Quote Originally Posted by denkimi View Post
that's part of the game, it wil never be completely fair unfortunately.

it's just so that nowadays, because they use safetycars and red flags all the time, you can cause an accident, damage your own car and get away with it. a few years ago this would have messed up lewis'es race just as bad as verstappens. the damage caused is in itself a big punishment and a big reason to stay out of collisions. if you can get away with it for free, there is much less more incentive to avoid it.


people often refer to drivers like schumacher or senna, but they would not have put their opponents in the wall at 300km/h. they were hard racers, but in their time such accidents could get them killed.
Perhaps those involved directly could be made to start from pit lane , and those affected peripherally could ask for special dispensation during the red flag period .
They already have to have an FIA rep there to assure parts changed are the identical .

Some years ago , Max might not have made it out of that one .
In the beginning , he would likely have been thrown from the car , not having a seatbelt at all .

As safety has improved the respect for the other guy has dropped .

Key words for me in this one were something like "I knew Max wouldn't back out of it ".
What does that say ?