TWICE！
Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton raised a few eyebrows when he claimed that the stewards were deliberately trying to stop him. This was in response to 10-seconds worth of penalties for violations during his practice starts before the race. FIA race director Michael Masi has now given the FIA’s side of the events and explained the reason behind Hamilton getting two penalties instead of one
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The Real Reason Why Hamilton Was Penalized Twice
Masi started off by giving his response to Hamilton’s statement that the stewards were trying to stop him
“From my perspective it’s very simple that if Lewis wants to raise something – as I have said to him before and said to all the drivers numerous times – the door is always open. I’m more than happy to discuss anything”
He then explained the need for the stewards
“I think from an FIA perspective we are there as a sporting regulator to administer the regulations. We have the stewards as an independent judiciary to adjudicate those”
Masi then elaborated on how each infringement is dealt with by the stewards
“Therefore, there was an infringement and it doesn’t matter if it was Lewis Hamilton or any one of the other 19 drivers, if a breach has occurred of the regulations, they will consider it on its merits”
“And also, further to that I would say adjudicate it equitably and fairly in the circumstances, taking all of the key elements into account”
Hamilton had claimed that he had undertaken similar practice starts at other circuits as well but was never questioned on it before. Masi responded to that next
“The practice start location is obviously very circuit specific and detailed in the event notes. So, at every other event Lewis has, along with all the other drivers, complied with the requirements of where they perform a practice start in accordance with the race director instructions”
He then explained how it wasn’t two separate penalties for two separate practice start violations as reported initially
“Actually, it wasn’t a second penalty. There was a breach of two elements of the regulations that were highlighted. One being the article within the race director’s event notes”
“The second being Article 36.1 of the Sporting Regulations that states you must keep a constant speed through the pit exit road, the pit exit road being defined by being where the red lights are at pit exit through to the Safety Car line”
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Lewis Hamilton feels that “whenever a team is at the front, obviously they are doing a lot of scrutiny”
He further added that everything they have on their “car is being checked and triple checked and triple checked”
Mercedes trackside engineering director Andrew Shovlin has divulged that when “Lewis asked if he could go a bit further” they “hadn’t realized quite how far he was he was going to go”
He further added that they “didn’t see the first” practice start but when they “saw the second one” Mercedes’s pit wall thought that “they’re not going to like that” referring to the stewards
F1’s managing director Ross Brawn thinks that if Renault “can find a bit more speed and maintain their consistency, it won’t be long until they are the best of the midfield”
He also feels that the midfield “includes Ferrari currently” which “means the big three have become the big two in Mercedes and Red Bull”
He further added that “clearly Valtteri loves Russia and Russia loves him. Two wins and two seconds in four years is an exceptional record. He didn’t make mistakes”
Red Bull team principal Christian Horner has revealed that their race “was sort of skewed by the energy recovery” as they “had quite a lot of clipping”
That is why he knew that Sochi “was always going to be a more challenging race for” them
Will Renault finish the season best of the rest?
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Bottas’ record in Russia is actually 2 wins, 1 second place and 1 “Valtteri this is James”
I give you: our new world record holder and most hated person in f1: Lewis Hamiltoooon.
Even his team pitwall says they are not expected lewis to go that far and they say the stewards will not like it. And lewis still says the steward is trying to stop him, what a clown
Charlie was the best ❣️
I mean at least he didn’t get the 2005 treatment that Schumacher got xd. The fia completely screwed ferrari’s winning formula with a clearly targeted regulation change, making them inferior to the Renault and the Mclarens, ending their dominance for those who aren’t aware. I completely understand that lewis was upset, because he clearly was a strong contender for that gp victory. But to say that the fia are against him is too far. Schumacher endured 2005, never complained about it in public and just got on with it. He made controversial moves, but he never complained about people being tough to him. He got on with the things he needed to do, which is probably why I respect him greatly.
Remember Japan 2019, when Leclerc openly endangered other drivers and got off with minor fines handed to the team? That’s impartiality for you.
As I understand it, the rules said something like ‘practice starts can be carried out in the area to the right after the pit lane lights’. It seems to me that Lewis was doing his practice start in that area. If the definition of the permitted area was not more specific (than I wrote above) then that seems to have been a badly drafted rule and the driver should have the benefit of the doubt. If there was more specific delineation of the permitted area, then that’s a different matter.
As for the other element, the double penalty: in law, you do not charge people/convict people of lesser offences that are included in the more serious offence. So nobody is charged with simple assault on the murder victim; the assault is subsumed into the murder charge. The exception might be if there was an assault in the Kings Arms, but the murder took place 100 yards down the High Street. Charging and punishing Lewis for a practice start in the wrong place should not also draw a punishment for slowing down in the pit lane; you cannot carry out a practice start unless you stop the car first and therefore this would seem to be what we lawyers call ‘a breach of natural justice’.
Was Hamilton penalized years ago when he ran into the back of Kimi’s stationary car at the end of the pit lane and then had the gall to say ‘I apologize IF I ruined his race’?!
Yup, I thought so.
“Big three have become big two”… more like big 1,5…
If you’re going to claim Hamilton or anyone else made a statement that “raised a few eyebrows”, why don’t you provide the link to that statement in the description? So we understand the full quote and context of what he was saying?
Matter of factly you should provide the source of every single statement put in these videos. It’s very easy to misinterpret what a driver said or is saying.
The fact Andrew Shovlin says that the team knew the stewards see his start as an issue shows that there was huge miscommunication with the team like Italy
Give Hamilton another 10 seconds in Hockenheim for excessive whining in the pit line.
When are they going let drivers race
Na something isn’t right. Yeah he broke a rule, but for a finish steward who has a patchy history to tell Finnish broadcasters what will happen, which would benefit a Finnish driver. All the drivers do practice in different locations at different tracks…
Lewis will be back even stronger and dominate the remaining races!
Damn Michael Massey snapped lol
On a slightly different note, what happened to LeClerc and Stroll incident? Seemed like a familiar sighting 🤔
WHY WASNT LECLERC PENALIZED?!
Hi and thanks Dillon 😀 🤗