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I agreed with the penalty. Vettel may not have meant to impede Hamilton but the fact is his car went off and returned at slow speed onto the racing line causing another car to avoid a collision. Even if unintended, that should have a penalty if none was evident in the incident, imo.

 

Such incidents are what a race and a hard fight needs and that is why people watch the show.. Vettel was clearly busy avoiding a crash. Further he did not cut off the track to gain any advantage. If this penalty is ok, then you might see tons of penalties after the start of any race.
For anyone who has participated in motorsport races this penalty is a scandal.
Motorsports is a tough sport. If people want to see whiny people falling down and crying "foul" all the time they should go and watch Neymar for some minutes.

The whole thing shows how rotten the Formula 1 has become. Overdressed businessmen, whiny five-time world champions, no grid girls, no refueling, just one tire manufacturer, rules that only two or three rich teams allow to win races, DRS but overtaking still does not exist, only twenty riders and 10 teams left ... Where are the good old days where penalties had to be earned....

 

I watched it for years when I was at university (especially mid 90ies until approx 2008) and I loved it.
I was so obsessed that I even spent days in front of my PC playing full length Indy2 races the day after the real race was shown on TV.
It's by far more action (incl. the ovals) than in F1. (Unfortunately sometimes a bit too much as my all time favorite Greg Moore died in an insane crash - not to mention the shocking footage of the Jeff Krosnoff incident three years earlier in Toronto)
Unfortunately the last ten years I had hardly no time to follow the series.
Still I hope to see a Laguna Seca F1 Grand Prix one day. For me it's the most interesting racing track in the world.

 

I would agree with most of that. But look at it like this, Vettel would have hit a wall or bogged down into a gravel trap if he had gone off like that during the 80s-early 90s. He didn't gain an advantage through his error but in my opinion an error should result in some disadvantage.

 

When push comes to shove, he made a mistake, he has to to live with it. He‘s simply made too many the past few years.

 

Is it only me but everytime they mention Antonio Giovinazzi I understand "Chauvi-Nazi"

 

Anyone want to buy a diecast of Vettel's Canada "win"?

https://jalopnik.com/sebastian-vettel-s-f1-canadian-grand-prix-win-immorta-1835908480

 

Yeah such a difference from France. Great race by both Max and Charles and a hard battle for the win which is exactly what we want. Beautiful scenery. I loved that on track camera that the cars drove over with the trees and mountains in the background. Well done to Norris also, it is good to see McLaren improving. It was just crazy to see how much off throttle coasting Mercedes were having to do.

 

I've just read about how the 'Driver of the day' public voting system messed up for the Austrian gp and last place Kubica got the most votes.

 

The real votes got diluted between too many different drivers that arguably deserved it and the troll votes won out. That is the hazard of a first-past-the-post voting system.

 

No, the voting system was definitely faulty. People trying to vote for Verstappen or Sainz were getting confirmation that their vote for Kubica had been registered. It is being investigated to find out whether the fault was caused by accident or not.

 

Wow, I hadn't heard that. I wonder who rigged the election?

 

From Formula1.com: A beginner’s guide to... F1 cliches

Some good laughs contained within.

 

I Iiterally hate attempting to watch that French track.

All those blue lines, 131 different race layouts, I can't even track where the cars are meant to go.

After Austria, someone commented on a Youtube video:

Penalty controversy: Mercedes fan *sipping tea* nothing to do with us!

I had to LOL, as apart from the tea, it described me perfectly.

 

Rich Energy has cancelled the Haas contract.

Although this podcaster who revealed this, thinks that it is because Haas has been doing badly, I bet it is because the High Court has ordered Rich Energy to reveal the full details of it's finances, drinks' sales, and the full ins and outs of the Haas F1 deal.

 

I have my popcorn. RICH Energy and William Storey are a joke.

 

I have a theory that Grosjean's utter deterioration this year, is because the whole reason for him joining Haas, as a stepping stone to Ferarri, essentially went up in smoke the moment that Le Clerc was inserted into the red team, instead of him.

To anyone outside of Romain's head, he had no chance of going there with all his incessant moaning - no matter his skill or lack of it, he wouldn't last two seconds at a team that historically fires drivers if they dare criticise the car.

 

I am so, so pleased for the top four drivers of the 2019 German GP - Max, Seb, Daniil, and Stroll.

I am pleased for Verstappen to have won it, but in the last four laps, for "redemptive" reasons, I would have been more pleased for Vettel to get the win at what could be his last chance at his home grand prix.

Ah man, the feeling of seeing those three, so connected by history: Ferrari driver Vettel running back to the Red Bull pit wall to complain about Kvyat hitting his car, and the next race, Daniil (Red Bull's most successful driver to that point in the season, including their first podium) dropped to Toro Rosso so Max could take his seat.

Ironically, at a time when Dr Helmut Marko's capriciousness has depleted the Red Bull junior programme, all three podium finishers are his "kids".

Wild mass guessing, the words "Martin's grid walk" must be a hypnotic trigger that knocks me out, as I awoke on lap 31 to see Lewis seeming knock his front left suspension into a wall, yet recover from it, and I was on the edge for the rest of that great race.

All 20 drivers, heroes all.

 

And 5 of the top 6.

A shame that the Alfas lost their points but nice for Kubica to get his first point since 2010.

 

Robert Kubica scored a point???!!!

That is what the Missed Apex podcast is saying! I know he finished 12th, ahead of his team-mate because George Russell made a mistake...so, what the drokk happened?

There was something on Ted's Notebook - love those things - about Sauber being pulled up by the FIA for giving their drivers information over the radio. I honestly don't understand what the problem was; all team engineers give their drivers advice over radio, don't they?

 

The Alfa Romeos were hit with a 30-second penalty after the race for a clutch torque violation on the standing start.