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Old 15 Jul 2017, 18:14 (Ref:3751510)   #42
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Originally Posted by RWill2073 View Post
I do wonder if the roles were reversed if grosjean would get a penalty for possibly slowing Hamilton. Just like if it was someone besides vettel, or more specifically, someone not in title contention, would have gotten a bigger penalty at Baku. I think it's fair to say that the title race is beinf considered in some of these decisions. And I honestly dont know if it's such a bad thing
I respect your opinion, but I disagree on that.

If [random driver 1] does exactly this on [random driver 2], then IMO the judgement should be exactly the same
* if it was [random driver 1]'s home track
* if it was [random driver 2]'s home track
* it it was both drivers' home track
* if it was neither driver's home track
* if [random driver 1] was in the championship fight and the other wasn't
* if [random driver 2] was in the championship fight and the other wasn't
* if both were in the championship fight and the other wasn't
* if none were in the championship fight and the other wasn't

I think an action should be judged regardless of nationality and regardless of championship position.
An action is either right or wrong.

Hamilton doing it, or Ericsson (just picking a random name) doing it should get the same treatment.

But that's just my opinion.
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