QUOTE(jejes @ Apr 29 2008, 10:18 AM)
Funny is... can't find any news that any one is complain about this happen again...
Ferrari team boss Stefano Domenicali believes the controversial safety car rules may not be able to be changed before the end of the season.
BMW’s Nick Heidfeld was the latest unfortunate victim of the new-for-2008 regulation in the Spanish Grand Prix, which outlaws drivers from entering the pit lane when the safety car is deployed.
The timing of the second safety car in Sunday’s race coincided around the time of Heidfeld’s first pit stop – meaning the German had to pit when the pit lane was still officially closed to avoid running out of fuel.
He picked up the mandatory 10-second stop-and-go penalty as a result, dropping him to the back of the pack and ruining his chances of scoring points.
McLaren’s Heikki Kovalainen was similarly unfortunate in Australia and Domenicali says the rule is something that will be looked at, although he reckons a change may take some time.
"I don't know if it will be possible to be changed before the end of the season,” he said in his post-race debrief.
“For sure it's under discussion in the next Sporting Working Group, it's on the agenda.
“It's something that we want to work out because for sure it's very unlucky if you get in that situation but this could happen to anyone.”
The rule was initially changed to avoid drivers racing back to the pits following the deployment of the safety car while there was an incident on the track.
But while believing the rule needs to be altered, Domenicali says it would be wrong to push through a knee-jerk solution.
“Don't forget that a safety car in a normal way can be very unlucky so we need to stay cool and think what is the best option for everyone before changing something,” he said.
“The worst thing that we can do in Formula 1 now is to make a change and then suddenly realise that we've changed it for the worse and then you get lost.
“Before you do something, it's better to think 10 times."
http://www.itv-f1.com/news_article.aspx?id=42441BMW technical director Willy Rampf admitted that his team had 'expected more' than fourth and ninth places from the Spanish Grand Prix.
Robert Kubica lost out to eventual third place finisher Lewis Hamilton at the start and was not able to get back past the McLaren, while Nick Heidfeld had a shot at fifth position before being penalised for stopping in a closed pit when the safety car came out for Heikki Kovalainen's accident.
Suspecting that the crash would cause a caution period, BMW attempted to bring Heidfeld in early, but the message arrived too late.
"I had just passed the pit entry when I got the signal to come in," Heidfeld explained.
"I then tried to save fuel and delay my pit stop, but in the end it was the choice between running out of fuel on the track or getting a stop and go penalty.”
The German eventually recovered to ninth place.
“Overall we expected more from this race," Rampf said.
"Robert lost a position to Hamilton right after the start and, because they both had a similar speed and were on the same pit stop strategy, he couldn’t get third place back.
"Nick purely had bad luck.
"Just before he was supposed to come in, the safety car went out.
"His tank was empty and he was forced to enter the pit lane under the red light.
"The ten second penalty ruined his race."
Kubica was more encouraged, noting that although he hadn't been able to take a third successive podium, he had been very close to the leaders' times.
"We had a very good pace during today’s race," he said.
"At the end our gap to the leader was only five seconds.
"If someone had told me that yesterday I would not have believed it."
This post has been edited by r2t2: Apr 29 2008, 10:34 AM 
Apr 28 2008, 02:08 PM
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, in addition to the team's financial woes (which main sponsor 'backstabbed' them? (besides Honda which understandably wanna focus on their own and wanna avoid the 'car-for-purchase' ban rule) No black & white contract? or just promises only?)
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