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[F1.com] The time between Pérez first DNF and his return to the race is officially counted as a 41-minute pit stop (www.formula1.com)

submitted 1 year ago by alphacyberranger to c/formula1

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[–] davetapley 11 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (9 children)

I wondered during the race: why were they allowed to put the car back on track after the 'retirement'?

Is there really no rule to stop that? Like could you conceivably crash, be brought back to the garage, repaired, get back in and rejoin the race? I guess there's little reason to (excepted in a contrived situation like this), but I'd always assumed that was not permitted.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)

As long as the driver and the car can get back to the pits on their own, I think yes. When crashing out you'd likely need external help to get back to the pit lane, so I'm pretty sure you'd be out for good then.

[–] davetapley 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah I'd always assumed 'external help' would be the dealbreaker, but I checked the onboard and you can see they jack the car up on to the 'skateboard' to move it back in to the garage (00:37 on F1TV feed). Perhaps it's external powered help, I guess that would get around cars being pushed back by marshals too.

[–] TheYang 5 points 1 year ago

team can help. I think the "skateboard" is not considered different than the jacks, or even wheel guns for that matter. The Team is allowed to use tools on their vehicle during a pit-stop.

If marshals help, you're out.

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