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Originally Posted by peterelise
The reason they can do it at Monaco is that the physical barrier is visible from where they sit whereas the painted line is not. Why is anyone surprised they go over a painted line, in some cases by millimetres, when they can’t see the line as they get nearer to it? I get that there is a large element of risk v reward so drivers will take much more risk with a painted line track limit than they will with a barrier but even when there was real risk of qualifying being ruined, we still saw lots of extremely capable drivers go over the limit by a tiny amount.
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I'm not certain that I can agree with the idea that, because it's possible that the drivers cannot see the white line, they cut the corners or go too wide exiting them. After all, in a right hand car on public roads, I am more than capable of going around a bend or corner without hitting the curb or going over the pavement; and I also cannot see the curb from where I sit. And when I lived in Spain, I also learnt managed to drive a left hand car, also within the roadway.
Driving within boundaries should be instinctive to these drivers, who we are led to believe are at the top of their game. I believe that the truth is that, for the most part, they are just hoping to get away with these things, just as they have been for many years now. They just have to adapt to the rules being more strictly administered; after all, the majority of their fellow drivers managed to do so.