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Johanna Apr 29, 2023

So the Sprint no longer affects the grid order for the race so if you go from 15 to 10 it means nothing

BUT if you get a penalty during the sprint or bang up your car, that will affect where you start during the race

Lose-lose!

#F1
#Formula1
#Sprint

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Ben Witrebee Apr 29, 2023

@cami kinda surprised nobody below 8th position retired with "uhhhh we don't like these sensor values, box box, we're gonna retire the car".

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bazpoint

@bbben @cami

I can 100% see the lower teams doing this later in the season. Especially when engine/gearbox allocations start to get tight.

Start the Sprint just incase there's first lap chaos & you gain a bunch of places, but if you're still bottom 6 or so by lap 3 then surely "box box box you have a lose whajamiflip, we're retiring the car to be safe" gets very tempting.