Sebastian Vettel has escaped further penalties for his clash with Lewis Hamilton at the most recent Azerbaijani Grand Prix. The German Ferrari driver met with the FIA today in Paris, and admitted full responsibility for the events that occurred.
This will be interesting to hear.
As well as the apology made to the FIA behind closed doors on Monday, a public apology from Vettel is due to be made as well.
You can just stop following the thread if you don't like hearing what others have to say!
Perfectly believable. It's not correct or just but perfectly believable.
a bit too eager to call this immediately. there's plenty to discuss. for example how complete of a farce this whole sharade of a 'hearing' was.
I don't agree with you:Manoah2u wrote: ↑03 Jul 2017, 20:39a bit too eager to call this immediately. there's plenty to discuss. for example how complete of a farce this whole sharade of a 'hearing' was.
not that i expected anything differently, that for sure.
but still.
however you want to put it,
facts are:
- Lewis did NOT do a brake test , proven
- Vettel smashed into the back of Lewis during the SC - causing a collision - not penalized
- Vettel drove alongside lewis without his hands on the steering wheel - dangerous driving - penalized.
- Vettel delibaretly turned into lewis to smash him from the side. proven - causing a collision - not penalized
- Vettel overtook Lewis (briefly) during the SC period - overtaking during the safety car - not penalized
- Vettel brought the sport in discredit with his behavior - proven - not penalized
that's 5 infractions of which only 1 was served, way too soft.
message now sent into F1 by Vettel and the FIA:
you can lose your temper and blame others for your own mistake, then agressively smash into them, get minimal to no penalty at all, and then say you're sorry and nothing will happen, even if you have a history of agression.
great example, FIA. great example.
So do we all still agree that the FIA's opinion is the only one that matters? I do!
I take it you didn't read any of the news?
"remained deeply concerned by the wider implications of the incident, firstly through the impact such behaviour may have on fans and young competitors worldwide and secondly due to the damage such behaviour may cause to the FIA's image and reputation of the sport".
