Austin '17

[truefan72]

This kind of rule needs to be enforced during qualifying with no exceptions for anything , including the fact that it is deemed no advantage to do so .
Limits are limits when rules are as straight forward as this .

Allowing any breach of the limits just makes the stewards look like they don't know the rules .
And , breaching those limits should really be going outside the lines with the outside wheel , not the inside one . That's when they really go outside the track surface .
They seem to be able to do that in Monaco , with no run-off , so why isn't this the standard everywhere ?

I agree. Everyone was going way wide on turn 19 and a bit on turn 10. Some of Hamilton's best laps had him well outside of turn 19 and others did the same.
They have now issued one of their "special grey area" edicts as to exceeding track limits which has managed to muddle the issue rather than clear it up.
Simple solution. All 4 wheels outside the tracks should be a nullification of said lap. It worked in Austria 2 years ago and the drivers learned. So why not here when the violations are so blatant?
Instead, we might have confusion post race with some drivers getting penalized and others not on the subjective whims of the stewards.
Come on Charlie. smh