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Personally, I agree. I do embrace it. I was excited to see him again at Silverstone and at Spa last year. I'm also glad to see his recent improvement. It might have been Michael who was naive, because he was the one who came back expecting to have a personal performance that would enable him to win, which he hasn't shown yet. The stuff about him not being the guy he was before was not mentioned by him or Mercedes when he came back. He is willing and able to be an F1 driver, but hasn't shown he is able to be one of the best (anymore). Is that able enough?- that's the question. Nevertheless, the timing of my last remark is not the best, because he is at last showing signs of improvement. I hope he sticks around, stops sticking his front wing into places it won't go and sticks it to the critics like me! So while he's still willing and able to do it. Last edited by Born Racer; 13 Jul 2011 at 13:09. |
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Unfortunately for Schumacher, the lowest penalty available was a ten second stop and go.
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Ah, fair enough.
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Schumacher shouldn't have got a penalty for his latest accident. There never used to be so many penalties. It's become ridiculous at this point.
You should not get a penalty for a simple mistake. You should get one for gross negligence - yes. Just a mistake - no. Mansell did a good job stewarding. He's very level headed when he's not talking about himself. I don't fault the stewards at the track. New guidlines need to be drawn up at a higher level as to what merits a penalty and it should be a worse offense than a mere mistake. |
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If they had just bounced off each other, MS had lost his wing but KK kept going, then perhaps no penalty would be necessary. Much like the LH/FM incident perhaps. This is where the views of the stewards can be subjective and different from race to race, and yet still be correct. |
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Sometimes you have to give a penalty to a driver just for being a plonker. If they only handed out penalties for "gross negligence", there aren't going to be too many cars left running at the end of a race. |
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Post-race comment PRish diplomacy perhaps. Even if Schumacher himself said it, it doesn't necessarily mean he's right. |
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The regulations were recently changed at the end of June.
PENALTIES 16.3 The stewards may impose any one of the penalties below on any driver involved in an Incident : a) A drive-through penalty. The driver must enter the pit lane and re-join the race without stopping. b) A ten second time penalty. The driver must enter the pit lane, stop at his pit for at least ten seconds and then re-join the race. If either of the two penalties above are imposed during the last five laps, or after the end of a race, Article 16.4b) below will not apply and 20 seconds will be added to the elapsed race time of the driver concerned in the case of a) above and 30 seconds in the case of b). c) A time penalty. d) A reprimand. If any of the four penalties above are imposed they shall not be subject to appeal. e) A drop of any number of grid positions at the driver’s next Event. f) Exclusion from the results. g) Suspension from the driver’s next Event WHAT YOU COULD GET ONE FOR 20) DRIVING 20.1 The driver must drive the car alone and unaided. 20.2 Manoeuvres likely to hinder other drivers, such as more than one change of direction to defend a position, deliberate crowding of a car beyond the edge of the track or any other abnormal change of direction, are not permitted. 20.3 Drivers must use the track at all times. For the avoidance of doubt the white lines defining the track edges are considered to be part of the track but the kerbs are not. A driver will be judged to have left the track if no part of the car remains in contact with the track. Should a car leave the track for any reason the driver may rejoin. However, this may only be done when it is safe to do so and without gaining any advantage. 20.4 As soon as a car is caught by another car which is about to lap it during the race the driver must allow the faster driver past at the first available opportunity. If the driver who has been caught does not allow the faster driver past, waved blue flags will be shown to indicate that he must allow the following driver to overtake. Any driver who is deemed to be ignoring the waved blue flags will be reported to the stewards of the meeting. Schumacher definitely hindered a driver. Hamilton did not, nor did he crowd Massa beyond the edge of the track (all four wheels off it). |
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There's also a 'cover all' regulation. 30.13 At no time may a car be driven unnecessarily slowly, erratically or in a manner which could be deemed potentially dangerous to other drivers or any other person. This will apply whether any such car is being driven on the track, the pit entry or the pit lane. Did I forget to mention: 18.2 Any driver who receives three reprimands in the same Championship season will, upon the imposition of the third, be given a ten grid place penalty at that Event. If the third reprimand is imposed following an Incident during a race the ten grid place penalty will be applied at the driver’s next Event. The ten grid place penalty will only be imposed if at least two of the reprimands were imposed for a driving infringement. |
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Apparently he is on a relatively low wage. Lower than many and much lower than he was before. He does also still return on that wage, even if it isn't lap times. He is doing what you say, it is just that it is a different relative scale.
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Well Michael does not need the money let's face it... He has pride and I am sure he will knock it on the head if he feels he can help Mercedes no further.. He is a lateral thinker, brilliant driver really... |
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The stewards should only intervene if it's a gross mistake or wilful conduct unbecoming of a driver. I think Barrichello nearly being driven into the wall in Hungary last year by MS might be such a circumstance where you would assess a penalty of some kind. |
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If Schumacher received a penalty for dropping it into Kobayashi, who did keep going after the incident, then I fail to see how Hamilton wasn't treated in the same way. To me it was a deliberate punt. "There was no way I was going to let him (Massa) keep the place." |
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During every race there's two or three 'court dramas' on the go. That's not right. F1 is what I switched on not the latest episode of Judge Judy. There's all the initialled gizmos and activation zones that we have to keep an eye on. The sporting rules are becoming too complex and are threatening to replace the drama of sport with the drama of intrigue. I don't watch an F1 race to see intrigue during the racing itself. There's a surplus of that off the track. Along with overtaking that's becoming too cheap this will hurt the sport in the long run. Hamilton may have a point. |
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Hamilton on the other hand punted Massa on the final lap. "There was no way I was going to let him have the place." "My brakes had cooled and faded and I was unable to pull it up in time." How do you distinguish one as deserving a penalty and the other not? In my book the one is guilty of a mistake and Hamilton's efforts look completely deliberate and gained him a place! Interstingly the FIA lap chart does not even deign to recognise the contact though there was certainly plenty of body damage to both cars! Last edited by wnut; 14 Jul 2011 at 01:10. |
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Or a ban on cold air blowing.. |
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Koba did a change to slicks on lap 12; responding to the purples set by Schumacher following a new wing and change to slicks; and retired due to an oil leak on lap 23. Now thats what I like from stewards - accurate ability to predict the future - marvellous boys just marvellous! |
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