madsonit wrote: ↑20 Oct 2024, 22:53
RonMexico wrote: ↑20 Oct 2024, 22:50
madsonit wrote: ↑20 Oct 2024, 22:49
It helps a lot when you have the stewards advantaging you and let you do shady moves on track. He's a great driver, but very unfair racer. Always been, always will be.
He put on a defensive clinic today, textbook driving with a large pace and tyre disadvantage
Sure, but also gaining a big advantage first corner by going off the track and getting no penalty for it, while his rival got the penalty for it by being forced off the track while passing. Verstappen is a great driver, but let's not deny the reality, he's disrespectful on track and stewards apply rules differently for him. It's a sad time for F1.
Got to agree F1 and FIA are pathetic at managing the sport.
We need a much more 'neutral' race management. There should be opportunity for automatic DQ, and variable penalties that actually penalise those who transgress.
At end of the day I think that the stewards (as a group) are as much at fault as they are not 'up to scratch' as their decisions are variable as the stewards are changed race to race.
Also the process of arbitration of 'rule bending' is not penalised effectively. If you have non-compliant or dodgy parts then your team is DQed for that and possibly for the previous race or races (however many races that part was in place)!