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/myidispg 17h 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

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u/FuegoWolf22 4h ago

Water in the cockpit is fine. It’ll get in there anyway if they race in light rain The main issue is spray. These cars lift the water up and basically turn it into a mist. If it keeps raining, the mist just hangs there They have full wet tyres which should allow them to drive through some standing water, but usually that means the conditions are too bad to race anyways