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Originally Posted by Henry Schmidt
The rule book clearly states that a drive through penalty can/ should be imposed. If the offense is at the end of the race and a drive through can not be imposed, a 25 second penalty will be substituted. No random number. As I said before " timing is everything"
If the stewards had suggested a lethal injection it would be ok with me  |
Funny, during the race, they assured McLaren THREE TIMES that there would be no penalty. They just changed their mind after the fact.
Imagine if during a football game the refs got together after the game, decided that someone had committed an offsides penalty during a play that the coach had specifically checked with the refs on and was told during the game was okay, and the awarding of the penalty was just enough to change the outcome of the game. Then after the (now) losing team appealed, they were told that a verdict would be rendered in three weeks, then three weeks later told that an appeal is not allowed. That is exactly what happened here.
You cannot decide the outcome of sporting events after the fact. It flies in the face of what a sport is. The only exception is when an athlete egregiously and flagrantly breaks the rules and gives up all pretenses of playing the sport (like beating a fellow competitor unconscious). Cutting a chicane if F1 is like being offsides in football. It happens ALL THE TIME. It should be addressed at the moment it happens or not addressed at all.
And its funny that Ferrari has done the exact same thing during numerous races (including the most recent) and has never been penalized. Never.
You guys who root for Ferrari must also be Patriots fans, because they play the same dirty game.