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Originally Posted by Kopite
He may not have got the penalty if he just followed Raikonnen through the next hairpin, then bizzed past him after. It was probably cos he was closer behind Raikonnen than he would've been normally, which gave a greater opportunity to outbrake Kimi into the hairpin. And who's to say that Kimi would've crashed out if that incident hadn't occured?
I'm not saying it's still right to dish out a penalty, and i'm sure you'll all start having a go at me for saying it, but they are valid points.
Either way, you're all right, the sport is corrupt  |
I agree, Hamilton did get an advantage because by the time kimi had got passed him they were going pretty much the same speed and so Hamilton had no ground to make up coming out of the corner as he would if he followed the ferrari through.
Hamiltons overtake going into the hairpin was a great manouveur, but if he had just waited until after turn one I think he would have got away penalty free. It's a real shame because Hamilton drove a great race catching Kimi up and overtaking him/battling on the penultimate lap. It was a really good race to watch but all this business with the stewards has some what ruined it.
All this said, Hamiltons penalty was unfair to say the least. As Terry said, Ferrari did more than enough things eligible for penaltys yet because they drive red cars they dont get one! They shoudln't have taken Hamiltons win from him!
All the points about Charlie and how he said it was alright, it isn't charlies decision which is final. As Ron Dennis said in his interview, he asked charlie and knew that this would only be as a guide line.