For what it's worth, here's the rulebook on jump starts, which successfully manages to avoid any mention of jump starts:
Quote:
48) INCORRECT STARTING LOCATION
48.1 Any of the penalties under Articles 54.3a), 54.3b), or 54.3c) will be imposed on any driver who
is judged to have:
a) Moved before the start signal is given, such judgement being made by an FIA approved
and supplied transponder fitted to each car, or;
b) Positioned his car on the starting grid in such a way that the transponder is unable to
detect the moment at which the car first moved from its grid position after the start signal
is given, or;
c) Any part of the contact patch of its front tyres outside of the lines (front and sides) at the
time of the Start signal.
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Since even legally blind people could see that Lando moved before the lights went out (me personally, I saw it *live* without replay, but that's because I watch his car rather than the blue ones that drive away unhindered anyway), what must have happened is this: yes, he moved, then stopped again. That transponder thingie however
did not register that he moved, and since that is all that matters in paragraph 48.1a, it is not considered a "move before the start signal is given" and does not warrant a penalty. Similarly, the transponder thingie was still able to report that he moved away *after* the actual start, and the stewards have no input in 48.1b, that section also does not apply; and I guess it took them 20 laps to actually check with their zillion cameras for 48.1c then, although those front tires looked helluva bit much at least *on* that line.
So it was a jump start, but no, it was not a
jump start.
Btw, is it too obvious I'm a tax accountant?
