I thought it was for failing to stay above the minimum speed limit under a red flag,therefore going too slow? I maybe wrong but it seems strange,going too slow in a Formula 1 car?
“The driver had just finished his fastest lap and had started another push lap,” read the report from the stewards, who also gave Hulkenberg a penalty point. “He was at T1 when the red flag was displayed, however at that point he was already 1.5 seconds over his delta time. “He claimed this made it extremely difficult for him to come below the delta in the next sector. He also admitted to confusion about the beep signal in his headset, and therefore at one stage thought he was going too slow. “Comparison of telemetry with that of Car 31 [Esteban Ocon] showed that in general for the rest of the lap he was approximately the same speed as Car 31 which complied with the delta times in each mini-sector. We regard this as a mitigating circumstance. “However, the regulation is very clear and whilst there is no question of the driver acting dangerously or driving unsafely, there was a breach and thus a penalty has to be imposed. The normal penalty for failure to slow under red flags is 10 grid positions. However in view of the mitigating circumstance, a lower penalty is appropriate. “We note the intention of the regulation is to ensure a car is not speeding during a red flag situation and there is no evidence that the speed was excessive in this case. We also note that the driver should make himself more familiar with the operational aspects of the delta signals.”
Another boring max win by the looks of it. The only interesting part will be who finishes 2nd and 3rd between Lewis, Fernando and George and who can make their tyre last the best. Looks a minimum of 2 stops.
Alonso lifting and coasting with more than 25 laps to go. Allowed Hamilton on the mediums to catch him up
Hamilton shot his bolt on the mediums, 3rd at best. Max will probably get fastest lap with a couple of laps to go
Have only glanced at the race on and off as I was watching Indy at Road America. But I'm guessing it was bore fest again? So many seasons of mediocre competition in the last God knows how many years with the occasional epic one popping up. F1 needs to find a way to fix this. DRS is just a joke. It's either easy mode or a DRS train and very little in the middle. It just doesn't work.
