I agree with how harsh the penalty is. It is ridiculous sending Hamilton all the way to the back of the grid. But I'm not against the penalty. If the rules state that he needs enough fuel to make it to the pits then he deserves a penalty. But it shouldn't be this harsh in my opinion. It's not like he hit another driver or something.
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Well the first punishment can be seen as a first hefty reprimand that such a thing will be punished. And I think it's normal if there's not a set punishment for something very unsporty that the punishments only become higher to avoid that behaviour. Especially if you do it a second time.
Of course he should have a penalty, but not getting disqualified. That´s BULLSHIT.
That's something I will agree on, that the penalty was too harsh.
higher?
They went from Nothing to the most severe one you can get apart from being banned from the race.
Again it seems you think this was Hamilton´s choice.
A penalty has to be applied equally to every driver that has done that same infraction. Having different levels for different drivers is just bias in my opinion. But hey, it's just my opinion. 
No one is disputing a rule was broken.
The punishment i'm sorry to say, is bull
. No reason to drop him all the way back, that's a ludicrous decision.If you think a group of fascists can run an organisation and be completely impartial to someone of colour, then congratulations, people like you let the 3rd Reich happen.
Of course, but different levels for doing it the second time is not weird.A penalty has to be applied equally to every driver that has done that same infraction. Having different levels for different drivers is just bias in my opinion. But hey, it's just my opinion.
But he never ran illegal fuel.... he simply did not drive into the pits. Do you not even hear that there´s lightyears between these two cases.
It's possible they gave the relatively severe penalty because they felt McLaren was trying to lie to them. Claiming that a mechanic's error is supposed to be a 'force majeure' is kinda bullshit. Perhaps Hamilton would be in P6 now if McLaren had told the truth from the beginning...
The punishments should NEVER become higher even if a driver does it again and again. If a gear box change means 5 seat drop then it should stay a 5 seat drop even if the driver would do 20 changes in a whole year.
I don't get why people say that he deservs getting this penalty after what he have been able to miss and don't relize that penalties need to be consistant and 100% clear. In this case FIA isn't doing a good job in my point of view. I would like to know if FIA used the telemetry of Hamiltons car to calculate if the car would make it to the pit even if Hamilton used the lowest mix.
I don't get why people say that he deservs getting this penalty after what he have been able to miss and don't relize that penalties need to be consistant and 100% clear. In this case FIA isn't doing a good job in my point of view. I would like to know if FIA used the telemetry of Hamiltons car to calculate if the car would make it to the pit even if Hamilton used the lowest mix.
Jean Todt
Max Mosley
Radovan Novak
What do they have in common? Apart from the affiliation with FIA.
Max Mosley
Radovan Novak
What do they have in common? Apart from the affiliation with FIA.
I can only laugh about a comment like this. It shows how shortsighted some people become if a father or whatever has joined something very wrong that they're sure son has done the same.
You're the same like people saying all current Germans are Hitler. Or that the current Germans are also guilty of the holocaust.
Do you have ANY proof they're fascists except that their fathers were good friends with them? NO, you don't. And you can't blame a child for what their father has done!
You're the same like people saying all white South Africans are racists, just because there was a pro-white racist regime in SA until 1994..
You don't like them?
Levels of penalties should be the same no matter how many times you do an infraction, unless stated otherwise. It does NOT say that if you do it a second time or more you will get a bigger penalty.
Do you?
Whether the penalty is harsh or not I really feel McLaren are letting Hamilton down at the moment. First awfull pits stops now this.
Well, i hope the race tomorrow not gonna be as boring as the endless story here of Hamiltons penalty
Interesting grid, will Maldonado copy Ricciardos Bahrain start? I hope he wont a Williams win would elevate this seasons level (which is already amazing)
Interesting grid, will Maldonado copy Ricciardos Bahrain start? I hope he wont a Williams win would elevate this seasons level (which is already amazing)
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