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**Alice_Medichi34** · 07-27-2009, 01:51 AM

What would be the right penalty then?

What if the wheel went on to kit someone?

Do we need to have someone killed or seriously injured in order to give a harsh penalty for a life threatening situation?

Well, it's a bit difficult to penalize someone unprecedently. In the past wheels have flown off too - like Häkkinen at Silverstone '99, Alonso himself in Hungary '06. Heidfeld managed to get somehow back in to the pits with a loose wheel in Spain '07. Etc. Now the team & driver have decided to act in the same way like everyone have been acting in the past and suddenly they get penalized.

This reminds a bit of Hamilton's penalties from last year - first FIA penalizes, then they create a new rule to "justify" the penalty in retrospect. It should be the other way around. Instead of penalizing FIA should create a new rule for the future, which prohibits a driver driving anywhere on a racing circuit with a loose wheelnut.

07-27-2009, 01:51 AM	#40
Alice_Medichi34 Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 606 Senior Member	What would be the right penalty then? What if the wheel went on to kit someone? Do we need to have someone killed or seriously injured in order to give a harsh penalty for a life threatening situation? Well, it's a bit difficult to penalize someone unprecedently. In the past wheels have flown off too - like Häkkinen at Silverstone '99, Alonso himself in Hungary '06. Heidfeld managed to get somehow back in to the pits with a loose wheel in Spain '07. Etc. Now the team & driver have decided to act in the same way like everyone have been acting in the past and suddenly they get penalized. This reminds a bit of Hamilton's penalties from last year - first FIA penalizes, then they create a new rule to "justify" the penalty in retrospect. It should be the other way around. Instead of penalizing FIA should create a new rule for the future, which prohibits a driver driving anywhere on a racing circuit with a loose wheelnut.
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