Did Lewis deserve the drive-thru penalty?

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Originally Posted by Knock-on

What would have happened if it was a McLaren :laugh:

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Exactly the answer I was expecting! :rotflmao:

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Originally Posted by Valve Bounce

If it was a McLaren, it would have fallen off and killed someone??

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Good one! :up:

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Originally Posted by wedge

That was Lewis's perspective and I'm not sure he viewed a replay after he calmed down after the race before he decided to answer his critics.

Ron Dennis has a slightly different perspective when he talked to ITV:

http://www.itv-f1.com/news_article.aspx?id=43085

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An in your opinion who was driving the car Lewy or Ron "Integrity" Dennis?

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Originally Posted by ioan

They should have fined them during the race?!
Or you were hinting that they should have disqualified Kimi because the team didn't remove the lose exhaust pipe?!

It would have been a nice "an eye for an eye" in exchange for Lewy's (fully deserved) drive through penalty, isn't it?! :rolleyes:

Dream on. Your problem is that McLaren isn't the superior machine it was last season (mostly due to spying on the best team) and this shows that Hamilton is a driver like any other.

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Ioan, you are again missing the point.

The fact of the matter is that the broken exhaust DID fall off during the race. What IF (yes, this is hypothetical) it did hit another car, ruining the drivers race, or it hit a spectator?

The Stewards should have used the Black and Yellow flag to have it removed. How long does it take to snip a cable?

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Originally Posted by ioan

Exactly the answer I was expecting! :rotflmao:

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Ioan, that was rhetoric I think you will find, it was a question (not an answer) that did not require a response.

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Originally Posted by ioan

An in your opinion who was driving the car Lewy or Ron "Integrity" Dennis?

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Lewis was recalling from his memory, Ron was responding to the TV images and the stewards were privy to the CCTV images.

Unless the CCTV images are released then this argument is inconclusive!

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Originally Posted by wedge

Lewis was recalling from his memory, Ron was responding to the TV images and the stewards were privy to the CCTV images.

Unless the CCTV images are released then this argument is inconclusive!

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Lewis knew that he ran wide while trying to go around Vettel, because he was the one driving the car.
Ron, he only said what he was willing to see or what he wanted us to believe that he saw.

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Originally Posted by SGWilko

Ioan, that was rhetoric I think you will find, it was a question (not an answer) that did not require a response.

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Well a rhetoric question is actually an answer, that's exactly why it didn't require an answer.
and if you look again you'll see that I didn't answer his rhetoric question, instead I laughed at the answer he was giving.

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Originally Posted by ioan

Well a rhetoric question is actually an answer, that's exactly why it didn't require an answer.
and if you look again you'll see that I didn't answer his rhetoric question, instead I laughed at the answer he was giving.

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At the risk of being repetitive...

Ioan, that was rhetoric I think you will find, it was a question (not an answer) that did not require a response.

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Originally Posted by ioan

Lewis knew that he ran wide while trying to go around Vettel, because he was the one driving the car.
Ron, he only said what he was willing to see or what he wanted us to believe that he saw.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=24c2GVlP2Ck

He hits the first apex which suggests Ron is correct that Lewis passed Vettel and completed the move before the chicane