Hamilton Stripped of Win - Official

How can you have an advantage at that speed in a short space of time after letting the guy back on?

the dude in front is blocking you and if he cannot hold his position then he loses the advantage of being first

if behind you still have to try and get past

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Originally Posted by Bobby_Hamlin

It's my understanding that the one move 'rule' is more of a gentleman's agreement and isn't enforced by the stewards.

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Wrong understanding, but that isn't the cause of the "penalty".

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Originally Posted by Bobby_Hamlin

It's my understanding that the one move 'rule' is more of a gentleman's agreement and isn't enforced by the stewards.

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It is a rule, brought in during the late nineties. It was intended to stop some pretty scary moves during racing.

I don't enjoy watching a race and then finding out that the winner didn't win. Crap penalty. Silly FIA. They will turn people off watching and just find people tuning in for the sports reports on the news at this rate.

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Originally Posted by VkmSpouge

But where he was before the chicane was in Raikkonen's slipstream, so there was no advantage there.

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He went off. You can't just make a mistake, go off on the grass and then let the other car by when it suits you.

If Lewis has made the corner and slipstreamed Kimi and made the pass it would have been fine of course. But the thing is he didn't make the corner and he went off and gained a place and then gave it back at his leisure. If you go off there should be a disadvantage and you can't simply let the other car by when it's convenient for you and have a net gain out of the whole thing.

If you look at the incident again you'll see that Lewis made a gain out of the whole thing.

Now that I think of it this is Lewis' second offence for the same thing and although he let Kimi though he might as well not have considering how he did it and I'm actually thinking perhaps he does deserve it.

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Originally Posted by Bobby_Hamlin

It's my understanding that the one move 'rule' is more of a gentleman's agreement and isn't enforced by the stewards.

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No it's a proper rule. Looking at the video it wouldn't be enforced anyway. Lewis moved across the track to block and then back across to take the racing line which is all justified.

Raikkonen has said that Hamilton fully deserved his penalty.

I agree, it was a ruthless attempt to gain ground by cutting corners. It can not be allowed.

Don't do the crime if you can't pay the fine. :)

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Originally Posted by Daniel

He went off. You can't just make a mistake, go off on the grass and then let the other car by when it suits you.

If Lewis has made the corner and slipstreamed Kimi and made the pass it would have been fine of course. But the thing is he didn't make the corner and he went off and gained a place and then gave it back at his leisure. If you go off there should be a disadvantage and you can't simply let the other car by when it's convenient for you and have a net gain out of the whole thing.

If you look at the incident again you'll see that Lewis made a gain out of the whole thing.

Now that I think of it this is Lewis' second offence for the same thing and although he let Kimi though he might as well not have considering how he did it and I'm actually thinking perhaps he does deserve it.

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what I saw was Lewis and kimi next to each other goin into the corner..lewis maybe even slightly in front and being pushed of the track by kimi...so what advantage for lewis when he let Kimi pass again after the corner ?

FIA should feel ashamed for this decission..very ashamed !

Yoohooo. I didn´t think they´ll do anything because it affects deeply the result of the race but they did the right thing and penalized the cheat.

It´s just amazing how some say he gave the place back.... what an embarrassing simulation...

McLaren appeal the decision, I think that they will win.