Maldonado is a cash cow for Venezuelan oil money; he has shown to be rather mediocre as a driver. I doubt a race ban gets handed down, but you never know. I think he did turn into Hamilton, but really a racing driver could stab someone and claim complete innocence (sound familiar?), its part of the mentality that separates them.
Maldonado deserves to be banned from Formula 1.
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I fear they still will arrange a way to give a penalty to Hamilton, just because is him!
I wouldn't be surprissed.
5 grid penalty for Maldonado and Hamilton got a warning.
Kyle Puttifer
@Simberia
Is that all?!
Kyle Puttifer
@Simberia
Didn't a certain German get disqualified from the 1997 WDC for a similar incident?
Inconsistency at its finest.
Inconsistency at its finest.
Exactly Kyle.
Why focus on the negatives?
Hamilton has been a brat all season, "Is it because I'm black??"
Now Pastor has been a prat too. He will be punished accordingly, I doubt the FIA takes our opinions into consideration.
So. Happy point for Formula One. Turns out Bruno Senna CAN drive! And bloody well too if I may say so myself!
Hamilton has been a brat all season, "Is it because I'm black??"
Now Pastor has been a prat too. He will be punished accordingly, I doubt the FIA takes our opinions into consideration.
So. Happy point for Formula One. Turns out Bruno Senna CAN drive! And bloody well too if I may say so myself!
That was 14 years ago..
And was all different incident in terms of reason and outcome.
Kyle Puttifer
@Simberia
Taking someone out for REVENGE is more petty than taking someone out for the championship. On that basis, Maldonado should be given a WORSE punishment than being excluded from the WDC. Especially as it wasn't Hamilton's fault that Maldonado missed out on Q3, that was down to his teammate.
The reasons may have been different, but the intentions were the same.
PS I'm not one of those Hamilton fanatics, in fact I still refer to him as Ramilton after the Monaco race but, regarding this incident with Maldonado, Hamilton is innocent in my view.
As you say also now that they are complety different incidents. You cant ask for consistency of the stewards then.
Also you cant compare incidents that happened 14 years ago with incidents today.
Every incident is one that stands on itself imo. The factors that happens with incidents are never the same so a different outcome is always on hand.
Also you cant compare incidents that happened 14 years ago with incidents today.
Every incident is one that stands on itself imo. The factors that happens with incidents are never the same so a different outcome is always on hand.
But the FIA actually get stricter as time goes on. Senna took out Prost at the start of the Suzuka race purposely for the championship at very high speeds. No penalty. Drivers would take drivers out with intention before that and get no penalty either. Formula 1 rules get stricter and stricter, so I don't understand how Maldonado dosen't have a larger penalty.
Maldonado got a 5-place grid penalty for clashing with Hamilton, starting 21st. Hamilton got a reprimand (a formal warning).
Edit: No, I don't think Maldonado deserves to be banned from F1. Hopefully this penalty will teach him how to react after a small amount of contact.
Edit: No, I don't think Maldonado deserves to be banned from F1. Hopefully this penalty will teach him how to react after a small amount of contact.
This is Hamilton's onboard footage.
Comparing this video with stewards decision:
If Hamilton get the reprimand for causing a collision, then for what was PM penalized?
What a joke these F1 stewards are.
Hamilton probably got a reprimand for the tiny contact (which was 50/50 in my opinion) at the Chicane a few corners before.
You have to remember that the stewards have access to far more cameras, angles and equipment to review each incident than we will ever have so I'm confident that they had good basis for their decision.
I don't believe in it, but it's always too easy to penalized him and if there's no reason to do it, well he still get a reprimand, "surely because his black".
If today was Lewis making what Maldonado did, I'm sure he would exclude from the Championship and if I was him that's what I would do, before they find a motive to it.
