Autosport have just reported Romain Grosjean has been given a one-race ban, ruling him out of the Italian GP.
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Autosport have just reported Romain Grosjean has been given a one-race ban, ruling him out of the Italian GP.
That looks way over the top for me. Maldonado has repeatedly pulled off BS manoeuvres and he hasn't got race bans - IMHO, Grosjean doesn't deserve one.
Anyway, I guess D'Ambrosio will get the drive, won't he? He's the reserve driver for Lotus and I can't see who else would be able to drive there. You could think of people like Alguersuari, but he doesn't know the team, while D'Ambrosio does and he'll probably have quite a bit of experience with the team simulator.
By the way, when was the last time a driver got a race ban? I can't remember any recent cases... Yuji Ide comes to mind, but I think that he just had his superlicense revoked, didn't he?
And something else - considering how the race ban for Renault after the 2009 Hungarian GP was called off, Grosjean's penalty might be as well. Although I wouldn't expect this to happen - I guess that Renault was helped at that time by the fact that the Valencia race was due to follow and it would have been a massive blow for ticket sales.
Alonso could have died today. Romain has done such crap in several races this year. He deserves the ban.
must be banned for several years!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I think its a good move as that was a terrible move he put on Lewis.
I agree with this sentence. It's just a shame that the FIA have not taken similar approach with Maldonado for some of the stuff he has done throughout the year, however, maybe they are finally grasping on that this is the only way forward dealing with stupid drivers.
Maldonado had some accidents due to too much aggression (like Hamilton a few years back) but halfway through the season I already lost the count on how many times did this french crashed in other drivers before the very first corner!Quote:
Originally Posted by The Black Knight
As for who will step in. Sometimes the bans have mandated no car can take their places. Sometimes not.
A lot of Hamilton's incidents last year were racing incidents and some weren't his fault either. Boy has he been unlucky this year. I wonder how many points Hamilton has lost due to people crashing into him and McLaren **** ups this year. Lewis actually hasn't made one mistake this year that I can remember, he has just been really unlucky, not as unlucky as Schumacher, but still very unlucky. His driving has been supreme all year, possibly the best it has ever been.Quote:
Originally Posted by SlowSon
That aside, Roman has had far too many incidents like this on the first lap this year. Hopefully this ban will make him wake up and think about what he is doing a little. Maldonado has been equally stupid on numerous occasions but he never took out so many people in one crash that I can think of now, though Maldonado deserved a season long ban for his move on Perez in Monaco in my opinion. That he intentionally hit another car is irrefutable and there is no defense against it.