We have had a protests in 2 rooms for track limit extension and in both cases, there have been up to 19 cuts per driver.
THIS IS NOT ACCEPTABLE DRIVING
In the protest for room 2, someone took the time to look at all drivers and found that all but 1 driver (well done
@Max Gassit ) had at least 1 track limit extension.
Of course on a track like Le Mans, a mistake resulting in extension of track limits is more common than another circuit where the same mistake results in a trip making sand castles.
Sometimes a driver will make more mistakes in a race, that is to be expected as we are all human (except maybe
@KeedenMcdonald )
What should happen when you track extend at a corner, is that you realise your error, and try not to repeat it again. If you are unable to avoid a repeat, your line/speed should be adjusted accordingly ie learn from your mistakes. If this does not happen then what exactly are you doing? Also, if you are making multiple extensions at various corners, you aren't really trying to drive cleanly.
Because what we have received are screenshots, and the time taken to expertly analyse each individual track extension to determine 100% if advantage was gained or not, we cannot 100% prove that each extension is worthy of being counted towards a penalty.
So stewards have decided to penalise those who did not learn from their mistakes.
For everyone else, screenshotted or not, our next round is Spa. We will have a 3 strikes and out rule.
If you track extend 3 times or more and are protested against with footage showing that you gained advantage, you will receive at minimum a 25sec penalty.
This rule will remain until season end.
Having said that, I expect that no one should be protested against for such things given that, in this car, there is no where at Spa that you should need to cut to gain advantage (as the car runs easy flat out at Eau Rouge and Blanchimont)
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