Oscar Piastri has insisted F1’s race starts need to be addressed after issues were uncovered during pre-season testing in Bahrain.<\/p>\n
Throughout the week of testing, various drivers have commented on the difficulty they are having with the race start procedure with the new power units.<\/p>\n
Due to the removal of the MGU-H component, the turbo now needs another source to spin up. But under the current specification, it can take up to 10 seconds for the drivers running at high engine revs to get it into an optimal position.<\/p>\n
It could prove particularly tricky for competitors who form up at the back of the grid, who have less time than those at the front to prepare for the start.<\/p>\n
During the final day of pre-season testing in Bahrain, a race start procedure was carried out after the chequered flag, in which some drivers pulled away and others – including Piastri – remained stationary.<\/p>\n
However, Piastri asserted the botched situation was not directly related to the power units.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe start today was just a mix-up in instructions,\u201d Piastri told media including RacingNews365.<\/p>\n
\u201cI got told to wait until whoever was in front of me had gone, and then do my own launch and not go to the lights.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cSome other people had different ideas, so that was nothing to do with the power units.\u201d<\/p>\n
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\t\t\t\t\tPiastri issues safety plea but confident over solution<\/p>\n
McLaren team principal Andrea Stella has already called on the FIA to implement measures to address various concerns, including race starts.<\/p>\n
His call was mirrored by Piastri who is expecting talks on potential fixes to run right up to the opening round in Melbourne.<\/p>\n
\u201cStarts need to be addressed,\u201d\u00a0he said. \u201cAs we\u2019ve all seen, it\u2019s a pretty complicated process now to have a safe start, let alone a competitive one.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s something that we\u2019ll talk about between now and Melbourne, I\u2019m sure, and there are plenty of topics to address.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe extra testing time has definitely been necessary for just the systems. From a performance point of view, you don\u2019t really need it.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut there\u2019s so many things just from a borderline safety point of view that need to be figured out on track that do need addressing.\u201d<\/p>\n
With just three days of testing left ahead of the season-opening round, Piastri expressed confidence that a solution will be found.<\/p>\n
\u201cEveryone is going to need different things for the start,\u201d\u00a0he said. \u201cTo be completely honest, I’m not sure anyone knows what we need.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe probably have got rough ideas, I’m sure we’ll find a way to do a proper start.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cIt’s just that the difference between a good and bad start last year was you got a bit of wheel spin or you had a bad reaction time.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhereas this year it could be, effectively, like an F2 race, where you almost go into anti-stall or something.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cYou’re not just losing five meters or so, you could be losing six or seven spots if it goes wrong.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Oscar Piastri has insisted F1’s race starts need to be addressed after issues were uncovered during pre-season testing…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":480408,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[827,830,828,831,829,826,813,43,823,825,824,44,822,41,39,42,40],"class_list":{"0":"post-480407","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-headlines","8":"tag-daniel-ricciardo","9":"tag-f1-calendar","10":"tag-f1-live","11":"tag-f1-results","12":"tag-f1-standings","13":"tag-ferrari","14":"tag-formula-1","15":"tag-headlines","16":"tag-lewis-hamilton","17":"tag-max-verstappen","18":"tag-motorsport","19":"tag-news","20":"tag-racing","21":"tag-top-news","22":"tag-top-stories","23":"tag-topnews","24":"tag-topstories"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/480407","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=480407"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/480407\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/480408"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=480407"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=480407"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=480407"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}