Drivers
Points
Lewis Hamilton 137 Valtteri Bottas 120 Sebastian Vettel 82 Max Verstappen 78 Charles Leclerc 57 Pierre Gasly 32 Carlos Sainz Jr. 18 Kevin Magnussen 14 Sergio Perez 13 Kimi Raikkonen 13 Lando Norris 12 Daniil Kvyat 9 Daniel Ricciardo 8 Alexander Albon 7 Nico Hulkenberg 6 Lance Stroll 4 Romain Grosjean 2 Antonio Giovinazzi 0 George Russell 0 Robert Kubica 0
Constructors
Points
Mercedes 257 Ferrari 139 RBR 110 McLaren 30 Racing Point 17 Haas 16 Toro Rosso 16 Renault 14 Alfa Romeo 13 Williams 0
This track should favor Ferrari on paper. Merc have an upgraded ICE, but it seems that tyre wear may play a bigger role.
Last edited by VĒmp; 06-07-2019 at 11:21 PM.
Another gift wrapped win for The Legend.
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Even Sky Sports thinks it’s a joke.
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Thug should practice track re-entry. Legend pressured him to the mistake.
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And why is The Thug messing with the position bollards in Parc fermé. They should give him another penalty for that.
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An absolute joke. Inexcusable decision by the FIA.
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Shirley you must be kitten?
He did get penalized 2 points off his license for switching the boards. I call that a fair trade.
A post on Reddit showing him switching the boards topped r/All, probably bringing in more fans to watch this farce of a sport.
Nobody likes it when the stewards directly affect the win. Never a good look; and even Lewis doesn't want to win like that. But what I haven't heard said is that Seb steered right after his front tires were on the gray. We all know that the safest and most effective way to rejoin the track is to steer as straight as you can, and after Seb did a great job of catching the oversteer on the slippery part, he steered right onto the racing line to block Lewis, who managed to stand on the brake just enough to avoid contact. If Vettel had hit Lewis's wing and/or pushed him into the wall, it would seem to be a more defensible call, so you shouldn't penalize Mercedes just because he was able to avoid a crash.
I don't know enough racing precedent to know what they do in the past but it felt like a racing incident to me. Bummer it had to turn out that wait regardless of who you are a fan of.
Him steering right was to catch a second oversteer moment when he got onto the pavement again, and you can see he only checks his mirror after the whole thing is over. I don't know why everybody thinks you can steer a car with dirty ass tires anywhere you want. If he would have kept his steering wheel straight he would have probably spun, he was just doing anything he could to not crash (which I think is still allowed?) If this call sets the standard they need to put an asterisk next to every championship before 2000.
And even then, if the stewards thought Seb needed to be punished (which I think is retarded), why not have him just concede the position? That would've at least given us a great finish. An absolutely ridiculous decision, I'd like to see how many millions switched off in the minute following that bullshit call.
Is there a difference between re-entering the track dangerously on purpose vs not on purpose in the rules? I haven't been able to find the specific rule about this.
So when a driver going into turn 1 over cooks it, nails the brakes and clips the driver ahead of beside I've seen people get penalties for that. What's the difference then?
You lose control, racing incident or not, and cause a crash or obstruct the racing line then you might get penalized.
Not sure the argument of I didn't do it on purpose or I had nowhere else to go carries any weight. Again, would have to read the rules.
He was a passenger on re-entry and the penalty was stupid. If that's the rule, it needs to be revised.
That said, he needs to stop making errors under pressure.
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Just watched the race. What an unbelievably disappointing ending to what was a pretty good race. F1 does everything it can to penalize effort. What a joke.
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Hahahah, the shot in the room afterward with the Gilles Villeneuve quote was absolutely priceless.
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