andrew wrote:racechick wrote:Not sure if this twitter has been posted before-Derek Daly, Monza steward admitting they got it wrong
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Ah shucks! Never mind. Better luck next time. You only screwed up Lewis' race. Now next time you can be really stringent and over zealous, to show you really do have muscle and actually do know the rules. Now
I wonder which driver they'll chose to excercise that line of thinking on? I'll have to go think about that.
Old news, it was reported last week only no one really cared
. If he thought this then he should have advised on a penalty at the time. No point wittering on a week later - what's done is done. However, this smacks of a has-been trying to get their name in the papers or maybe I'm just too cynical. I actually think it's a good thing that Schumacher wasn't given a penalty as it sets a precident where others can cite Monza and we may get some good racing.
Whiting giving a warning first was a smart move as the stewards have seemed to have jumped in feet first in the past and given drive throughs which maybe shouldn't have been given, though we do often only see one side of the story. I hope this is something that is repeated or maybe it already goes on and only we just heard about it now as people love to hate Schumacher.
As for his race being screwed up, the only person that screwed up Hamilton's race is Hamilton for being too timid or he couldn't be bothered to pass and asking for a short 7th. Ultimately, I think this is something that would be a drivers decision albeit with input from engineers.
I know its old news, which is why i prefaced it with 'dont know if uve seen this already'; interesting nonetheless to read how inept the race stewards are.
Regardless of whether you love or hate Schumacher, this is not his fault.
You think its a good thing Schumacher didnt get a penalty?? So what the FIA have rules and its fine for the stewards to decide when and to whom they apply them? Thats not really conducive to fair racing is it. There already was a precedent early in the year when hamilton was penalised for much less than Schumacher did at Monza. You cant have this both ways.
Id rather the rule was revised to allow more racing but as it stands it should be fairly applied, not on an ad hoc or even worse basis.
were the rules applie fairly and Schumacher penalised by a drive through he would not have had such an impact on Hamiltpns race...so it did spoil it.
As to Leiw being timid, how long ago was it that you were on the 'dangerous, aggressive driver' bandwagon?