Formula 1 - VETTEL'S Penalty

in #f17 years ago

So in light of the recent events over the weekend in the formula 1 I thought it would be a good topic to talk about as it seems to have opinions differing.

Let's start off with the race firstly, what a race it was. Formula 1 has been in the limelight recently due to it seemingly having fallen off a cliff in terms of outright excitement, but this weekend was a different story. 3 safety cars meant that all the cars were bunched up giving us some exciting racing with drivers/manufacturers who are usually not up there, being up there. Overall congrats to Ricciardo on grabbing the win and lance stroll getting his first podium, proving the critics wrong.

Now, onto the main stuff. Vettel and Hamilton have always had a friendly rivalry, but will that change after the events this weekend?
Vettel hit Hamilton whilst the safety car was out and blamed it on Hamilton brake checking him, for me Hamilton didn't brake harshly he simply kept a low speed to not overtake the safety car before he should, vettel wasn't clearly impatient and misjudged his speed out of the corner - I would obviously be bisas towards Hamilton but what is everyone else's opinions on the accident?

Then to make things even more dramatic vettel pulled up along side and managed to hit Hamilton - this was dangerous driving and was deemed to warrant a 10 stop and go penalty along with 3 license points. Was this too harsh, too lenient or just right? I'd love to hear everyone's thoughts.

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No, I don't believe it's the end of their friendship. They are both professional, but they have the right to express emotions from time to time as well.

Feel free to see what people on social media posted before, during and after the race https://steemit.com/sports/@steemfluencer/the-2017-f1-azerbaijan-grand-prix-social-media-best-reactions

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