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Originally Posted by Teretonga
If people knew how much time and effort goes into making the right decision they would understand how rarely anything is a knee jerk reaction by a stewards panel, and that is just from my experience at a national level.
In F1 nothing is a knee jerk reaction.
You may disagree with some decisions as we all do but it is not s group of blokes making off the cuff decisions with no justification.
The process at F1 level is rigorous, far more so than most of the people here on ten tenths realize.
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There was a howler with Bottas jumping the start a while ago.
The stewards said he did not jump the start, yet the in car video evidence clearly showed he both jumped the start and did not stop again at any stage.
This would not happen in if there was more time to make the decison.
Mazepin trying to kill Mick at Monaco by turning into him on the straight as he came up to overtake is another incident that should not have esvcaped notice.
The stewards are human and time pressure and overload results in wrong decisions.
Another joke is having to bring evidence that was not available to the stewards at the time of a decision to an appeal. At times the evidence may have been available to the stewards, but they clearly did not look at it, or misinterpreted said information. This should be admissible at an appeal.