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- 29th November 2012, 13:21 at 1:21 pm #216135MattParticipant
Searching I find no explicit ban to KERS in a yellow zone, however drivers must of course back of and when Shumacher used DRS in a yellow zone the rules were clarified and at the same time it was suggested that using KERS would be seen as failing to back off.
29th November 2012, 13:12 at 1:12 pm #21613229th November 2012, 13:05 at 1:05 pm #216130MattParticipantRegardless of the colour of the Flag, doesn’t this show Vettle is using KERS before he passes the flag, and thus he’s still breaking F1 rules?
29th November 2012, 2:02 at 2:02 am #216077MattParticipant@Alonso – I can confirm the video is identical and the screen shot I have taken is from 06:03 into the video you just posted. Immediately following the screen shot he passes the STR.
29th November 2012, 1:42 at 1:42 am #216073MattParticipant@Fernando The video was taken directly before the overtake – from this Video (http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/formula1/20535302), it doesn’t have a lap number displayed but I’m sure this is the questionable maneuver.
29th November 2012, 1:39 at 1:39 am #216072MattParticipantPerhaps we should discuss potential penalties if he were penalised for either flags or KERS use and which of those penalties change the outcome of the championship.
I assume a drop of two places (19.2 seconds) is all that is required as Vettel finished +9.4 secs in 6th place and 8th place was Vergne at +28.6 seconds. Therefore either DSQ or 20+ second penalty would drop Vettel 4 points.
Does anyone know if anyone has ever avoided a penalty for ignoring flags or been given less than a 20 second penalty? I can’t remember any.
The irony perhaps in all this is that if the STR of Vergne, had slowed down another 0.8 seconds before crossing the line Vettel could have been handed a 20 second penalty with no change to the championship result. Amusing considering that is the driver Vettel passed.
The Red Bull B Team amazingly weren’t going too slow… they were going too fast!
29th November 2012, 1:21 at 1:21 am #216068MattParticipantRarely post here but have to agree that certainly looks like KERS is being deployed:
Trusting this image http://i49.tinypic.com/212bl1c.jpg I believe this screenshot I just took shows the stand for the marshal on the far left under the BBC logo:
http://i46.tinypic.com/1zcjssy.jpg
If so then as can be seen here KERS is being deployed and I find it hard to believe that Vettlel has already passed the green flag based on the position of the tower for the marshal alone.
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