General Sports Thread

Agreed on that. Still a shocking decision for the stewards

 

Clipping a kerb and losing the back end was hardly cracking under pressure.

 

Ok .

 

Vettel.

 

Brilliant Seb... he moved the first place marker

 

Cheeky!

 

Okay, that I like.

 

What happened, I switched over?

 

Grabbed the 1 place marker in front of Hamilton's car, and swapped it with the 2, putting the 1 in front of the empty spot where his car should have been.

 

He moved the 1st place sign to his car.

 

Now he IS bang out of order .

Lots of people pay lots of money ,to see their heroes perform . for him to act like that is simply

childish IMHO .

Very very poor .

Hey Seb , remember multi 21 ?......

 

Yuvraj has retired from international cricket .

Brilliant player and he fought off lung cancer !

 

I didn’t see the F1, but can I assume that Vettel’s car was outside the natural silhouette of where it should have been, hence a penalty being awarded?

 

He also used his hands to try and alter the direction of the car.

 

Autosport have written an article saying why the stewards awarded the penalty .


https://www.autosport.com/f1/news/143996/vettel-steering-inputs-key-to-fia-penalty-decision



"The stewards examined slow motion footage of Vettel's actions from the moment that he had regained control and started steering his car - and felt the evidence showed that he could have made different choices that would have been within the rules.

The footage clearly captures Vettel correcting an oversteer moment as he rejoins the track - which is shown by a sharp steering wheel movement to the right.

Shortly after that, Vettel has sorted the oversteer and begins steering to the left to follow the direction of the circuit - suggesting he is now under control.

But a split moment later, rather than keeping to the left, Vettel is shown to release the steering wheel - which allows his car to drift to the right, cutting off the route that Hamilton would have taken had he had clear space."




You can draw your own conclusions , but , IMHO, Vettel cracked again under pressure and THAT is what put him in the position in the first place .

 

Yes but they were in a natural position, so the penalty should not have been given!

 

His hands were in a neutral position . He let go of the steering wheel knowing it would then steer into Hamilton’s path .

He knew full well what he was doing .

Some say the penalty was harsh , but he did make a conscious effort to block Hamilton .

He had the car under control and still moved to the right .

 

I think you have made the mistake of responding seriously to a joke about the handball rule...

 

Oh ok .

Thought it was about the race .