[Antilochos]

Deep breath..

Ok with the rules being black/white Sebastian deserved the penalty, he left the track & immediately aimed at the racing line, (like most drivers would have done) in his words "if I go left I will be overtaken" It was a decision he made, a premeditated action, so keeping position after leaving the track? did he force Lewis to brake? & did Sebastian gain an advantage keeping the position after making a mistake? he knew what he was doing imo.


BUT

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fhxMnYlkHeI

^^^ I want more of this, as I said, as the rules are written they were broken, I just think more rough & tumble with a bit of added niggle would do wonders for the sport & its fan base, some rules should be changed this is one of them, let them bang wheels let them be aggressive LET THEM RACE!


So with this set of rules the decision was correct, do I like this rule? NO

Quite how you stop drivers leaving the track to maintain position is another question I'll admit, maybe ban all rules & have a free for all lol

First thanks for that clip. Beautiful battle, I never saw this one before.

I agree with all Papa has said. 
Yes, Vettel left track and mantained posistion. But do we really want to neutrolize this out of racing? Don't we just want battles that can be a little rough and punchy? No driver leaves track on purpose and if you want to prevent that, design the track different, like a bit more gravel?

No, this decission the stewards made reminds me of that time Verstappen lost 3th place in US, after he cut a corner. Yes, strickly there is a rule, but sometimes you just know it is the right thing not to apply the rule.