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If McLaren did know that there might be a risk with the gearbox (and based on the Speed TV broadcast here in U.S., it seems that they did– as noted by other commenters, the team radio communication with Hamilton […]

@dirgegirl @damonsmedley The idea that the potential consequences of an action have bearing on the severity of a penalty is integrated into the rules of many sports (“flagrant fouls”) and in fact any situation in […]

Beyond sweeping general principles, the stewards also have to analyze the factors of each incident individually. That is why they are given leeway for judgment and interpretation. Alonso was very fortunate to […]

Outcome is always considered as a factor in a penalty in the real world.

Severity is always a factor in a penalty. If you spin your car on the road and hit another, you will be cited for causing an accident. If the other driver dies as a result of the contact, you will be cited for […]

Again, it’s a separate sentence. That’s all. It’s an added factor. The stewards have a right and responsibility to weigh all the factors. The statement does not assign weight to the different factors. It is […]

It’s a separate sentence. They didn’t say it mattered more. It came second in sequence, so you could say it was less important who he hit. They added it all up and came up with a consequence that matched their […]

While it may seem inconsistent, I think the stewards are getting fed up with the cumulative effect of some of the younger drivers’ aggressive errors taking out other people, and want to make a statement to put […]

That is listed as an additional factor, in a separate sentence. It adds to the other. There is no implication that it supercedes it in any way. Adding that to the serious breach and potential for injury, the […]

Severity of the result is part and parcel of the offence, always has been. That’s the whole basis behind culpable negiligence.

Once their wheels were interlocked, there was nothing Hamilton could do. It’s simple physics. When unprotected wheels are interlocked, either car changing their relative speed causes the wheels to come into […]

Once their wheels were interlocked, there was nothing Hamilton could do. It’s simple physics. When unprotected wheels are interlocked, either car changing their relative speed causes the wheels to come into […]

Bruno (see comment above)… but with Lewis’ camera, I guess, since it showed up on Lewis’ Twitter feed.

It’s a self-pic– Bruno’s holding the camera in his left hand

+1.

Didn’t even look like someone was trying to overtake at all

The fact that NO ONE tried to go down the inside as traffic backed up at the hairpin on the first lap told me that everyone was driving passively– no one […]

Yes, the technical requirement is that you have to “qualify” for your starting grid position, any of them, including P1, which is colloquially called “pole position” by long tradition. Successful “qualification” […]

+1. And a car that’s compliant over the kerbs, because you have to use them pretty much maximally.

Here is a bit more tyre info for FP2:

Drivers who set fastest Practice 2 time on Super Soft tyres:

- Jenson Button (P1)
- Pastor Maldonado (P5)
- Mark Webber (P7)
- Kamui Kobayashi (P8)
- Lewis Hamilton […]

for example, look at the 2 pics of Gene coming through the Corkscrew– at the top he’s so much on the throttle that his right front is completely unloaded, and on the way down he’s all over the kerbing of the […]