The Official 2016 Austrian Grand Prix Thread **Spoilers**

[zebra]

deadslow said:

zebra said:

Oh, I don't know, how about safety, fairness, or do you think they should be ignored?

I don't think safety comes into it. Any driver who feels they are in danger only has to hit the brakes and accept 2nd place. Fairness among F1 drivers? REALLY??

So running a driver off the track is safe?

Closing the door on exiting a corner _ race craft _ fair.

Attempting to deliberatelt drive a car off the track _ unfair and guess what, punishable by stewards.

[Europa1]

joema said:

why is there still argument about whose fault it was? Stewards found it was Nico's. Move on.

Couldn't agree more.

[deadslow]

zebra said:

So running a driver off the track is safe?

Closing the door on exiting a corner _ race craft _ fair.

Attempting to deliberatelt drive a car off the track _ unfair and guess what, punishable by stewards.

Drivers get eased wide/off track all the time. Lewis is a master at it but they all do it (I just seemed to get understeer at that moment, honest). It is unfair in a sense, but usually seen by F1 fans as hard racing.

[Z3MCJez]

deadslow said:

zebra said:

Oh, I don't know, how about safety, fairness, or do you think they should be ignored?

I don't think safety comes into it. Any driver who feels they are in danger only has to hit the brakes and accept 2nd place. Fairness among F1 drivers? REALLY??

You don't have to make any space for a rejoining car. It's up to the rejoining car to rejoin safely. I've seen penalty points and fines for cars that don't rejoin safely. That Hamilton was still alongside was almost worth investigation. You're not supposed to drive flat out if you're not on the track. I wouldn't have penalised him for this though if I were the clerk.

Before anyone flames, I'm 100% behind it being Nico's fault. As it was in Barcelona.

Jez

[zebra]

deadslow said:

Drivers get eased wide/off track all the time.

Only that was the exact opposite of what Nico tried to do.

Anyway hears hoping Verstappen eases both Mercs off at Silverstone.

[hairyben]

Z3MCJez said:

You don't have to make any space for a rejoining car. It's up to the rejoining car to rejoin safely. I've seen penalty points and fines for cars that don't rejoin safely. That Hamilton was still alongside was almost worth investigation. You're not supposed to drive flat out if you're not on the track. I wouldn't have penalised him for this though if I were the clerk.

Before anyone flames, I'm 100% behind it being Nico's fault. As it was in Barcelona.

Jez

I might be wrong but it looked to me like hamilton was ahead right before he tried to rejoin the track but travelling much slower, it was the fieceness in the way rosberg denied him track reentry that people are saying is off.

Personally I think it was a bit dim of rosberg- if he'd allowed Hamilton to reenter the track in front it may have been deemed a pass off track resulting in a Hamilton penalty if he didn't relinquish the place- if rosberg was half as canny as he thinks he is...