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Originally Posted by Greem
Correct me if I'm wrong, but Stroll did get a penalty - a drive through. Vettel got a 10s stop go.
Lesser penalty for Stroll as no contact happened.
That looks pretty consistent application of the rules to me.
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You are correct on the penalties. However there was no Stroll/Gasly contact because Gasly did a better job of avoiding Stroll (or maybe he was just luckier) than Stroll did with Vettel. So it was the innocent party in both cases who determined whether there was contact, not the transgressor.
It's far too late to look to precedent to determine what should be penalised and what the penalty should be. There are always conflicting precedents that could be called upon. Indeed you could say that the only consistency in the application of penalties is the inconsistency. Jolyon Palmer has made the same call as me for a rewrite of the rules, saying "In my view, F1 needs a complete rules reset." His full analysis is here:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/49629863