- 12 Jun 11, 23:36#260515
Agree the penalties have been way too severe on what should be considered racing incidents.
But if they are going to be tough on incidents and hand out penalties for all racing incidents than they need to be consistent about it and penalise all racing incidents not just the 1s "they" feel were worse.
There was really not much difference between Buttons incident with Alonso and Hamiltons with Maldonado in Monaco, in both cases the attacking driver took the inside line and gave the defending driver the choice to either concede or crash and in both cases it resulted in a crash, also in both cases it ended in the attacking driver continuing the race and the defending driver getting a DNF.
So what was the difference between the 2 incidents? 1/4 of a car length?
Both were racing incidents and both should not have been penalised but clearly they saw something wrong in Monaco and didn't see that here.
Consistency.....
Edit: the rule they seem to always use when penalising drivers this year is the "causing an avoidable accident" rule, what part of both of Buttons accidents weren't avoidable? or better yet how many of the overtakes today weren't avoidable accidents waiting to happen.
Its a
rule let drivers race for gods sake.
Stewards take no further action with Button
http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/92310
Lol 2 incidents very similar to previous incidents this year that have been given penalties and this time they are 100% fine no penalty needed.
Amazing consistency by the stewards.
I am glad Button won it since he 100% deserved it but come on if they give any penalties for racing incidents in future races they are going to look like huge hypocrites (as if they don't already i guess).
Edit: also i bet Hamilton would have gotten a penalty for the Webber incident if he hadn't crashed, even though it wasn't even as bad as Buttons touch with Alonso.
They've been too heavy with penalties lately. I'm glad, as I hate the results of a race being changed all the time.
Agree the penalties have been way too severe on what should be considered racing incidents.
But if they are going to be tough on incidents and hand out penalties for all racing incidents than they need to be consistent about it and penalise all racing incidents not just the 1s "they" feel were worse.
There was really not much difference between Buttons incident with Alonso and Hamiltons with Maldonado in Monaco, in both cases the attacking driver took the inside line and gave the defending driver the choice to either concede or crash and in both cases it resulted in a crash, also in both cases it ended in the attacking driver continuing the race and the defending driver getting a DNF.
So what was the difference between the 2 incidents? 1/4 of a car length?
Both were racing incidents and both should not have been penalised but clearly they saw something wrong in Monaco and didn't see that here.
Consistency.....
Edit: the rule they seem to always use when penalising drivers this year is the "causing an avoidable accident" rule, what part of both of Buttons accidents weren't avoidable? or better yet how many of the overtakes today weren't avoidable accidents waiting to happen.
Its a
rule let drivers race for gods sake.
.
Well it would sound consistent to you. Why dont you apply to become a steward, theyd welcome you with open arms.
