Yes, in this race track both Ferrari should be very competitive, so Lewis needs all the available power!

 

I’m race steward and can confirm you that the penalty to Vettel is 100% deserved

When a racing driver leaves the track, he must rejoin the track in a safe way. The other drivers have priority, and you can’t defend your position at full throttle when you are rejoining the track, or block/impede another driver... even if it’s involuntary. In this case it’s even voluntary, because Vettel could rejoin the track without going to the racing line. He clearly turned right to block Hamilton. It’s a very clear penalty

 

Yes! I was since 1987 involved in racing organization, being technical scrutineer in the Barcelona F1 GP in the ‘90’s, Race Director in some national truck races, and since 2001 being Clerk of the Course in the Spanish events of the FIA European Truck Racing Championship (Race tracks: Jarama, Barcelona, Valencia, and Albacete), being also race Steward in other races (Steward is called “Comissari Esportiu” in my language). In 2013 I changed the role: from organizer to racing driver (eco races), which is much more fun!

 

Rules are very clear here (and it’s a safety rule): if you have a mistake and you leave the track, you can’t defend your position when you rejoin the track. If you leave the track, the other drivers have the priority, so you must lift the throttle if this is necessary to rejoin the track in a safe way, and you must never block or impede another driver when you rejoin the track. Vettel had to let Hamilton pass after that mistake, and not block him (If Hamilton doesn’t brake, the accident was there). So the penalty is 100% clear. This rule is to promote safety, and you can’t change the rule depending on who are the involved drivers.



Vettel lost this race by his mistake, but he is now crying against the race Stewards when it’s only his fault.

BTW, maybe it’s better to go to the specific F1 thread!

 

#CanadianGP
7 victories in 7 races for Mercedes!!
Also new record of 7 victories in Canada for Hamilton!!


Mercedes-AMG has won even in two race tracks (Bahrain and Canada) where Ferrari was stronger, but a reliability problem for Leclerc in Bahrain, and Vettel’s mistake in Canada (not a Stewards mistake, because the penalty to Vettel is 100% deserved), have helped Mercedes to win also here...


So I hope my favourite team and driver (both leading the standings) can manage this advantage to be Champions for the 6th time, although I’m sure Ferrari will be fighting in more races...





And 5 more points of advantage for the Silver Arrows in the Constructors standings after Canada!

 

This is the thread: https://forums.calibre11.com/threads/2019-f1-discussions.91686/

And yes, it has been a long and great time involved in motor racing (as a organizer, and also as a journalist and photographer), but best times were from 2013 to 2016 as a racing driver, no doubt! It was racing with ecological cars, and even with fully electric cars (Mercedes-Benz, of course! ) , but it was really fun and we had a great team!

 

That 5 second penalty on Vettel / Ferrari was excessive.

 

Guys, I moved today's F1 discussions here to keep the WOYW thread clean.