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F1 2021 Round 10 : Silverstone

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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,878 ✭✭✭McFly85


    The stewards were right from the letter of the law-10 second penalty is correct when you look at it from the incident only. Lewis was mainly at fault as he had space to move into, but he didn’t turn into max or specifically look to crash or anything.

    Still feels wrong that you have a system that you can be judged at fault for causing a crash that you ultimately massively benefit from, though. Imagine it happened in the final race and that’s how the championship was decided!



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,641 ✭✭✭✭El_Duderino 09


    I think it did. It was a foolish move but there are good arguments that Hamilton had his car half way along verstappens and so he had the right to take that inside line. But he understeer and hit verstappen so he got a 10s penalty. That's about right.

    The punishment fits the crime which its supposed to do. It doesn't fit the consequences of the crime, but it's not supposed to do that.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,341 ✭✭✭✭MadYaker


    Go outside and get some fresh air. What a ridiculous post.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 19,731 ✭✭✭✭ELM327


    I have to laugh at the "hate has won" comments.

    You're allowed to say lewis was in the wrong, or heck you're allowed to dislike his public personality, without being racist. I dont rate Nico Rosberg at all, and I really dislike Bottas, and his personality. Am I anti-white then?

    Lewis was in the wrong and for me he benefitted from his "crime", in that he repaired the car under the red flag and still got +25 on his rival. It's exactly the same as schumacher crashing into hill in adelaide 1994. I'm a schumacher fanboy but michael had a nasty habit of crashing out rivals. He tried it in Jerez 1997 against Villeneuve and Brundle on comms even mentioned it "you hit the wrong part of him my friend".

    Lewis is in the wrong. MSC was in the wrong. Same "crime". Lewis got a 10 second penalty (not even stop go) and MSC got disqualified from the WDC that year.



  • Moderators, Education Moderators, Sports Moderators, Paid Member Posts: 12,362 Mod ✭✭✭✭artanevilla


    If it wasn't the British GP do you think Hamilton might have backed out/left room?



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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,878 ✭✭✭McFly85


    I think it being his home race played a part in it, but I think it was moreso getting P1 in quali but still not having the same pace as Max in the sprint.

    Think the sprint taught him that if he was to stand any chance, he needed to get into P1 as soon as possible.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 493 ✭✭Billgirlylegs


    It was an unusually Minor penalty to say the least. Type of penalty that would apply to technical infringements of the rules.

    What he did was driver error causing a collision. Not technical or minor. Whether the other driver crashed or not is totally irrelevant.

    When added to - caused a collision and punted someone off - repaired his car without loss of position - lucky at Norris pitstop misfortune - lucky that LeClerc's "computer says no" - "team orders"!!!!!!, that cynical "is Max ok" radio message on the way into the pits and finally his antics after the race.

    Criticism of Red Bull officials reaction on Sunday is out of order. Their driver had suffered a big impact, might have had a serious head injury and was clearly suffering, even after getting himself out of the car. They were rattled and might have been OTT, but their driver could have been badly injured by a cowboy move made in desperation by an experienced driver



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,641 ✭✭✭✭El_Duderino 09


    Lewis in Silverstone and Schumacher in Jerez 97 are not even comparable. Schumacher steered into his opponent with intention to crash into him. Lewis didn't do that, he just understeered into him because he failed to hit the apex. The very different penalties are roughly appropriate for the incidents they were applied to.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,382 ✭✭✭petes


    And why did Lewis understeer too much? Because he was trying to hard in places he shouldn't so as not to let Max break free. He made a mistake which caused another driver to go off the track, how are other people not able to see this instead of coming up with anything other than the facts. I'm done with the discussion anyway. The way I and most see it Lewis was at fault, was behind Max when it happened but because Lewis took the wrong line in desperation to get by caused the accident. unsubscribes 😂



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,641 ✭✭✭✭El_Duderino 09


    He understeered because he mad ea balls of the corner and failed to hit the apex. That's not even comparable to Jerez 97.



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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,382 ✭✭✭petes


    I never compared it to Jerez 97, can you point to the part in my post that I did? No, you can't, ffs read the posts before you post your condescending bullshit. Which way is the ignore button, have read enough of your shite over the weekend!



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,641 ✭✭✭✭El_Duderino 09


    I was responding to this post by ELM

    "Lewis was in the wrong and for me he benefitted from his "crime", in that he repaired the car under the red flag and still got +25 on his rival. It's exactly the same as schumacher crashing into hill in adelaide 1994. I'm a schumacher fanboy but michael had a nasty habit of crashing out rivals. He tried it in Jerez 1997 against Villeneuve and Brundle on comms even mentioned it "you hit the wrong part of him my friend".

    Lewis is in the wrong. MSC was in the wrong. Same "crime". Lewis got a 10 second penalty (not even stop go) and MSC got disqualified from the WDC that year."



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,649 ✭✭✭Harika


    That's the wrong Schumacher example, winning imola 1994 and celebrating at the ceremony was discussed even a decade later.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 19,731 ✭✭✭✭ELM327


    It's a different example showing different things. Crashing out his rival.


    It's similar to this because Lewis took the line knowing he'd miss the apex and was going to crash Max off



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,641 ✭✭✭✭El_Duderino 09


    It's similar if you squint in a bad light and you also want to ignore the fact that he didn't deliberately try to crash his opponent out of the race. That's the crucial piece of information that distinguishes the two events. Pretending otherwise is very silly.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 19,731 ✭✭✭✭ELM327


    In your world I suppose lewis is correct and max should have got off the racing line to let him pass like bottas does.



  • Site Banned Posts: 12,341 ✭✭✭✭Faugheen


    Not one person has said this. Neither of them were going to yield.

    You're the one making baseless claims here, yet then you sarcastically imply other people are.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,641 ✭✭✭✭El_Duderino 09


    I've seen a couple of people put that point forward. But I just take the sensible approach where Lewis made a mistake and was punished roughly appropriately (on the lenient side but appropriate). The punishment could have been a bit more harsh and wouldn't have been inappropriate.

    That's my world. Which world are you living in?



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,790 ✭✭✭✭Burkie1203



    Merc think it was harsh, yet Toto wanted LEC chucked 10 places down the grid in Monaco for causing a red flag in qualifying

    https://www.bbc.com/sport/formula1/57920998



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 5,893 ✭✭✭SCOOP 64


    Roll on Hungary, will like to see Lec do well again, Ferrari are making gains, (just to change the subject).



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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,641 ✭✭✭✭El_Duderino 09


    But that suggests an F1 team might behave hypocritically...


    So what?



  • Site Banned Posts: 12,341 ✭✭✭✭Faugheen


    Toto didn't want LeClerc chucked 10 places down the grid. I suggest you read what he said about that before commenting.

    He had every sympathy for LeClerc and suggested (after being prompted in a question) that it might be a good idea in the future to dock someone their fastest lap if they cause a session-ending red flag, like they do in IndyCar.

    You're saying Hamilton should have been penalised for repairing his car during a red flag so I don't see what you said and what Toto said are so different tbh.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,341 ✭✭✭✭MadYaker


    Pretty pathetic seeing Hamilton back tracking on Instagram a few days after and wishing Max the best etc, doesn't want to tarnish his fake nice guy image 🙄



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,426 ✭✭✭Hijpo


    Horner says they have the right to appeal Hamiltons lenient penalty.

    Not sure what that gets them but serious mind games being played, they don't seem to be letting go of this at all.



  • Site Banned Posts: 12,341 ✭✭✭✭Faugheen


    What exactly did he back track on? Reads as one competitor wishing another competitor a quick recovery to me.

    Is he supposed to say he wishes Max never races again or something?

    Some amount of straw clutching here.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,884 ✭✭✭SureYWouldntYa


    Showing Max how they will back him to the hills, and how much support they will give him

    All of this is worth it just for that



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