I wasn't able to watch the race, no recepticons. Saw the controversy and read the comments. Just watched it. The stewards had a very average day starting with no penalty to Lewis on lap 1 leaving the track and gaining an advantage. How that could be left without a penalty is beyond me. Max had completed the pass and was in front. Lewis went wide but also did 100m less track to go from 2nd to 1st.
The rest? Meh. I said yonks ago the teams should not be able to nag Masi. I think he did the right thing though perhaps it would have been fairer under the circumstances to red flag the race and let them have those last 5 laps clear. Lewis and Max on fresh rubber but with Lewis carrying a 10 second penalty for that lap one episode.
Will Merc go through with their appeal????
Lewis one was weird. I thought Hamilton was forced off the track, so don’t think he should have been penalised aside from giving the time advantage back. Strange that Masi claimed he had.
Red flag and restart would have been the best. Surprises me that they don’t have something in place for the last ~5-10 laps where it automatically goes to red flag, everyone can refuel and re-tyre, then have a final 5 lap sprint once the track is cleared.
I doubt they’ll push ahead. Is there any likelihood that a successful appeal hands them the title? You can’t really go back to an earlier point in time and say those are the positions that will be awarded, as the race wasn’t finished then.
I can’t think of a sporting event where there has been a change in results after a finish, aside from DQ’s etc.
Closest thing I can recall is an AFL game in Tasmania where the umpires didn’t hear the siren and the game ran an extra 30 seconds or so, with a team scoring in that time to tie the game. In that case the rules said the game is finished when the umpires first hear the siren and call it over, but a technical issue meant they couldn’t hear it. Was determined the game finished when time expired and the result was changed to the team ahead at the time.
