CarlosCanizares
Autocross Newbie
https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/reason-vettel-punished-canada/4461461/
Interesting! Would like to see that onboard.
Interesting! Would like to see that onboard.
https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/reason-vettel-punished-canada/4461461/
Interesting! Would like to see that onboard.
Same.
Some big speculation going on from the track stewards on that one. I dunno, I say if you're getting in to the realm of trying to reconstruct what was going on in someone's head while they were making split second decisions in a dangerous situation like this, you're chasing ghosts. Would love to see some data on how much grip loss a tire incurs by going over the grass, and how much time it takes to retain an acceptable grip level where it will react accurately to steering input ... since they considered his second steering input to be deliberate and in complete control.
Also the mirror issue ... they said he looked in his mirrors - how are you ever going to confirm he SAW Hamilton in them? Maybe he was doing the right thing and trying to spot him so he could rejoin the racing line safely? Is it possible he couldn't spot Hamilton in the moment? Impossible to prove.
I'd say if you can't be 100% sure, then it's no penalty. Speculation shouldn't be a part of the equation.
Preaching to the choir, I know. I'm not even a huge Ferrari guy.
I would agree that proving Seb intentionally drifted out to block Hamilton after completely regaining control of his car is a game of pure speculation. However based on Seb's own words over the radio, he didn't slow down while to trying to re-enter the track because Hamilton would pass him if he did. To me this proves he made a decision that definitely impacted how he came back on track. And he did come back on in an unsafe manner due to the type of circuit they were on and the traffic around him, intentionally or not.
I think a 5 second penalty was excessive but given the emphasis placed on penalty consistency I get why they did it. Had it been my call I would have said Vettel should yield the position to Hamilton and then let them battle it out to the end of the race.
Well at least the stewards were consistent regarding the Vettel controversy 2 weeks ago with Ricciardo this week.
Although in fairness, if they don't want people going off-track, maybe not making the off-track portions wide enough for a car to get through at speed would be the appropriate measure to take. Wonder if they'll move the wall closer to the track to avoid that issue in future races.....
What, there was a race last Sunday? LOL...most boring race I've seen despite Lewis winning.
Currently, if a pass happens with all 4 wheels outside the white line, it's invalid. personally, if there's a wall, driver's won't go 100% on it for fear of hitting.
I'd rather it be like Paul Ricard or Bahrain where there's no wall and we can see some wheels half off passing. Just me personally.
Lando is among the ones to watch along with Max and Charles once the 80's kids (Lewis, Seb, Daniel, Valteri...etc) get old or retire.
Let's hope Austria's a better watch.