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Japan Times
17-06-2025
- Automotive
- Japan Times
Red Bull warned FIA of potential trickery against Verstappen
Red Bull spoke to Formula One's governing body before the Canadian Grand Prix to warn that Max Verstappen's rivals might try and lure the Dutch driver into a one-race ban, according to team boss Christian Horner. Four-times world champion Verstappen arrived in Montreal with 11 penalty points on his super license, following a collision with Mercedes' George Russell in Spain, and 12 triggering an automatic suspension. He will not shed any points until after Austria, Red Bull's home race, on June 29. Horner revealed after Sunday's race that Red Bull spoke to race director Rui Marques after a drivers' meeting on Friday to express its concern and ask him to watch out for any potential trickery. "I think that it was inevitable that there was going to be some potential gamesmanship," Horner told reporters. "It's something that we raised after the driver's briefing with the race director, just so that they were mindful of it as well, because it was clear that that kind of stuff goes on. "We just said to him 'Look, could they please keep an eye on it because there's been obviously comments have been raised in the media.'" Russell said after qualifying on pole that he had more penalty points to play with than Verstappen and that could work to his advantage. After the Briton won on Sunday, with Verstappen second, Red Bull protested. A subsequent stewards document rejecting the protest revealed that Red Bull had claimed unsportsmanlike behaviour by Russell when the safety car was deployed. Red Bull argued that Russell braked unnecessarily and erratically behind the safety car along the back straight and complained over the team radio that Verstappen had gone past when not allowed to. Red Bull said the radio message "displayed unsportsmanlike intent" and Russell's braking had taken Verstappen by surprise, leaving him no alternative but to overtake momentarily. They also suggested that onboard cameras showed Russell looking in his mirrors before braking "to force (Verstappen) to overtake to force an infringement." Russell denied it, said he was not trying to force an investigation and Mercedes pointed out it had not lodged any complaint. The stewards accepted there had been no unsportsmanlike conduct. Russell and Verstappen have a simmering rivalry and Red Bull has protested twice in the space of five races against the Mercedes driver.
Yahoo
13-02-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
What are semi-automated offsides, and how do they work?
Semi-automated offside technology is about to be implemented in English football. Having been delayed from its original planned introduction date in autumn, the system will now be adopted during the FA Cup fifth round. The technology was first used in elite-level football at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, and has since been used in leagues including Serie A and La Liga, as well as the Champions League. It is designed to make the judgement of tight offside calls easier for officials by rendering key parts of the process automatic. So how exactly does it work? The system aims to remove some elements of human subjectivity by replacing decisions made by officials with automated ones taken by technology. As things stand, when a player scores after a borderline offside situation, officials in the video assistant referee (VAR) room must decide on three key things - when the ball was kicked, where and at what angle the defender's body was when the ball was kicked, and where and what angle the attacker's body was. All three of those decisions will now be automatically taken by the technology. Bespoke cameras will monitor a variety of key elements involved in any tight offside decision have been installed beneath the roof at all 20 Premier League stadiums. The cameras will track the exact movement of the ball as well as 29 distinct points on the bodies of all 22 players, meaning it can be automatically determined whether or not the attacker's body was beyond the last defender's at the exact point the ball was played. Artificial intelligence manages the process, monitoring ball and player movement, before coming up with a decision as to whether the player was onside or offside. VAR officials check the system has correctly determined the three key points it measures before confirming the decision. The on-field officials then inform the players. A 3D animation of the decision produced by the artificial intelligence will then be played on television for viewers at home and on big screens in the stadium. In theory, the introduction of semi-automated offsides should mean shorter waits for decisions about whether or not a goal was offside, as automating the subjective, fiddly decisions officials used to make should be quicker. But there will still be subjective decision-making involved in offside calls. The technology cannot determine if an attacking player was interfering with play, for example, or if a goalkeeper's vision was blocked. Play will still be allowed to continue by assistant referees after narrow offside calls, as has been the case since VAR was introduced in the Premier League in 2019, meaning delayed flags won't be coming to an end. What is the 'Trump dance'? Why are there so many international breaks? What is an F1 race director? And who is Rui Marques? How does the BBC report on big stories about itself?
BBC News
13-02-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
What are semi-automated offsides, and how do they work?
Semi-automated offside technology is about to be implemented in English been delayed from its original planned introduction date in autumn, the system will now be adopted during the FA Cup fifth technology was first used in elite-level football at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, and has since been used in leagues including Serie A and La Liga, as well as the Champions is designed to make the judgement of tight offside calls easier for officials by rendering key parts of the process how exactly does it work? Semi-automated offside technology explained The system aims to remove some elements of human subjectivity by replacing decisions made by officials with automated ones taken by things stand, when a player scores after a borderline offside situation, officials in the video assistant referee (VAR) room must decide on three key things - when the ball was kicked, where and at what angle the defender's body was when the ball was kicked, and where and what angle the attacker's body three of those decisions will now be automatically taken by the cameras will monitor a variety of key elements involved in any tight offside decision have been installed beneath the roof at all 20 Premier League cameras will track the exact movement of the ball as well as 29 distinct points on the bodies of all 22 players, meaning it can be automatically determined whether or not the attacker's body was beyond the last defender's at the exact point the ball was intelligence manages the process, monitoring ball and player movement, before coming up with a decision as to whether the player was onside or officials check the system has correctly determined the three key points it measures before confirming the decision. The on-field officials then inform the players.A 3D animation of the decision produced by the artificial intelligence will then be played on television for viewers at home and on big screens in the stadium. What will change for fans? In theory, the introduction of semi-automated offsides should mean shorter waits for decisions about whether or not a goal was offside, as automating the subjective, fiddly decisions officials used to make should be there will still be subjective decision-making involved in offside calls. The technology cannot determine if an attacking player was interfering with play, for example, or if a goalkeeper's vision was will still be allowed to continue by assistant referees after narrow offside calls, as has been the case since VAR was introduced in the Premier League in 2019, meaning delayed flags won't be coming to an end. More questions answered... What is the 'Trump dance'?Why are there so many international breaks?What is an F1 race director? And who is Rui Marques?How does the BBC report on big stories about itself?
