I do think they need to be consistent here
If anything the stewards were being consistent, it was of course the actions of Hamilton last year that resulted in the clarification after all.
Massa certainly weaved as much as Hamilton in Adelaide.
Have to say, I don't recall Massa weaving and changing direction 5 times down the straight in Oz, but if he did, he deserved a penalty too.
However, the fact the penalty affected Hamilton's result and not Alonso's is not a problem - we saw the opposite occur in Valencia.
Thing is Alonso shouldn't have received a penalty
(or they both should have) as it was clearly a racing incident, whereas Hamilton's infraction last year was much more serious
(consciously overtaking a Safety Car during a Safety Car period) he should've been DQ to be perfectly honest.
what is more surprising to me is how absolutly chanceless Schumacher is within his own team against Rosberg... is his age showing ? or has Rosberg simply improved his qualifying by that much ?
To be fair to the man, he did suffer a problem with the DRS in qualifying, which is the 3rd race in succession his car has been affected with either a DRS or a KERS issue in quali, otherwise he would've made Q3.
Schumacher is an average performer in an average car...I can only assume it's age catching up with the man.
Not sure about that...
(though obviously age is an issue) he was taken out in Australia, but in Malaysia he absolutely
trounced Rosberg.
And I think he was as good, if not better than Rosberg today, he gained net places, rather than lost them. Had he not suffered the issue in qualifying... it makes you wonder doesn't it.
I think he's doing all right, though if I was Rosberg, I'd be a little more worried about why the gap isn't larger between myself and someone who is 17 years older than me, and who had been retired for 3 years.
What a totally fantastic GP.
It was brilliant... it even made Moto GP look processional.
I don't care if it's "fake" with KERS, DRS and heavily degrading tyres
I don't think it's fake at all... everyone
(well the top runners at least) are running with KERS, DRS and the same tyres.
It's not like the '80's when some had turbo's and others were naturally aspirated, or the early '90's when some had had active suspension, automatic gearboxes, TC, ABS, LC, Drive-By-Wire etc whilst others were making do with a gear stick and a clutch pedal.
Have to say, I'm surprised that there's been no investigation into Alonso's DRS activating outside of the zone though. Presumably a ECU glitch of some kind, so presumably beyonds Ferrari's control, but definitely something the FIA need to look at.
