Lovebitesandeveryfing
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Mind you Louis is the better driver, in my opinion.
Gee but it's good to be the king, ooh la la! You can be sure about one thing…
Mind you Louis is the better driver, in my opinion.
A jungle VIP.Gee but it's good to be the king of the swingers, ooh la la! You can be sure about one thing…
They can't appeal it, you're literally not allowed to appeal time pens.
Admitting guilt?
Pretty fair analysis thatGood article by Joleon Palmer...
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/48583803
I, perhaps unsurprisingly, totally agree with him.
The story isn't the penalty, the story is that Vettel cracked under pressure, again.
Some quotes...
If Vettel hadn't cracked on lap 48, we would have been talking about his amazing weekend drive, as opposed to this now controversial result. But he did crack, broke the rules, and paid the price.
Where Vettel ended up being genius was with his diversion tactics after the race - the pantomime smoke and mirrors of the tantrum, the meltdown, and then the eventual cheek of switching the final position markers with Hamilton in parc ferme.
It endeared him to the crowd, most of whom were Ferrari fans in Canada, and were disappointed the penalty had decided the outcome of the race. Everybody was.
But Vettel's actions ensured the talking point was the penalty, rather than the reason for it - the error from Vettel.
This was no small error. He was the only driver in the entire Grand Prix to cut the Turn Three/Four chicane. And he did so when he had his rival so close behind him as well for the lead of the race.
The last time the leader threw the race away on his own, that man was Vettel. That was also the last time Vettel had pole position - 17 races ago in Hockenheim.
He's exceptionally talented as a driver, his pole lap was brilliant and he had the race in the bag in Montreal. But this is a worryingly repetitive trend for Vettel that none of the other top drivers have had.
Indeed, Vettel threw away the Canadian Grand Prix in 2011, in very different circumstances, but a similar manner on the last lap, under moderate pressure from Jenson Button. Back then the Red Bull car was dominant enough to ensure Vettel rarely had a lot of pressure to deal with.
Now at Ferrari, this apparent flaw is being exposed repeatedly and that should be the story of the race. Another mistake from Vettel from the lead, rather than the penalty that was correctly applied to him.