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Agree, but the team told him on the practice start it was ok.. Its how you read the rules, to get an advantage.... Not defending LH, but he did ask....

Note: License points have been removed and team fined 25,000

They share the blame for this incident. Preventable it was lol :)

A couple of items

1) from a comment from Leclerc and Stroll incident
When asked about the incident, Leclerc said it was the result of dirty air from Stroll’s team-mate Sergio Perez, who was running right ahead of the pair in sixth place.

“I tried to go inside Lance at Turn 4 and then in the middle of the corner Perez took the apex and when I was behind him I understeered quite a bit and then we made contact with Lance,” Leclerc said.

https://the-race.com/formula-1/strol...caped-penalty/

2) Hamilton's, practice start, I cannot fine a video/Picture of it again, but I believe when you look at in detail, you will notice like it was done before. There are black tire marks there, that suggest either a F2 or F1 car had done it before Hamilton...

just notes and observations

When you look at the in-car from Stroll, he wasn't even headed outside of the red and white curb, there was still a couple feet of green, and then the sausage. He had at least half a car-width to the left of him that he could have used in order to avoid the Ferrari. On the first lap, everyone is pushing beyond their tires' capabilities. Doubt that this corner was fast enough for much aero and Charles was using the tow as much as not getting the downforce in dirty air - he was understeering for sure, and he could have probably backed out of the throttle to get out of that. They both played a part. Calling it a racing incident was fair IMO.

I agree, just found it interesting.....

Seems you speak "Canadian". I know people who can get you in touch with Stroll. Would you like to make sure he see's your post! :)

Uh-oh! I don't think his father got his money the old fashioned way (inheriting it) the way he will. And Quebec (the province they are from) is famous for its underworld and organized crime. So, maybe I should go back and edit??? :rofl2:

I like Lance - think he has some maturing to do as an F1 driver, but definitely feel that he has earned his place in that company. Yes, he bought his way onto the grid with Williams and then the family purchased Force India, but I believe he deserves to be there now. The other Canadian, Latifi, I'm not certain about yet. But I am sure that I'd love a coaching session with either one of them!

Now, if you could arrange to get me a private day running on the track that his father owns (Mont Tremblant in Quebec), then I'm up for that! :tup:

found this interesting and it gave me a laugh

HAMILTON PAID FOR A ‘SIMPLE ERROR’ – SO WHY DIDN’T LECLERC?
https://the-race.com/formula-1/hamil...didnt-leclerc/

All I want is an exciting / entertaining race to watch.... without all the drama..
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just for your enjoyment.....

Yup, sucks when the penalties and the controversy surrounding them are the most exciting part about the race weekend anymore!

this is kinda a sad news...

https://www.planetf1.com/news/honda-to-leave-formula-1/

Sadder still if you are Christian Horner! What's he going to do - go crawling back to Renault (who actually finally have an engine worth buying and no customers, and who have already publicly ruminated about leaving the grid)? And he's shopping for 2 teams. Is there a limit on how many customer teams can run a certain engine, so it doesn't become a spec series?


Honda reportedly sunk $1billion into F1 engine development. And with the rules changing again for 2021, I guess they have had enough.

From last year:
https://www.forbes.com/sites/csylt/2.../#5eee4b3a2755

Aside from $$$, it is not the future. Another symptom in the slow death of F1. But for now, a MB/RB combo is really appealing. MB may not be around as a team and will just be an engine supplier in a few years anyway. There is nothing else to prove, nothing challenging, and with the money cap suppressing progress, why stay?

what a joke this safety car period,,, they bunched up all the car, very NASCAR Like

Yep, the one thing that F1 lacks is consistency!! :tup: