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Originally Posted by ScotsBrutesFan
Is jumping hard on the breaks to get below a delta time the safest option
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No, and it is not what the driver is required to do.
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Originally Posted by ScotsBrutesFan
or a more gradual controlled slowdown to that delta speed?
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Correct, and what the driver is required to do. This is what Vettel did not do. He did slow down, but not to the delta, and even increased his speed several times. To add to this, he was not aware what the red flag was for. He was thinking the red was for a stranded car at T9 or T10!
Vettel: "I saw the red flag, I slowed down, I had a look around to see where the car was, potentially stuck in the wall or if there was one around Turn 9 and 10 and then I slowed down significantly to comply with the rules."
No excuses. Slowing down only at a point where
he believed there was an issue, but then speeding up at another part of the track that
he believed there wasn't an issue. That is just plain dumb, and dangerous - particularly if a marshal was to be on the track to recover a car, debris or something other.
Ocon and Ricciardo were given the same penalty in Japan and Australia respectively. If anything,
Ricciardo's penalty in particular was the most unjust of the three.
