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Originally Posted by red 928
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?
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No snobbery towards race tape, F1 is big time motor racing, not hicks moonshine runnin
If you're stopping to tape up a car, by the time it's all fixed the driver would be so far behind in the race, the team would be wasting engine mileage for zero points
I've successfully taped up worse damage than that in the early hours of a Rouen 24hr powerboat race
Driver broke the front part of the cockpit. Needed more than just race tape, had to hacke up a 10 gallon Castrol oil drum, used pop-rivets and silicone too as it was a structural repair.
Boat lasted another 6hrs before the driver tried to sink the boat again, that damage couldn't be repaired with race tape, so he was out of the race