2021 Race 8 - Styrian Grand Prix

[Nitrodaze]

It has being suggested that Merc may be behind this.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/57615628

Is this a case of... If you can't pit stop as fast as your rivals, lobby the FIA slow theirs down?

First bendy wings lobbying, now this. Utter desperation Merc.. really not cool.

I doubt Mercedes is behind this. It has been long coming with the situation of tyres flying off cars we have seen in the past. That said, it is puzzling why they have introduced it now. There has not been any major incident from pitstops recently. Hence, l can see Horner's suspicions about its origin. One of Redbull's biggest weapon in its armoury; is its 2-seconds pitstop that very few teams can match. They easily gain a second or two at pitstops.

When Mercedes were scratching their heads as to why Hamilton did not undercut Verstappen at Paul Ricard, was a combination of faster pitstop and out lap times by Redbull and Verstappen.

When l read about this, l thought they [F1M] were over regulating again. But in reality, it was probably long overdue.