Did Lewis deserve the drive-thru penalty?

I think he is just putting more and more pressure on himself. He doesn't appear to appreciate the rules: we know he passed him before the curbs; it did appear he was then going too fast to make the corner after that, so he simply cut the corner and in so doing, he gained an advantage.

This type of arrogance doesn't win races, it creates penalties.

Yes he deserved the penalty. I think anytime a driver goes 4 wheels off and continues he should get a penalty -- whether or not there was a pass involved.

And yes Kimi should have been shown the meatball and they should have cut the thermocouple wire holding the pipe to the car.

Vettel should have been penalised in Canada for cutting chicanes more than once to stay ahead of Kovalainen.

If not, then Hamilton shouldn't have been penalised.

Well, this case creates some debate. From the video it could be seen that Hamilton had passed Vettel before the corner. A shame I haven't seen a video from Vettel's onboard or a helicopter view to see the exact location of Vettel's car.

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Originally Posted by Malllen

Vettel should have been penalised in Canada for cutting chicanes more than once to stay ahead of Kovalainen.

If not, then Hamilton shouldn't have been penalised.

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Sounds right. I have seen drivers cutting a chicane many times in order to avoid contacts.

And yes, Schumacher cut a chicane at Hungaroring 2006 too as here was a debate about that.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6d35J1DwiZQ
Take a look at approximately 3:30. A very similar situation. Drivers side-by-side into the corner and MS takes an avoiding action.

With Kovalainen getting quite an easy penalty in qualifying, then I don't wonder about folks getting suspicious here. :p :

Some onboard footage from Vettel would certainly clear the issue.

Very close call IMHO. We have to assume the stewards had footage from many different angles on which they based their judgement, rather than just LH's in-car camera that TV viewers saw. Form that view I think LH cut the corner to avoid a possible avoidable incident so he was stuffed either way. Perhaps he should have been more patient, but he is a racing driver after all and we complain if there are no passes!!

One of the issues here is the lack of consistency where the stewards are concerned. I don't know if there still is a permanent steward, or whether the stewards have any racing experience, but I guess they have a difficult job to do.

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Originally Posted by Daika

Did Micheal Schumacher win today?

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No, but I think that "eu" is still having nightmares featuring MS! :laugh:

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Originally Posted by truefan72

He clearly passed Vettela and was quickly approaching the RBR in front of him, who by the video you can tell had slowed a bit into the turn.

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Ofcourse the RBR had slowed a bit into the turn, all the cars go slower when turning in a chicane, well unless driven by Lewy who forgets to brake and cuts the chicanes.

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Originally Posted by markabilly

Lewis speaks out (well, surprize, surprize...)

"I feel cool. It's all good. Racing is racing. I'm still here, there's nothing you can do to get me out of it,"

"I continued because I don't believe I overtook him by going over the kerb, I actually took him before that."

"I kept pushing. There's nothing you can do that can distract me. You can keep on giving me penalties and whatever you want to do and I'll keep battling and try and come back with a result."

"I did everything I needed to do, I stayed out of trouble and drove what I thought was a fair race"

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This guy has a problem between his ears.

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Originally Posted by ioan

This guy has a problem between his ears.

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Yet again, rather than insulting Hamilton, what does he say there that you object to?