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Originally Posted by wnut
Setting aside the rather nasty and wholly unnecessary personal insult.
A technical breach would almost exclusively occur across a session or would affect a result across a session. In Ricciardo’s case the technical violation can be pinned down to a single instance shown as a spike on the telemetry. The deletion of the lap on which it occurred would negate any possible effect or benefit that it could have caused.
Regarding the application of the DQ penalty that you allege should automatically apply may I point you in the direction of:
The 30 second penalties incurred by Alfa Romeo at the 2019 German GP for clutch irregularities.
The 5000 Euro fine for Mercedes carrying fuel at too low a temperature in Lewis’ car in Practice 1 here at Singapore – not exclusion from results of the session.
2016 Hulkenberg in the Force India penalized one grid place for the use of tyres during qualification that should have been handed back before qualifying.
So it would certainly seem there is a strong precedent of penalties other than a DQ being used in instances of technical irregularities.
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Except the rule quoted by the stewards specifically addresses the exact violation and states exclusion as the required penalty. It was addressing the violation of the technical specifications of the engine and power unit, none of your listed violations are if that nature so your precedents don't apply. If was VERY VERY clear in their report and the team did not argue much other than the usual quick response. There haven't been any why do they have us, it's not fair whining so it sounds like they understand the rule as well.
And understand the difference between a technical violation of the rules and a violation of the technical specifications. That's a MAJOR difference in word choice and means a lot in applying penalties.