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30th September 2020, 13:18 #27
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So , now I understand why he did it .
He was going for a piece of virgin track to start on , more like the grid .
And , now I understand why there was a first , then second penalty , as you are not allowed to stop in the grid lane unless you are performing a practice start . He had stopped , but went out farther to perform the start .
But , I also understand that a similar incident had occurred with Leclerc earlier this year in Spa when he was cited for not performing his recon lap fast enough , but was found to have done a practice start somewhere around the lap .
In that case the race director's notes had also shown the drivers where they could try the start , and Leclerc had obviously breached the rule , however , somehow , instead of being punished , it was seen only as reasoning that a punishment for too long a lap not to be handed out .
That's not very consistent , and a little hard to defend with a "too much mayhem" argument , as it was before the race .Last edited by Bagwan; 30th September 2020 at 18:09.
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