🗣️'The visibility is just really poor in the car, that is probably the main issue.' Max Verstappen has sympathised with Fernando Alonso and Esteban Ocon not lining up correctly on starting grids in 2023 due to a design feature of current F1 cars ⬇️
Max Verstappen and other Formula 1 drivers have sympathised with Fernando Alonso and Esteban Ocon not lining up correctly on starting grids due to the"poor" visibility of current cars.In Bahrain's season opening race, Alpine driver Ocon was penalised for incorrectly positioning his car in his grid slot.
The longer noses, larger tyres and the addition of wheelbrows on today's cars have had the side-effect of limiting a driver's vision even further than was already the case in a typical single-seater. "It is painful when it happens but it's a bit the same with the white line with track limits. Sometimes you argue: did you gain anything going wide or not, going outside of it?
Sergio Perez, Red Bull Racing RB19, Fernando Alonso, Aston Martin AMR23, George Russell, Mercedes F1 W14, the rest of the field at the start"In my opinion I just overdid it and I stopped too early, but you have no idea when you are in the car. You don't know if you went too far behind or too far forward."It's good that there is a rule in place, but at the same time sometimes it's like luck, to be honest, where you position yourself.
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