Yeah, damn everyone who isn't Merc, Ferrari or Red Bull! It's unbelievable that they don't all file into the pits after the grid lap and instantly retire. Imagine actually having the temerity to try and race for meager points! As soon as Verstappen got within 5-6 seconds of the car in front it should have pulled off the circuit and stopped! Losing the 8-10 seconds whilst Verstappen swanned by was the 'moral' and 'correct' thing to do. What's ten seconds? Personally, I couldn't believe it when Magnussen and the Force India's even had the temerity to stay out and finish the race once Hamilton got close to them! Even Sainz stayed out when it was clear that, on the long straight, some of his disturbed air had the chance to potentially move some marbles (also put down by those selfish non-Red Bulls/Ferrari/Mercs). Hamilton might have driven over those! I mean, sure, he earned his team six points by being so selfish, but that's nothing compared to the catastrophic impact his presence on the circuit would (WOULD!) have definitely had on both the WDC and WCC.Manoah2u wrote: ↑10 Apr 2017, 09:55Also, Grosjean was not really being a 'gentleman' about it, driving the racing line that made him similarly an opponent to overtake despite being lapped. You can argue he has his right to do so because of the rule change, but likewise, he had no opponent around him, and he would not gain nor lose anything. It rather makes him a annoying little *** that is living only for his own d*mn space. It would have been a 'gentleman's thing, or, the 'correct' thing, to simply move aside so the RB's could pass. he would have lost NOTHING.
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They don't benefit themselves from it, they only negatively impact the cars that lap them.
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The frontrunners MIGHT ruin a meager point if that same backmarker doesnt act accordingly towards their competitor closeby.
Or perhaps, just perhaps, backmarkers have a right to race too and the leaders (all of them) have to deal with the backmarkers in accordance to the rules. Being lapped without losing significant time is even a recognised skill amongst midfield and backmarker drivers.
