2008 Belgian GP - Race 13/18
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Lol Sky Sports news getting a load of Formula 1 is bent messages in!
Cutting the chicane doesn't carry a penalty unless you gain an unfair advantage, so how is that the reason?
But he wasnt overtaking anyone!!!!
yeah it would have been great to see him smash into kimi. idiot.
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all they need to do is paint their cars red for the last 5 races, what an utter joke of a decision
Excellent decision, loving it
Just to qualify - I think it was inappropriate for LH to just 'skip' the chicane, when blatently he could have turned in and would have been 'significantly' behind KR at the first corner. A good decision not being seen so by a totally biased public!
Says the Ferrari Fanboy lol.
It seems the FIA have taken calls for concistency a little too literally. 25 second penalty for a driver who passed under yellow flags... a dangerous thing... and the same penalty for a drive who missed a chicaine by trying to race his rival legitimately... yeah I can see how they are the same.
Hamilton gave the place up which if I am correct is what you are expected to if you do not want to face a penalty!
I was actually hoping ferrari would see the light and have Kimi take out LH, that would have been funny
Thats what any of the 'Greats' would have done, Schui, Senna
Watch the footage again. Raikenen clearly moves right over forceing either an accident/damage or LH to cut the chicane.
He didn't have much choice in the matter from what I saw
I don't understand really why Hamilton has got the penalty, I thought it maybe for the scuffle on the final turn into the pit straight but Hamilton gave up his position because of it. What doesn't make sense is the 1st and 2nd positions changed place a few times afterwards because both cars slipped off the track. Surely the previous scuffle would be written off as no one really gain a position.
When he let Kimi back past he stayed pretty close behind, not saying thats a valid reason, but looking at it that way, you could just completely overshoot a corner to get past someone, then let them back through and stick to their gearbox. Therefore gaining an advantage.
So you are allowed to use bits of circuit that are not the race track to gain an advantage, but not to avoid a collision? You are arguing for the sake of it because you don't like McLaren.
On the F1 website now...
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