Lots of good points here.AeroDynamic wrote: ↑15 Nov 2021, 05:15FIA has taken the sport backwards since 2019. I know we all don’t like penalties because they decide races. But I do think the solution instead of a time penalty is to offer the driver a choice: give the place to the driver you impeded, or take 5 seconds. The former allows the race to be decided by racing still, allows the race to really go on - the right way. Everyone gets their race without the FIA being so incompetent and weak. Jonathan Wheatley has literally turned out massi into some sort of pet. He literally told the FIA what the incident was instead of allowing the FIA to form their own opinion first. There’s something seriously wrong there, and in my opinion it is just as damaging to the integrity of the stewarding in F1 as it is to go personally lobbying at offices face to face.
I’m not one to sport tinfoil hats, however, it’s clear to me the FIA stewarding is skewed depending on who they are judging. And for me, they have gone from penalising max frequently (although the right decision most the time) to being too lenient where they otherwise wouldn’t be if it were someone else. It’s as if max has won the psychological game off track with them
‘Let them race’ has clearly become ‘let them foul until it becomes a crash’ for the benefit of “letting them race” but if it’s drivers further back, like Lando and Checo, they apply the rules like it’s pre 2019.
I think Mercedes may legitimately protest the non-action on Max once the video footage becomes available. Max’s admission of braking too late on worn tires might also work against him as an admission of guilt.
That’s 3 potentially very valuable championship points. As much as I hate the off-the-track stuff, RBR played that game with Lewis/Merc post-Silverstone.