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This is the rule:captainmorgan wrote:is there a specific rule governing severity of punishment? Why 5 p's and not more or less?
(A. 116b) If, in the opinion of the stewards, a driver deliberately stops on the circuit or impedes another driver in
any way during the qualifying practice session his times will be cancelled.
(A. 112) In the event of a driving infringement during practice the Stewards may delete any number of the relevant
driver's qualifying times. In this case, a team will not be able to appeal against the steward's decision.
We never have all the facts 
.F1: Alonso Did Hamper Massa, Says Brawn
Written by: Adam Cooper RACER Magazine
Monza, Italy – 9/9/2006 Alonso's car was a "pain in the ass" for Massa, Brawn insists. (LAT Photo)
Ross Brawn insists that Felipe Massa was hampered by Fernando Alonso on his final attempt at securing pole in Monza, but says that the Spaniard did not intentionally hold up the Ferrari man.
Massa had set two fastest sector times and appeared to be destined for pole when Alonso came into his sights at Parabolica while on his out lap. Massa’s third sector was slower, and that meant that he dropped to fourth in the final order.
“We were a bit frustrated with Felipe’s situation with Alonso,” Brawn told SPEEDtv.com. “So that was a great shame. He held Felipe back, for sure. I don’t think it was intentional, but he was there. It was just a great shame that on Felipe’s fast lap he had a car that was going just a few seconds slower in front of him, because that’s the worst case.
“A car that’s going the same pace is fine, a car that’s really slow and you can overtake is fine. A car that’s going a few seconds slower than you, because he’s on his out lap, is a pain in the ass. But I don’t think it was intentional.”
Brawn says he was not surprised to see the opposition a lot closer in qualifying than had been the case earlier in the weekend.
“There isn’t much of a gap. Everyone was building up these big gaps, and I said based on testing there wasn’t going to be that much of a big gap, and I think we saw it. The tires are very consistent, and I think we can have a very good race tomorrow.”
He says he doesn’t know whether pole winner Kimi Raikkonen is running a significantly smaller fuel load, as was the case in Hockenheim.
“I hope so! I don’t know. If you look at all the factors you’d assume that, but you don’t know.”
Both Bridgestone (Yamamoto) and Michelin (Alonso) suffered punctures in qualifying, and Brawn admits that the situation is being carefully monitored.
“It is a fast track, and we’ve been very carefully examining all the tires. Bridgestone have been keeping everything very closely inspected.”
The final grid is usually left to Sunday in case any engine swaps are needed when the teams check the engines after quali.pRo wrote:I wonder if Renault complained about that...?
From formula1.comThe final grid positions will be published by the FIA on Sunday morning.
If the case was clear, surely they would've published the final positions already?
