Jake

News Anchor: “Gary brings us news of more F1 controversy now from the season opening Bahrain GP.”

Reporter: “Thanks Jeff. Incredible scenes here, as the race director has directed the Safety Car and the train […]

If you rewatch the race, on lap 56 when the cars pass the incident, there are still multiple marshalls standing trackside, and not at their correct posts. This renders this hypothetical timeline I have seen banded […]

Indeed. Unfortunately a very long and detailed piece, that’s based entirely on a fundamentally wrong reading of the rules.

He has been there on every other occasion it was required of him…can’t think why this ones different….

@brum55 I would presume that they took a decision based on the state of Latifis car, the number of laps left, the rules regarding restarts, the possibility of a red flag and the downsides of making a pitstop. THen […]

I actually think it might go the other way. At the moment, everyone can look at the season as a whole and say “it was wrong, but he is a worthy champion”. As time passes, I suspect the lingering memory will be the […]

@mattds confession… I didn’t actually read the regulation!

*misinformed

anyone suggesting Merc strategy was in any way wrong is either dishonest or misunderstood. They based their strategy on the rulebook, and had the rulebook been followed, it would have been the right strategy.

I don’t think anyone believes Max didn’t deserve it in terms of his performance over the year being worthy of that of a Champion. The same could be said of Lewis, and Lando and probably a few others to be honest. […]

Excellent review, thank you. Excellent season. Shame it ended as it did and will probably never be appreciated for what a great season it was as a result.

Its almost as if they want to make the procedures that need to be followed clear so that no one can randomly do their own thing at any point.

I believe the reg says that “any driver who finishes in the top 3 must attend the gala”. As we know, any doesn’t mean all.

Excellent point re Masi. As you say, he is not the referee, the Stewards are. As much as Masi deserves criticism for his actions, so do the Stewards (or referees) for not doing anything about it.

I think this interpretation is sound. As you say, they have the right to amend the result, and there are no explicit limitations set on that right.

@hahostolze

@haostolze yes, i thought that when I re-read my comment before posting, but couldn’t be bothered to ammend!! More of an acknowledgement that his actions affected the outcome/were of significant impact on the race etc etc.

@john-h I’m with you on this, I don’t want to see Hamilton win an 8th title in this way. I hope Mercedes are currently in negotiation with the FIA into the nature of statements and actions that will be made by the […]

Can’t really disagree at all with the “I Say” section, so just read that again for my comment on it.

The most telling element for me was Lewis’ interview afterwards. He looked very content.