• Sentau@discuss.tchncs.de
    93·
    11 days ago

    A complete joke that McLaren, Merc, VCARB and Haas get off almost scott free for breaking the rules. It makes no sense to me that Hamilton got two 5 second penalties in Sochi 2020 for doing a practice start from the wrong spot in the pitlane but shit like this goes unpunished. At least the top 3 should have gotten time penalties because they are the ones who instigated it.

      • woelkchen@lemmy.worldOP
        63·
        11 days ago

        Checo got a sporting advantage. Norris didnt

        What about “judge the infraction, not the outcome” that gets repeatedly quoted when somebody was suffering a big crash but the guilty driver gets only 5 secs or so? Starting infraction is starting infraction.

        • GreatRam@lemmy.world
          4·
          11 days ago

          When a driver speeds in the pit lane during practice they only get a fine but when they speed during the race (when they gain a sporting advantage) they get a time penalty and it’s the exact same infraction. You say starting infraction as if the two cases are the same but they’re not.

          • woelkchen@lemmy.worldOP
            22·
            11 days ago

            When a driver speeds in the pit lane during practice they only get a fin

            Maybe bring up that example when Norris runs a red light in free practice, not during the race session.

      • itsame@lemmy.world
        42·
        11 days ago

        Norris created a potential dangerous situation for Stewards, much worse than a sporting advantage.

      • Sentau@discuss.tchncs.de
        21·
        11 days ago

        Sporting advantage is not the only criteria involved when dishing out penalties as we saw with Bearman’s penalty today. He was the one who spun because of the contact and yet he was the one who was punished because the contact was his fault

  • wes@lemmy.worldM
    51·
    11 days ago

    Kind of a weak fine if you compare it to Verstappen’s 50.000 fine for touching a rear wing a couple of years ago.

  • wes@lemmy.worldM
    3·
    10 days ago

    It’s understandable that things get tense at the end of this season and there is a lot of drama going on, but please be civil and respectful to each other. Discussion is great but no insults / xenophobic remarks as it does not lead to anything but frustration.

  • Sentau@discuss.tchncs.de
    41·
    11 days ago

    The result wouldn’t have changed much even with all the guilty parties rightfully recieving a 5 sec penalty. Russell would still be 3rd 4th, Norris would still be 6th, Yuki would still be 7th, piastri would still be 8th and ollie would still be 12th. The only beneficiary would be perez who would move upto 9th after the penalties for lawson and lewis who would drop to 10th and 11th respectively.

  • itsame@lemmy.world
    917·
    11 days ago

    Formula 1 has become a joke. If a driver would do the same in a karting championship, they would be instantaneously disqualified.

    Norris has the right passport 😜