2017 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix tyre strategies and pit stops

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   Phylyp (@phylyp)
   27th November 2017, 2:48

   Hulkenberg’s pitstop had me wondering – in the case of a 5-second penalty, must the penalty be taken before any work is done, or can it be done after the tyres are changed?

   i.e. today the car drives in, waits 5 seconds, changes tyres, drives off. Can they instead do – car drives in, changes tyres, waits 5 seconds after green on gantry, drives off?

   It seems like waiting 5 seconds at the beginning runs the risk of heat soak in the wheel nuts, which might be a contributory/causative factor to wheel nuts jamming.

   I vaguely seem to recollect that in more than one occasion in the past, cars that served such a penalty in the pit had this sort of problem.
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      nase
      27th November 2017, 9:48

      @phylyp

      in the case of a 5-second penalty, must the penalty be taken before any work is done, or can it be done after the tyres are changed?

      It’s the former. Can’t touch the car before the penalty is served.

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