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[andrew]

There is no inconsistency as someone mentioned earlier.

If you watch the replay from on-board Button's car he is committed through the corner where Massa went off. As he was so close behind it would have ben impossible for him to slow down as by the time he did he would have been past the incident. Plus the 1st warning board that Button would have seen was after the incident so he wouldn't have known to slow.

[stonemonkey]

There is no inconsistency as someone mentioned earlier.

If you watch the replay from on-board Button's car he is committed through the corner where Massa went off. As he was so close behind it would have ben impossible for him to slow down as by the time he did he would have been past the incident. Plus the 1st warning board that Button would have seen was after the incident so he wouldn't have known to slow.

Can a driver make the assumption that the yellow is for an accident they've just passed and ignore it? From the onboard it looked like the green wasn't visible until going round the next corner so imo you'd need to see the telemetry to decide one way or the other.

[andrew]

The telemetry will tell the full story.

Something that was mentioned on the BBC commentary was that it may have been the wrong signal that was shown. Either way, I think that Button could argue that he had just passed the incident when he was shown the flashing yellow. There was a slow motion replay shown on the coverage this morning and it looks as if Button was passed the slow section by the skin of his teeth. Very lucky indeed.

[stonemonkey]

The telemetry will tell the full story.

Something that was mentioned on the BBC commentary was that it may have been the wrong signal that was shown. .......

Eddie Jordan said that but I find it a bit of a strange argument, it would be no excuse for a driver to ignore it.

[andrew]

The telemetry will tell the full story.

Something that was mentioned on the BBC commentary was that it may have been the wrong signal that was shown. .......

Eddie Jordan said that but I find it a bit of a strange argument, it would be no excuse for a driver to ignore it.

I don't think he ignored it. I think the warning was shown too late given that Button was past Massa before the flashing yellows were shown (going by the on-board footage from Button's car).

[bud]

we have a case of drivers ignoring flags because the in car lights were green, now its a case of the incar lights being yellow...

[Ichabod]

Was Button sure that the Massa incident was the reason for the yellow flag ?

[Ichabod]

No action to be taken against Jenson

[Fred_C_Dobbs]

I think all the teams have reserves staying in Delhi (but away from the circuit) as replacements in the event regular staffers are stricken ill. But it's McLaren's replacements who've taken sick. So they're flying in replacements for the replacements.

If I'm a driver making 250 kph and I see a green light at the end of the straightaway, I might not be so diligent about minding what the bloke standing BEHIND the Armco might be waving.

[Matt_1222]

No penalty for Jenson, despite it being more deserving of one than Hamilton's incident. Great consistency once again.

[Hammer278]

Button gets away scot free for the exact infringement Hamilton did.

At least the inconsistency is incredibly consistent. Well done stewards.

[andrew]

Watch the on-board footage from Buttons car. He wasn't given any yellows until after the incident which was in the process of happening when he went past. Had he been a second later then he could have got a penalty but due to good timing/luck he is in the clear.

[kerc]

At least the inconsistency is incredibly consistent. Well done stewards.

This.

[Denthúl]

No penalty for Jenson, despite it being more deserving of one than Hamilton's incident. Great consistency once again.

Care to explain how? You have no access to the telemetry to determine whether or not he did anything wrong...

[scotty]

Care to explain how?

I think we all know the answer


On the subject of the actual race weekend, great job by Toro Rosso. Sauber have just gone backwards this half of the season it seems though.