F1 Timing admits system errors in Monaco by Peter Windsor
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The Alpine F1 team on Thursday brilliantly launched a protest against the five-second penalty imposed upon Pierre Gasly in the Monaco GP, delivering bombshell evidence - sensationally confirmed by FOM - that the distance used in calculating the F1 Official Timing (and, hence, the pit lane speed) was indeed inaccurate. The Monaco Stewards, furthermore, on the same day revealed that, upon asking Race Control during the Monaco GP if they were aware of any issues or irregularities in the system (based on the unusual number of drivers apparently speeding), they were reassured that there were none. Peter Windsor in this video highlights the clear-thinking drive of Alpine's Steve Nielsen and his engineering team that may well result in Pierre Gasly reclaiming P3 at Monaco (plus other potential race result changes around other drivers similarly penalised) and - obviously - much-needed revisions to the timing-loop and penalty systems.
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Aren't we all glad Ferrari didn't do what SOME suggested and keep Charles out or swap positions to give Charles P2. Would have been a massive slap in the face to Lewis and put the team in turmoil right now
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Peter, has Gasley just been reinstated to 3rd position?
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With control freak Ben in charge what do you expect !! And now teams have to pay €20K deposit for each application, so €40K , more money for Ben and his not very transparent team. Be very surprised if FIA back drivers, mean they were wrong !!
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Honestly pretty smart to race normally and simply add the penalty once the race was over
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Why didn’t Mercedes join the protest?
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Tarmac surface broke up causing the crashes at the corner. Speed limit sensors not calibrated correctly.
The map showing race progress crashed during race never fixed.
They can't even get a few supermarket floor cleaning deployed at all the corners in car of debris or excess water from rain to be cleared pronto rather than stopping the race for long periods of time while men with only hand brooms try to clear the track. It does not stop here either there are now so many thousands of rules it is almost impossible to just race.
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This is F1 in name only. What an absolute disgrace! There's a problem with every aspect of the non racing.
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Since different drivers served their penalty in different ways, it is impossible to reallocate the results; the only solution the FIA has is to cancel the whole event, and, of course, pay a substantial fine for bringing the sport into disrepute.
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The corrupted 2021 season was for me the start of this rapid rot in F1, every season since there appears to have been more and more issues with overbearing governance, behind the scenes contrivance and manipulation of what was an almost pure sporting challenge, to becoming now this farcical serialised soap opera of so called 'entertainment'.
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So will Gasly get a 10s head start in Barcelona?
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Hi Peter, I love your videos. Great content. I was F1 pitlane marshall Singapore GP for 5years. I knew there had to be something wrong at Monaco. I even wonder if their speed gun was properly calibrated. The regulations also needs to be redone, in my opinion. I heard on a podcast, Rob Smedley saying that Lewis has exceeded the speed limit by 0.5 km/hour. There should be a small tolerance. Such a tiny margin makes no sense at all. What a mess.
@investmenttudor1659Why weren't cars signalled as 'Speeding in the pit lane' during the three hours of free practice?
@duncanlochhead5001FIA under MBS is making Mosley look like an angel
@paulsven7923F1 2026: terrible "get the mushroom" racing cars, fake overtakes, tarmac breaking up, wrong timing. I am following the scene but not actively watching anymore. The sport has been destroyed by an incompetent board.
@midasracerAre they all incompetent, or did they just lie that they weren't aware of any problems?
@rudevectors8018didnt george have a drive through for not serving his 5s. probably the most affected driver.
@edwz250Would there not be a data recording system on the cars that holds accurate and verifiable data of the absolute speed at any time during the event? Comparing that data to the official speed measuring system data would be enlightening.
@PiDsPagePrototypesHow pathetic. Monaco is already a farce of a race every year and the most boring 70 laps in the history of racing. And they mess something up as simple as that? Ruined multiple drivers "races"
@Bilson420Mercedes if George went through the pits normally different race. They failed to adhere so that reason is correct.
@fastpace101They can't fix last race without creating a bigger problem (George, Piastri etc) so it's gonna be what it is, can only hope future races won't have the same problem.
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@doobresickIt was obvious that with so many timing issues that the system was forked.
Effing one isn't the pinnacle, changing the changes to the motor regulations in 6 months shows the incompetence of Ben Sulkymans regime my mate says .
listening to the race live. it was absolutely obvious that there was an issue with the pitlane speed monitoring process. You don't get so many penalties being dished out.
The FIA need to amend the rules so any pit speeding penalties are properly investigated when they occur (i.e. during the race) & if the measuring system is deemed inaccurate, the penalties are waived / scrubbed.
Also, these cars are carrying a formidable array of sensors & data loggers - is it seriously beyond the capabilities of the FIA to cross reference their data against the GPS speed data from the teams in the pitlane zone?
Or go back to the old school & have someone in the pit lane with a speed gun.
I used to be an ardent F1 fan, watching everything from start to finish, reading F1 magazines and more. I stopped after Lewis Hamilton was robbed of his championship because of the FIA balls up, and those balls ups are still going on. It's a complete farse.
@AlanRoper-h4nCharles Leclerc sat 5 seconds behind Lewis. Need to nullify the race.
@Asdf8353tIf George loses the championship by a handful of points (unlikely), there is no doubt this will be brought up…
@ronniefront511The FIA is destroying Formula 1, and liberty media is helpless to stop them.
@XocolatbenAll these draconian penalties all the time are going to destroy F1
@deon12345Distance speed measurement on a non straight is idiocracy
@themechanic-63FIA lies. Appalling.
@AnalogueRecallLiberty media and the fia have ruined f1 .
@wobbler6372The only fair thing to do is delete the race from the championship - nobody gets any points.
@sagetheowlfatfeathery2083Nullify Monaco. Remove all race points & penalties from Monaco.
@Caram0nThere was clearly a problem ALL weekend, right from FP1 wrt this pitlane speeding issue.
Why did teams wait until AFTER the race to do something about it instead of nipping it in the bud on Friday FP1 already?
Yet again the FIA Stewards and officials rig a race through sheer incompetence and not understanding the regs. When will there be accountability.
@TbonePlummerThe other spineless and/or dumb teams did not protest, they are out of time so that is the end of it. The only alternative would be to void the race. So Gasly will deservedly get his 3rd place.
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@ChrisVanLennepThey should just give the 5 or 10 seconds back and revise the standings for all. It's not ideal but the best of a bad job. It didn't affect the win which saved their blushes to some extent.
@ab8jehafter the third penalty, it was the one time the FIA should have said they’d review the incidents after the race. But I suppose they’re so ‘straightforward’ normally that there is no reviewing to be done. Yet they’ll delay other seemingly obviious penalties until after the race that need to be dealt with quickly..
@MrKlawUKWhy aren't they using the car's real time data and telemetry
@raybrown2197Gasly is not getting the podium back Peter, because it affects the other cars too namely Russell and Hamilton the big ones here and others too. Don't expect the result to be overturned they are just going to issue a directive etc of some sense for the future time keeping that's it.
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@DineshKumar-iu5plTaking time back does not solve it for George.
@kennethsmith2764How could this have been avoided? What could,have been done different during the race
@kennethsmith2764So what happens with the cars that served their penalties during the race? I expect that will be called that a racing incident and wish them better luck next time.
@T_Mo271Cancel the result of this race 😊
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