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**Noxassope** · 08-01-2012, 08:20 PM

When did this trend start in F1 to give out penalties for any little incident.

I see Maldonado got a drive through for trying to pass Di Resta and accidently over-steered into him. You seem to get a penalty for anything these days.

Your half an inch of the race track - PENALTY
You accidently touch - PENALTY
Gearbox change - PENALTY
You break wind - PENALTY

I would have loved to see Michael off the front row in Monaco but he had a stupid penalty. If they want to punish you for a gearbox change, wouldn't it be better to take 2 points off the team? Otherwise it just confuses qually for the casual fan, with half the grid not starting where they qualifyed cos of damn penalties.

Stop with the penalties - it's called racing, things happen and sometimes drivers are going to touch each other!

08-01-2012, 08:20 PM	#1
Noxassope Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 449 Senior Member	Too many penalties When did this trend start in F1 to give out penalties for any little incident. I see Maldonado got a drive through for trying to pass Di Resta and accidently over-steered into him. You seem to get a penalty for anything these days. Your half an inch of the race track - PENALTY You accidently touch - PENALTY Gearbox change - PENALTY You break wind - PENALTY I would have loved to see Michael off the front row in Monaco but he had a stupid penalty. If they want to punish you for a gearbox change, wouldn't it be better to take 2 points off the team? Otherwise it just confuses qually for the casual fan, with half the grid not starting where they qualifyed cos of damn penalties. Stop with the penalties - it's called racing, things happen and sometimes drivers are going to touch each other!
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