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[spankyham]

Monaco really accentuates how much slower f1 cars are now. I could actually see it during qualifying.



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[Frontrunner]

Its the Steering input that looks the most dodgy.
I suspect that Nico will keep pole at the end of this, as it would be to hard to prove that Nico is guilty of doing the mistake on purpose.

[Stephen]

I just watched qualifying and just before Rosberg left the track I wondered what he was doing with the wheel - he was all over the place. A wheel turning is one which has less ability to brake - especially if the car is also unsettled through such random inputs - no F1 driver would do that, doubt even my Mother would. He also appeared to change up (right hand paddle) ahead of the corner although I don't know if pulling 'up' on that F1 car is the same as a road car. I think Rosberg has cracked.

[The Second Coming]

Its the Steering input that looks the most dodgy.
I suspect that Nico will keep pole at the end of this, as it would be to hard to prove that Nico is guilty of doing the mistake on purpose.

There are really two issues the FIA/Stewards of the meeting should be considering…the most obvious being the "error" but the second is Nico knowing that Lewis AND everyone else behind him was on a hot lap and chose to reverse out onto the circuit in front of them. If he really wanted to sell that "error" rationale, he should have just shut it down in the run-off area and climbed out of the car. If the FIA/Stewards leave that reversing issue off the table, then Nico's chances of getting away with it increases dramatically. I don't see how this ends well outside of a grid spot penalty for Nico. I wanted Lewis to win this race but wouldn't have minded if Nico beat him fair and square…another 1-2 and back-and-forth in the WDC would have been fine with me…but to get pole and win like this? Disgraceful...

[spankyham]

Rosberg cleared

[racechick]

What a surprise. It's now fine to reverse into oncoming traffic during qualifying sessions.

[Denthúl]

What a surprise. It's now fine to reverse into oncoming traffic during qualifying sessions.

Nothing shows that he did. The only time we see a car approaching, he stopped still off the track.

But hey, whatever.

[The Second Coming]

"No further action" from the Stewards! Nico is getting away with it. UFB!!!

[Denthúl]

Looking at it, Ericsson is forced to start from the pits. I thought the penalties were carried over to the next race this year?

[racechick]

I just watched qualifying and just before Rosberg left the track I wondered what he was doing with the wheel - he was all over the place. A wheel turning is one which has less ability to brake - especially if the car is also unsettled through such random inputs - no F1 driver would do that, doubt even my Mother would. He also appeared to change up (right hand paddle) ahead of the corner although I don't know if pulling 'up' on that F1 car is the same as a road car. I think Rosberg has cracked.

Yep. And he's got away with it.

[NHcheese]

bad for hamilton. GOOD FOR F1 2014. LET THE RIVALRY BEGIN!!!

[spankyham]

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[Frontrunner]

Its the Steering input that looks the most dodgy.
I suspect that Nico will keep pole at the end of this, as it would be to hard to prove that Nico is guilty of doing the mistake on purpose.

There are really two issues the FIA/Stewards of the meeting should be considering…the most obvious being the "error" but the second is Nico knowing that Lewis AND everyone else behind him was on a hot lap and chose to reverse out onto the circuit in front of them. If he really wanted to sell that "error" rationale, he should have just shut it down in the run-off area and climbed out of the car. If the FIA/Stewards leave that reversing issue off the table, then Nico's chances of getting away with it increases dramatically. I don't see how this ends well outside of a grid spot penalty for Nico. I wanted Lewis to win this race but wouldn't have minded if Nico beat him fair and square…another 1-2 and back-and-forth in the WDC would have been fine with me…but to get pole and win like this? Disgraceful...

If Nico hopped out the car after making "the error" and left the car there, then he would get DQ for Q3 wouldn't he? A driver must bring the car back to the pits under its own power after each Quali Session, So Nico had to get out of that escape road and bring the car home. So Nico shouldn't get any punishment for reversing out, unless he back out right into the path of someone.

Its only the Steering input that plays against Nico i think.

[Denthúl]

It really depends. I think there are circumstances in which he would be able to leave the car there, i.e. if it stalled or he tagged the barrier, but as he kept the engine running I'm really not sure what the rules are.

Edit:

A statement issued by the FIA said that investigations of the telemetry data had not shown Rosberg had done anything wrong.

It said: "The stewards examined video and telemetry data from the team and FIA and could find no evidence of any offence related to the turn 5 incident."

[Frontrunner]

Nico gets away with it, Lucky boy. not enough evidence even though there are some hints that he made the error on purpose.