I looked as closely as I could at the damage on Sainz's car.
It looked like a large puncture to the side pod,
and some damage to the floor.
I wondered if the significant loss of pace was due
to the floor or the side pod or both?
And that led to a question:
why doesn't F1 use that sticky thick tape to repair
cars like every other form of motorsport does?
I've been watching F1 for several decades and don't recall
ever seeing it used.
If the damage to the side pod was affecting the aero,
seems like a couple slabs of that tape would have
it fixed in a jiffy (a jiffy is roughly 5 seconds).
If the floor was the only problem I doubt sticky tape
would help much
So, is that tape against the rules or just too redneck
for the snooty F1 types?
