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Originally Posted by chapo
It is rather easy. Where you part of the red flag incident? Yes? No work on pit lane for you until after the race restarts
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That is a great idea. The only hiccup is the stewards will need to make a decision much sooner.
Brazil when Hammy took out Albon. It took stewards until after the race to decide what everyone else, including the pro Hammy announcers, could decide after a couple of replays. That cost Sainz? an opportunity to actually be on the podium during the celebrations.
This one took an agonizing amount of time, IIRC they didn't make a decision until the red flag period was over and several laps into the restart.
Reasonable minds can differ as evidenced by the comments on here, but FFS they really need to make up their minds and get it on. Reminds me of college football (as I don't watch NFL or NBA) and how long it takes for the 'guys upstairs' to take a look at the play. All the while the announcers explain the standard of review and how it only takes the ball to 'break the plane'. Honestly, as Seb would say, get on with it.
I don't believe the punishment in this instance was enough but I'd be pretty upset if I were Mercedes and the punishment came down after a 45 minute red flag period and several more laps after the restart. No way the team can adjust properly with that amount of time wasted.