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Originally Posted by S griffin
And that’s the point. It would make pit stops less crucial and mean drivers and teams wouldn’t be so reliant on them. But it’s unlikely to happen I admit
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The mandatory tyre stop has become a crucial part of the overall race strategy. The only way you are going to make tyre stops less crucial is by not having them.
Having 5 seconds added to your stop, has the potential to mess up the overall race strategy, which is something drivers/teams want to avoid and one way to avoid that, is not incur the penalty in the first place, by not exceeding track limits. The penalty is used as a deterrent.