How many Penalties will we see in China?

[williamp]

Regardless of which car it is, how many? So far, the highest has been three each at France and Japan.

[marcia1]

2

[Riverside]

Two: One for Hamilton for doing something which has never been penalised before, and one for one of the other frontrunners as a token gesture to show that they are being consistent with another unprecedented Hamilton penalty from earlier in the season.

[patmahe]

1 and I'll bet it won't be a red car either.

[Tony 1234]

I voted 2, one for Lewis and 1 for anyone but Ferrari!!!

Tony

[tomTVR]

Depends entirely on how much Hamitlton tries to cheat this time.

[Cara Van Man]

I voted six or more.

Better for the stewards to be safe than sorry.

[Riverside]

tomTVR said:

Depends entirely on how much Hamitlton tries to cheat this time.

Some would say that's so obvious it doesn't need to be said.

How about sitting back & lurking for the rest of the weekend & relish at the thought of all those 'told you so's' you can write on Sunday evening

Just so you know I'm rooting for BMW btw.

[marcia1]

tomTVR said:

Depends entirely on how much Hamitlton tries to cheat this time.

ok then!

[anonymous-user]

I reckon about four, two jump starts, one for kimi and one for alonso, and one for hamilton for daring to be in front of a ferrari, and for piquet for having the temerity to even think about being competitive!

[JeremyK]

tomTVR said:

Depends entirely on how much Hamitlton tries to cheat this time.

[Shaw Tarse]

During the race or later?

[deadslow]

How many of these pointless and tedious polls will we see post China?

Christ, get a life.

[Steamer]

JeremyK said:

tomTVR said:

Depends entirely on how much Hamitlton tries to cheat this time.

Depends on two main factor:

Can Lewis keep his cool off the start when The Ice Man is staring at him?

Can Massa's crew keep their cool during the pitstops?

[Foxtrot Oscar]

Looks like we could have the first penalty for Lewis:



Championship leader Lewis Hamilton could be fined by stewards for an incident during Saturday morning practice in China.

During the last hour of practice before qualifying, the McLaren driver made a mistake on the pit entry road - as he famously did one year ago at the Shanghai International Circuit.

This time, however, the 23-year-old avoided the infamous gravel trap, instead running up an escape road.

But when he then selected reverse gear and backed into the pit entry before continuing into the pits, he may have contravened a fundamental rule.

Last month in Singapore, Toyota's Jarno Trulli was fined 10,000 Euros after he drove the wrong way up the pit straight following a spin.

[german tony]

I've looked everywhere I normally go & still only found the F1-live article quoted here on this.

Anybody found any other articles?

[Rob P]

None.

IMO the track lends itself to good overtaking so slightly less pressure to pull a risky move out of the bag.

Lets see...