Tommy.G wrote: ↑16 Sep 2024, 08:31
cliffgamerz wrote: ↑15 Sep 2024, 18:41
Tommy.G wrote: ↑15 Sep 2024, 15:09
If Verstappen gets anything less than a DSQ for this then the FIA is clearly rigged…
The rules are pretty clear on such infringements!
https://www.crash.net/f1/news/1055613/1 ... -under-vsc
Maybe its rigged after all, the last sentence by FIA makes it very clear as they just slapped the wrist this time and only warned but said any repeat offense by those who currently caused this time and ANY OTHER DRIVERS IN FUTURE will be punished.
The Stewards are aware that this has happened earlier this season and was not noticed at the time. We are therefore warning the driver concerned, ALONG WITH ALL OTHER COMPETITORS. Further breaches may incur significant penalties.
It’s amazing that they keep saying this whenever Max breaches a rule! It’s unbelievable…
I cannot understand the FIA’s way of thinking! Someone breaches a rule? Just punish him the way you should! They have been doing this thing with Verstappen for years now…
This is unusual, the observance of overtaking after the finish flag, in any racing I can recall.
Maybe I've missed something over so many years of watching motorsport .... but never heard of penalties given for this reason.
In this case, and whoever was involved, think it was right to "clarify" the intent of rules for future observation to all concerned. No conspiracy here, its odd and particularly so, if the stewards, FIA etc have not previously enacted/actioned their own rules, if they are written specifically to exclude this action.
Always, a post flag lap has been with caution, naturally. But even with circuits being fined for track "invasion" etc, it doesn't look to have been applied, observed and prosecuted to those rules evenly, and consistently, in any observed fashion previously.
The FIA really could do nothing else here without looking particularly stupid.