Yeah, he should go out & win some races to prove himself, maybe a championship or 4I'd say Vettel needs to prove something before I'd worry about who he replaces.
It's still on Broadwaywhats the word on Hamilton?
Bottas was plenty fast (faster than anyone but Hamilton), he just completely botched the start. He was lucky to not be dq'd.
Sky showed he had three red LEDs on top of his wheel (the RPM lights) that he reacted to that turned off literally two tenths before the start lights went off. Odd that they’d flicker without his input, and the car moved after they turned off, so I guess you can’t say they turned off because he dropped the revs. Apparently two tenths is within the allowable margin (five frames on Sky’s 25Hz feed), and he remained within his box, but the stop and start cost him.In the interview he claimed that a light suddenly went on while waiting for the lights to go off and that ruined his start concentration and caused him several positions right there. I did see a blue light in the replay turning off again but couldn’t tell if that was what he meant or if he just started too early and had to hold back to prevent a penalty for false start
https://www.espn.co.uk/f1/story/_/id/29495398/magnussen-drops-10th-haas-gets-double-penalty+10 sec penalty against both Haas drivers, MAG loses one point, no penalty against Albon.
Haas was called to the stewards after the race and investigated for its use of radio transmissions during the formation lap. F1's rulebook states drivers must drive the car "alone and unaided" on the formation lap.
The stewards' verdict on both drivers was identical, saying: "Having considered the matter extensively, the Stewards determined that the team instructed the driver to pit. The team could not prove that one of the exemptions made under paragraph A. 2. a) to g) of the Technical Directive 011-17 was applicable".
The rule exists to prevent drivers being extensively talked through the start procedure. Radio communications are allowed once the race had started.
No idea about Kvyat, but for Max I'd guess that unforseen technical issues would be exactly such an exception listed "under paragraph A. 2. a) to g) of the Technical Directive 011-17" as quoted in the ruling.Why didn’t Kvyat get the same penalty? He asked his team if he could box for slicks on the formation lap. I can’t remember if they answered, but he didn’t box. I’d like to know which saved him a penalty. Did they “instruct” him, only the instruction was to do nothing?
Also, didn’t Red Bull “instruct” Max to continue to the grid rather than box after he crashed?