sosic2121 wrote: ↑10 Jun 2019, 15:36
Can you give me a straight reason why this move was penalty and Monaco 2016 wasn't? IMHO It's EXACTLY the same.
As has been stated a number of times, Hamilton left comfortably more than a car's width between himself and the edge of the track in Monaco, Vettel left a couple of inches.
That's leaving aside the additional info the stewards from Canada have released about the additional camera angles and telemetry.
sosic2121 wrote: ↑10 Jun 2019, 15:36
Can you give a reason why Mexico 2016 T1 wasn't a penalty?
To quote Charlie:- “You can see that Lewis makes a small mistake at the beginning, cuts across, gains significant track advantage but then sets about giving that back immediately.”
“And you can see on the straight between turns three and four He backs off to 80% throttle to give that advantage back because obviously he’d got a significant advantage there
“And then about a minute later the Safety Car deployed and that advantage gone completely. So the stewards felt no lasting advantage.”
sosic2121 wrote: ↑10 Jun 2019, 15:36
And finally why Germany 2018 wasn't a penalty for Hamilton?
The FIA stewards explained at the time that the penalty was a light one mainly because the incident happened under the safety car, and there was no danger to other drivers.
Whitting went on to explain that the rule was there:- "It's to make sure drivers don't enter or leave the pits in a dangerous way," said Whiting of the bollard rule.
"Coming into the pits, we don't want drivers diving in at the last minute - that was the reason for the bollard - but it's less clear whether it's dangerous if a driver decides to abort having already gone past a bollard which is more or less the point of no return, and crossed back the other way.
"There are quite a few instances of drivers not passing the right side of the bollard when they are entering the pits."
Ask yourself this, what evidence would be required for you to agree that Vettel deserved a penalty? Would Japan last year be a good example?
sosic2121 wrote: ↑10 Jun 2019, 15:36
Only 5s for Max in Japan is as much of a farse as it was in Mexico(2016).
But that's off topic.
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