2012 Formula One European Grand Prix

[Markus Neumann]

Why is everyone always immediately calling for race bans when it comes to Maldonado?

Sure, it was another stupid move, but nothing more. He left the track and then turned right to get back on it. It's an automatic reaction. It's not even like Hamilton is blameless. I'm guessing that the only reason Maldonado got a bigger penalty than Vergne was because he's a repeat offender.

 

[Kartik Sri Harsha]

Wrong Forum mate
He got a 10 Place Grid Penalty
Admin take appropriate action

 

[Chris Preston]

Yep, 5 yellow cards - you miss a race, red card - you miss 3 races. NIce and clear.

I believe there is something like that in place. After so many Steward interventions in a year you get a race ban/grid penalty I can't remember what it is exactly. The reason I know that is because everyone kept saying if Hamilton got one more drive-through last year he would have faced some sort of penalty.

 

[Metalfreaky]

Why is everyone always immediately calling for race bans when it comes to Maldonado?

Sure, it was another stupid move, but nothing more. He left the track and then turned right to get back on it. It's an automatic reaction. It's not even like Hamilton is blameless. I'm guessing that the only reason Maldonado got a bigger penalty than Vergne was because he's a repeat offender.

Totally agree but for me Maldonado should have gotten a ban for the Monaco incedent with Perez. That was a completly unacceptable behavoir and should be penalized harshly just to make a point.

 

[Bram Hengeveld]

Wrong Forum mate
He got a 10 Place Grid Penalty
Admin take appropriate action

Merged the threads

 

[Markus Neumann]

Totally agree but for me Maldonado should have gotten a ban for the Monaco incedent with Perez. That was a completly unacceptable behavoir and should be penalized harshly just to make a point.

If it was deliberate, sure. But how are we supposed to know for sure what's going on in Maldonado's brain? Innocent until proven guilty.

 

[Kartik Sri Harsha]

Merged the threads

You are Super Quick Bram

 

[Metalfreaky]

If it was deliberate, sure. But how are we supposed to know for sure what's going on in Maldonado's brain? Innocent until proven guilty.

Well, it happend twice after Maldonado gets somehow "proveked" by other guys. What a great coincidence....

 

[Markus Neumann]

Well, it happend twice after Maldonado gets somehow "proveked" by other guys. What a great coincidence....

I agree. It's likely that he did it on purpose. But: you can't punish someone for "likely".

 

[Bradley Vanian]

However Maldonado has too many incidents. As I said before, it seems like someone can cause an incident in every race in a season (exaggeration) and nothing builds up. For example, points on a license.

 

[Danny Asbury]

Alonso is just sick....

 

[Victor Ivanov]

I don't believe he made it on purpose he just wanted that podium The point is that with that stupid move he threw out one of the championship contenders and if at the end of the year Hamilton misses it by a small gap everybody will remember today

PS: Any news about the strange "problem" with Alonso's car or the 1 kg fuel rule is only applied to Hamilton?

 

[Danny Asbury]

WHOA!?! Why were there tracks workers trying to recover Vettel's car 12 feet from the racing line? That was ridiculous as the cars stormed through...

 

[Michael Brown]

Do any one know what was the Actual Problem with Vettel car

Sky is guessing a stressed alternator. But how can it be stressed when he was following the safety car? Vettel said the safety car had something to do about it.

 

[Victor Ivanov]

WHOA!?! Why were there tracks workers trying to recover Vettel's car 12 feet from the racing line? That was ridiculous as the cars stormed through...

Simple - Valencia, Alonso, SC, 1st place They deployed SC for just some particles and when there was a whole car they didn't. Strange

 

[Ivo Simons]

That only make sense if the racedirection was Spanish also.

 

[Metalfreaky]

PS: Any news about the strange "problem" with Alonso's car or the 1 kg fuel rule is only applied to Hamilton?

There is a diffrence in the rules between qualifing and race.

 

[Victor Ivanov]

That only make sense if the racedirection was Spanish also.

Yeah they're not Spanish, they're Phoenicians

 

[Chris Jenkins]

20 second penalty for Maldonaldo. Drops him to 12th.

 

[Metalfreaky]

Sky is guessing a stressed alternator. But how can it be stressed when he was following the safety car? Vettel said the safety car had something to do about it.

It gets overheated maybe.