Red Bull ace Liam Lawson received a controversial penalty at Fuji that prevented him from finishing on the podium. It highlighted the futility of Super Formula's pit window rules, argues our Japanese racing correspondent JamieKlein_. sformula
The powers that be didn’t like the idea of drivers having to save fuel to make it to the end after a very early stop, or the prospect of a driver down the grid starting on the medium, pitting and then cashing in on an early safety car period to grab the win, much as that year’s eventual champion Nick Cassidy did in the season opener at Suzuka.
Shortly after that, amid the arrival of the COVID-19 pandemic, the questionable decision to cut races to 180km sprints with no refuelling was made, rendering the pit window completely arbitrary as there would be no need to conserve fuel at all. Bearing that in mind, it’s probably best to just leave the pits open and allow drivers to serve their mandatory pitstops when they want, lap one included.
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