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Originally Posted by BOIDS
think he just locks up bigly and loses the ability to turn the thing, happens. not sure its such an obvious penalty tbh altho the commentators are adamant that it is
bottas drove into kimi in a similar way a while back, kvyat does it every other week
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Originally Posted by Bigindiemen
Not really sure why they give a penalty here for Max, but not for Bottas in previous weeks. He just locked up, it was clearly not intentional.
I think it should (always) be a penalty. Locking up isn't something that randomly happens given a healthy car+tires. He brakes later and thus has to go harder on the pedal. It's a gamble that didn't pay off and 95+% of accidents don't have a driver intentionally driving into the other.
That isn't to say it isn't enforced with being results oriented. If he gets a puncture and wobbles into the pits losing a minute then no way he gets the penalty.
Also pretty lol that Magnussen got off lighter with what he did to Hülkenberg.
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Originally Posted by royalblue
The only thing Ferrari gains from having Kimi win is that Ham would only get 18 points. Probably better to go for the tiny chance that Ham actually loses ground
I'd say most of what they care about is winning constructors over Mercedes, it's how the prize money gets handed out. On that front, they were in a spot that they needed to gamble for the 1-2 as well. Think it being an unpassable circuit played a big part too.
Last edited by lenC; 07-30-2017 at 10:18 AM.