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[Roth]

The rules requires you to leave a car's width when moving back to take the corner not when making the initial move to defend position.

Rosberg did the exact same thing two years ago in Bahrain and wasn't penalised.

Do you mean this move?



Completely different. Alonso didn't have a significant portion of his car alongside. He went off because the runoff area allowed him to, and it lost him less time.

[Ferrari man 009]

The rules requires you to leave a car's width when moving back to take the corner not when making the initial move to defend position.

Rosberg did the exact same thing two years ago in Bahrain and wasn't penalised.

Do you mean this move?



Completely different. Alonso didn't have a significant portion of his car alongside. He went off because the runoff area allowed him to, and it lost him less time.

Exactly, in Bahrain Alonso wasnt alongside, in Spa he was. That's the difference.

The incident in Spa was more similar to this one, and Schumacher was given a 10 place grid penalty for the following race as a result (as he finished out of the points so a time penalty would have made no difference).

[LiamCatterson]

It was well within the rules. You are allowed one move to defend your position.

I think you need to read the rules. When defending a position you must leave a cars width of space and must NOT force a driver to go off the track. Magnussen did it and he was penalised.

Lets be honest, if Rosberg did that to Hamilton you lot would be crying for Rosberg to be penalised. That others werent penalised before makes NO difference - that is the stewards fault in the past for not correctly applying the rules. Again, the fact Ferrari got away with the start issue in relation can not be compared. They are all ISOLATED incidents.

The rules requires you to leave a car's width when moving back to take the corner not when making the initial move to defend position.

Rosberg did the exact same thing two years ago in Bahrain and wasn't penalised.

Schumacher did the same at Hungary in 2010 and everyone said he was a disgrace...

In hindsight, at least Nico had the decency to not try to kill Lewis