2024 Formula 1

ZCanadian

What a stupid race Qatar was!

Losail is a lousy track to pass on at the best of times.
Then, 25 laps from the end, Albon loses a mirror that sits on the only DRS / passing line in the entire circuit. And the Race Director thinks it is a good idea to just leave it there rather than bunching everyone up behind a safety car for one lap while a marshal runs across the track and retrieves it??? No, much smarter to wait until Bottas demolishes it and it will take a safety car 3 laps and a detour through pit lane to sweep up the minefield - and this only after Lewis and Sainz first get punctures from the debris. What is the IQ requirement for "Race Director"? I think that I would like to nominate my stapler for the position.

In no sport is it acceptable that the actions or inactions of an official can bear on the outcome of a competition, much less a championship. That, along with the myriad penalties that they dished out, undoubtedly did just that.