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**byncnombmub** · 10-28-2011, 07:25 PM

He was reprimanded at the Spanish GP for not slowing down enough at Heikki's crash scene.

Perhaps they took that into account.

Strange one that.

First it was 4 drivers: LH, JB, JA and MW who got the reprimands.

Then we have the fact that the yellows were actually in a braking zone where the drivers weren't on the throttle anyway.

Martin Whitmarsh successfully argued and demonstrated that the drivers were slower around that corner but quicker in other parts of the sector which lead to the best lap time being set and therefore a penalty.

By issuing a reprimand rather than a penalty, the Stewards accepted this but according to the regs, they had to issue something

10-28-2011, 07:25 PM	#11
byncnombmub Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 489 Senior Member	He was reprimanded at the Spanish GP for not slowing down enough at Heikki's crash scene. Perhaps they took that into account. Strange one that. First it was 4 drivers: LH, JB, JA and MW who got the reprimands. Then we have the fact that the yellows were actually in a braking zone where the drivers weren't on the throttle anyway. Martin Whitmarsh successfully argued and demonstrated that the drivers were slower around that corner but quicker in other parts of the sector which lead to the best lap time being set and therefore a penalty. By issuing a reprimand rather than a penalty, the Stewards accepted this but according to the regs, they had to issue something
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