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Originally Posted by RonDent
If a driver leaves the racing surface and re-enter is such a way that a competitor must aggressively brake or steer to avoid contact, that is an unsafe re-enter.
That being said, stewards generally won't impose a penalty if doing so, the penalty is greater than the infraction.
I'm not a steward, I'm a starter, but in my opinion, there shouldn't have been a penalty.
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Not if the action caused a possible shift in positions between any drivers involved. Now, we will never know if Hamilton could have/would have passed Vettel during the incident if there was another 3 feet of room. But knowing Ham, he would have given it a shot and he was denied that given his superb ability to preserve.
As Toto Wolff said, "No one will ever be 100% correct...." (speaking of the stewards)
Also, and I can't remember exactly what Wolff said in reply to the main commentator, but he handed him his ass.