Caporegime
It's worse than that. They've literally made up reasons not in the rules they cite.
Poll: Russian Grand Prix 2020, Sochi - Race 10/17
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It's worse than that. They've literally made up reasons not in the rules they cite.
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Indeed, their clarification to the press doesn’t clarify anything. I bet Mercedes legal team will be looking at it very very carefully.
Reading on reddit that Finnish TV knew about the penalty before announced by FIA (Implicating Salo was passing on information to the media during the discussions). Further suggestions that it was originally due to be a 4 point penalty and therefore, a race ban for next weekend but, this went down to a 2 point penalty...
Still might be some fireworks from this!
Still might be some fireworks from this!
Soldato
You seem to be on some kind of rant. You don't need your tin foil hat, there is no global conspiracy, just accept that teams/drivers make mistakes over the course of a season and get penalties for those mistakes.
Follow the rules, notes, and regulations and there is nothing to worry about.
Soldato
First I thought how stupid of merc, but I've just remembered its the flicking lap to the grid fgs not free practice no driver should be in race mode at all, does the lap to the grid count as anything other than a drive to the grid?
That's like giving a penalty for incorrect track walk or something its not part of the competition.
They all drive me mad, just get on with the race you idiots
That's like giving a penalty for incorrect track walk or something its not part of the competition.
They all drive me mad, just get on with the race you idiots
Soldato
What did anyone really expect this weekend? They're at the second most racist place on the calendar after the US, so of course Hamilton was going to get penalised! 
Soldato
First of all, fia don't have any Russian people as far as I know?What did anyone really expect this weekend? They're at the second most racist place on the calendar after the US, so of course Hamilton was going to get penalised!
Soldato
Stewards of the meeting would have had local involvement, no?
What's 'second of all' then?
Soldato
Local for what? Fia is fia, whoever works for fia is there to make decisions about this.Stewards of the meeting would have had local involvement, no?
What's 'second of all' then?
Locals are used for trackside maintenance etc.
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So many people on here moaning about how boring each and ever race is. Amazes me that you all keep coming back week after week to continue the moan
Soldato
There is no Russian influence on the stewarts neither are they racist. There is no conspiracy...
The 4 stewards are made up of 2 FIA staff, one local motorsports organisation rep and one ex driver.
Soldato
Who is that specifically? Got a link?
Soldato
Which was my point and I'm a Hamilton fanboy
https://www.fia.com/sites/default/files/g._ennser_-_a._mallalieu_-_m._salo_-_g._andreev.pdf
George Andreev this weekend
Soldato
Don't they all need to vote and agree though?
Yes, pretty much. Not sure if it needs to be unanimous or majority decision.
I'm not saying there's a conspiracy, you just didn't seem aware that each panel of stewards has a local representative by design.
Soldato
No penalty points for hamilton.
The team got find 25,000 euro
The team got find 25,000 euro
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Common sense at last. Makes you wonder about the time penalty too.
Not at all. I was right and the FIA have corrected their decision as above which makes a lot more sense.
But the mistake they made in the first place cost Hamilton 10 seconds in the race, track position, and likely the win. How are they going to fix that? And next time it will be yet another mistake from the stewards because they never seem to know what they are doing.