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Well first one didn't involve Ferrari so no need for Ferrari International Assistance to get involved, second one did.But the stewards was not helping by delaying what looks like a clear cut decision when Max cutting the corner. It all went downhill for Vettel since then especially with Max backing off Vettel into Ric (whether it was intentional or not). If Max gave the place back immediately (which was suggested by RBR) or if the stewards can decide faster, then Vettel Ric thing probably wouldn't happen. Probably they hesitate to give it immediately because Ham did the same thing at the start and they didn't penalize him.
Oh well, I guess you have to give them credit for being consistently inconsistent.
Well first one didn't involve Ferrari so no need for Ferrari International Assistance to get involved, second one did.
Having said that, there is a general relaxed approach to first lap incidents, Ham did allow Ros to catch up before dropping him like a bad smell. (Vertappen was hard done to in my opinion - he ruined his race anyway)
And who gives a crap if Verstappen was backing him up, there is nothing in the rules about that anyway. Well maybe there will be in the next race now it's affected Ferrari.
Exactly - he never let Rosberg catch up, had he made the corner the difference would have been couple tenths max, not one second, and still more importantly, if he had returned to the track like he should have, he wouldn't have been anywhere near 1st placeCome on Hamilton was 2-3 second ahead after the first corner but by the time the yellow was indicated Rosberg was about a second behind.
Rosberg-Verstappen case in the 1st corner went OK'ish, Verstappen pushed him out of track after braking too late, and Rosberg kept his position ahead of him by cutting the corner slightly, that can be granted in 1st corner IMO.FIA didn't penalise Ham to keep championship fight alive. Not mad at them though as Ros had his problem at turn 1 and probably wouldn't gain a place regardless.
Rosberg-Verstappen case in the 1st corner went OK'ish, Verstappen pushed him out of track after braking too late, and Rosberg kept his position ahead of him by cutting the corner slightly, that can be granted in 1st corner IMO.
Keeping championship alive should never be a reason for not giving penalties
He will. Hopefully Hamilton will be far enough down the road that Rosberg doesn't get the option to do thatRosberg also wins if he takes out Hamilton and himself, right?![]()
Their grip is just so much better on lower speeds it's ridiculous - what I'm more surprised about is the fact that Ricciardo didn't seem to take advantage from it that well. And despite how damn well Max drove, he again had to break the rules and get away with it. He could have easily waited 'till next corner to make clean pass of Vettel, but instead he just pushed him out of track when they were side by side, maybe even Vettel slightly in front. Granted, same had happened before in the race too with Vettel pushing Alonso wide and gone unpunished, but that doesn't make it any more ok - they both should have been punished, or the damn rule needs to be removed so everyone can feel ok doing it.Amazing driving by Max. He looked like he was glued to the road. Red Bull secretly have a fan-car?![]()
It would have been nice to see them racing for longer. It seemed mainly to be the final corner that caused the problems; if that was drier they may well have cut down on SC time a lot. Looking at the on-board shots it's completely understandable having the SC out. At times the spray was so bad you could barely see past the nose of the car, and that was at low speed behind the SC.