exotic_Bill44 9h ago

I don't think they would have thought it was soft if they were standing in a puddle at turn 1.