2021 Race 1 Bahrain

[Nitrodaze]

I'm sorry you don't understand , as I put it as clearly as I could .

Ignoring a warning gets you the penalty that they warned you would get .
I hope that's clearer .

At that time in the race , there would be no time to argue their point , but as it's a time penalty , you are allowed to take the penalty , and try to gain back the time by getting far enough ahead .
And , it is the only way to get to the stewards after the race to argue your side of the offense .

If you can show a reasonable defense , there is every chance you can win your case .
As we all know , stewards are people , and can sometimes get it wrong .
As I understand it , the only way to question a call is to take the penalty and argue the case .

Max and RB took the decision to give the place back , but , had they had a little more time to think about it , they may have chosen to stay ahead .
Instead , they chose to let Lewis back past very quickly , which , in the moment appeared to give Max more time to re-pass for the win .

As Mia mentioned , Lando commented that the pass was already made before he went off .
That's a completely new perspective on the situation coming from a guy with a Merc engine .

So , perhaps Max had a point , as I originally said .



" It just comes across as if anything other than a Verstappen win was not good enough for you."
I really don't know how to respond to you when you post lines like this .

It is an optimistic perspective, but l understood that. What l fail to understand is why you think the stewards got their warning wrong on this occasion. Or why you think Verstappen may have any chance at all of keeping the win; assuming he was able to stretch out a five seconds lead. That said, on to the next one. I am sure there would be many situations like this to discuss this season. It is very close, with the Mercedes slower than the Redbull.

This is the sort of season that shows why Hamilton is better than any of the other multiple world champions on the grid. As none of them has experienced this sort of season. Except for Alonso, of course, who came so close to that, fighting Vettel in the Redbull with a slightly slower Ferrari. The Ferrari on that occasion was nearly as fast as the Redbull, a closer gap than the Mercedes has at the moment, l think.