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Originally Posted by legion
And what would one of my posts about F1 be without discussing Ferrari favoritism? Alonso, caught on camera illegally using the DRS outside of the DRS zone. No penalty.
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That was explained somewhere (BBC maybe?) as a glitch, where the Ferrari never got the signal to enable DRS on the straight that lap and got it a few corners later, where it triggered. Since no advantage was gained, in fact Alonso lost out a bit, no penalties. Also I think he overtook schumi a few laps later, not on that lap where the DRS opened by mistake.
I got nothing for Massa's pit exit infraction though....
Good to see someone beat Vettel, and what a drive by Weber. Still, this tire thing makes it really hard to figure out what's what at times, Weber was still 17th or something 1/3 thru the event and somehow he ends up 3rd ? Methink Pirelli might have gone too far down the tire lottery path.
PS: Found it:
A glitch within the system has been blamed as the reason why Fernando Alonso's DRS was used outside of the designated area during the Chinese Grand Prix.
TV footage showed Alonso's rear wing opening when he was running behind Michael Schumacher coming out of the hairpin mid-way through the race, with the area where the system could be used being found on the back straight prior to the hairpin itself.
According to the BBC, an error with the system meant the Spaniard's DRS didn't start working until 300m before the end of the back straight on the lap where the incident took place, with the DRS zone having started 750m before the hairpin turn.
On exiting the corner, the system then became available again for a short period of time although Alonso wasn't able to gain any advantage in his fight for position.
No penalty was handed out but the FIA is now set to investigate the cause of the error to ensure there is no repeat. The DRS device is enabled for a driver to use by the governing body when a car is within the DRS zone and within a second of the car in front.
China marked the second race in a row where Alonso's DRS has had an issue, with the system having stopped working in Malaysia a week earlier.