Originally Posted by
Bagwan
Seb did make a mistake , and it's good on Lewis that he forced him into it , but it's hardly irrelevant that he didn't have control as he crossed the grass .
He was going somewhere around 100 mph across that grass , with no chance to change direction nor slow down once he was there , and went up over the curbing onto the track in full opposite lock , regaining control as he went across the track surface .
Lewis was never more than half way alongside him as they went through the corner , and by the time he was anywhere close , the gap was already closing .
That's the only reason he had enough time to dab the brakes , or at least lift , to get out from between Seb and the wall .
If the track was a car wider there , and Seb had regained control when he did , but still pushed Lewis wide into a wall , then Seb would deserve being penalized .
The other issue I have with the penalty , itself , rather than with the reasoning for it , is that it robbed us of a potentially wild ending , with Lewis actually having a stab at a pass instead of just staying under 5 seconds behind .