gp weekend

Phil Payne quattro at isham-research.com
Tue Mar 5 15:18:38 EST 2002


> Actually, unless you know the F-1 rules, it doesn't matter how many years
> you have raced! There are rules against what Rubens did. You are allowed to
> change direction to defend your position *once* and once only - and then
> again once to take your racing line for the corner.
>
> Rubens, as mentioned, swerved *at least* 3 times - that's once too many! He
> darted across Michael's bow, then back to block Ralf, then back to the
> right, then the last terminal swerve in front of Ralf again. That makes 4
> doesn't it?
>
> Anyone have it on tape to verify this? The best view is from the driver's
> camera.

They showed the clip from Ralf's camera a couple of times.

It won't surprise me if Rubens is fined a significant amount - not only did he flagrantly
break the rules, but he took another competitor out and caused an accident.

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