Watch the weather and Sainz puts his hands forward
12°C air temperature, wind gusts at 17 km/h towards the southeast and a 40% chance of rain. This is the situation from the weather forecast (site accuweather.com) for 4:00 PM in Montreal, when the Formula 1 Canadian GP will start. And in the following two hours the forecasts are more pessimistic, with the probability of showers rising up to 60%. This opening all focused on the weather bulletin serves to explain the words spoken to journalists present in Canada by Carlos Sainz; the Spaniard is not only the Williams representative, but also president of the GPDA, the so-called drivers’ ‘union’.
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The former Ferrari driver sent a ‘warning’ to all insiders and fans, anticipating that – in case of particularly harsh weather conditions – the FIA is ready to act prudently: “The FIA will act with the utmost caution. I kindly ask journalists and fans not to be too insistent: do not be surprised if the FIA opts for conservative solutions“.
⚠️ FIA READY TO ACT WITH EXTREME CAUTION
🥶🌧️ As mentioned, rain and cold (11°C) in Montreal worry teams and drivers a lot. A new combo for these cars, which could create chaos both at the start and during the race.
🗣️ #Sainz (GPDA president) was very clear: “The… pic.twitter.com/mBnlUngeqf
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The curiosity now would be to understand what these solutions could be: one option could be a start behind the Safety Car in case of a wet track or race interruption in case of heavy rain during the GP. All situations that have nevertheless been seen from time to time even with previous technical regulations. Another card in the federation’s hands could be – for example – to impose all drivers to use ‘full wet’ tires, although in this case there would then be the usual problem of the amount of water ‘spray’ raised by these tires.
However, these are only assumptions at the moment: to know something for sure it will necessarily be necessary to wait for the minutes before the GP start to actually assess what the weather conditions will be and consequently what the visibility and grip on the track will be. At that point the Race Direction will make its move.
