Quote Originally Posted by journeyman racer View Post
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.
Isn't the driver a part of the team , though ?
Punishing the team for what an idiot driver does happens naturally if either or both go off , so why should it be different if they stay on .

What's pi$$ed me off in the past is where a driver isn't protested , just because it's between team mates , like that incident in Canada .
You get off "Scot-free" when you burn your team-mate ?


Nah , penalize where necessary if anyone deserves it , and let the teams pin the tail on the donkey in the back of the garage .