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Originally Posted by dsg
Kvyat made a great move in China and thought he could do it again. Yes he badly misjudged the situation in Russia and should have been penalised for his mistake.
But, in the scheme of things was this really worse than a driver running up the rear of competitor while under the safety car (Japan 2007) or taking out a car stopped at the red light in pit lane (Canada 2008)?
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Following Canada at the French GP:
"Hamilton and Rosberg were both given ten place grid penalties for the French Grand Prix, meaning that whatever their qualifying position, they could start no better than 11th."
Japan 2007
"Following the race, Sebastian Vettel faced a 10-place penalty for the next race in Shanghai, China, for causing the collision with Mark Webber which put both drivers out of the race, but this punishment was reduced to a reprimand. When new evidence was presented to the FIA, it began an investigation of Lewis Hamilton for dangerous driving and causing the collision himself. Hamilton was leading the race right in front of Webber, before suddenly braking and forcing Webber to follow suit lest he be penalised for overtaking behind the safety car; the collision occurred when Vettel's car ran into the back of Webber. Hamilton might have faced either disqualification or a grid penalty for the next race,[5] but the FIA decided not to impose any penalty.[6]"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_Canadian_Grand_Prix
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007_Japanese_Grand_Prix