I maybe wrong but I think I recall there are pretty technical details on the parameters of where a car can be in the grid box too. I seem to recall them talking about it when a driver has a car pointed in a direction towards an opponent/one side of the track.TFSA wrote: ↑10 Mar 2024, 16:09Random start time stops it. The start lights are controlled by a human pressing a button, so you can't exactly predict when the lights will go out - sometimes the FIA guy pushes it fast, sometimes he waits a bit. There's a video here show it.scuderiabrandon wrote: ↑10 Mar 2024, 15:45Excuse my ignorance here, I'm not entirely aware of the rules regarding the starting position but if were to rely on a signal that only trips once you cross a sensor, what stops drivers from stopping 2-3 meters further back in the box and rolling the car in as they wait for the lights to go out, surely there is an advantage to be gained? Hypotheticall speaking ofcourse, in practice it might be much more difficult to achieve
But there's a theoretical possibility that a driver will get lucky and get it right.
I do tend to agree the system doesn’t work as well as it should so wouldn’t be against having video as a backup.
That or I wonder if maybe a few sensors in the grid spot to better detect movement within the box not just if it passes outside it- if that makes sense