Quote Originally Posted by Bagwan View Post
Apparently , race director and stewards can now investigate any incident they see , not just the ones which are brought to their attention .
So , now , teams which don't protest when team mates clash , will possibly have to seal with sanctions for their drivers instead of just handling it "in-house" .

To me , that is going to make the biggest difference , especially where the driver pairings are most volatile .
Punishing drivers for collisions with their teammates will be difficult to enforce long term. It'll unnecessarily punish teams in the Constructor's title.

If we take the Hamilton/Rosberg thing in Canada. Hamilton should've been stung. But with Rosberg already down the order. A time penalty punishes MB for something they didn't do.

Having thought about it. The only type of punishment that could fair in that case, would be a fluid penalty depending on what happened to the victim.

In the case of Hamilton/Rosberg/Canada. I'd let Hamilton free to win the race,claim the trophy, have it recorded that he won, chalk up a stat. But what penalty I'd enforce is he'll be deducted points to whatever place finish behind Rosberg.

So Rosberg finished 4th? Hamilton would be awarded 5th place points. But MB would get the full 25 for the win.

The only thing I'm not sure about would be what to do if Rosberg didn't finish for nothing to do with Hamilton, or what if Rosberg then caused a collision?

As far as Spain goes. The only thing I could think of would be to award Rosberg compensatory points. But I wouldn't know how much or how to work it out.

As far as Spain goes.