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Its amazing to read how some people react to this..
LH took a real hard line at the bus stop.. one that relied totally on the driver on the racing line giving up position (i.e the racing line) to make it stick. The other driver, if on the racing line, has no obligation to yield or move over (as this has priority over the reg. that states drivers side by side need to give each other room)...
So LH was the one who had to take avoiding action. In doing so he cut the corner, in itself no biggie, even if he did gain a place.
But the regs then go on to define how to 'return' the place.
Look at the footage from that corner and time/ measure how long it takes for the place to be 'returned'...
Now I wasn't there but from that footage one could imagine that LH, in his focus to win (its the one goal here) made sure that he yielded the place when and where it suited him, rather than following the stated rule. Again in this situation he thought he had done the right thing, as did McLaren and Charlie W.
However the FIA has the stewards there to take a 'second' look at issues.
Now the result in this situation is not good; either it was the right driver in the wrong car or the wrong driver in the right car who won. The modified result, to me, gives the wrong team the win with the wrong driver.
But....the rules are there and either need changing (as clearly they do because HK's penalty was pathetic)....or they need to be applied equally and fairly. This will not change until there are fundamental changes in the FIA hierarchy and a change in the relationship between the FIA and the commercial rights holder....
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