appartently if you force someone of the track, accidental or not, its an automatic drive through penalty

It would have been alright if he did his spin off track. But on the track with oncoming cars, anything could have happened

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u71071

hamilton did nothing intentionally wrong , but end of the day his mind was not working quick enough to know what the right thing to do was at that moment in time after his initial mistake ,

when you purposely spin round in the face of oncoming cars and so doing force other cars to take dangerous avoiding action , in todays sanatized F1 enviroment it will attract the attention of the stewards ,

lewis knows the rules but his mind was not working fast enough to abide by those rules , hence the slap on the wrist --

There was plenty of room for Di Resta to move around the side, he was being very careful though. Though the FIA are always eager to punish Hamilton.

SnowyOwl, just a quick tip/reminder - and one for EVERYONE on JA606 Formula One.

The drivers adviser on the Stewards board at the Hungarian Grand Prix was the same driver from the Monaco Grand Prix in which Hamilton (though he had a very bad race) was keen to slate the judges, I have a feeling that the representative on the drivers board has a grudge on Hamilton and believes he is dangerous, therefore must punish him for every outlandish move he makes.

I do not say this as a pro Hamilton crap stirrer, I say this a genuine opinion.

I personally felt it was the correct decision.

Hammy should have waited and if he got away with it other drivers might start doing the same.

All Hammy had to do it wait a second or 2 and there would have been a clear road for him to spin it round, instead he decided to do it infront of a incoming car.

Hamilton deserved the penalty, he should have waited a second or two.

Still a great drive to finish 4th though

didn't make any difference really,after having the wrong tyres he wasn't going to improve on his finishing position

a move like that 20 years ago,wouldn't of battered an eye lid,but these days things are very different,he should of waited for a clear track,at least the punishment sends out a message to future spinners

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Fourbells Red: Get a grip and don't ridicule what I say, I dont mean it as in what you said!

I meant it as in let the racing be a bit more contested (the way Alonso, Vettel, Webber and Hamilton do it best).. FAR too many drivers in F1 who shouldn't be there, they are happy with their paychecks and dont give a monkeys nuts about the drivers championship, which is why they stay in the lower teams. And when opportunities do arise, they drive like whimps and cant overtake for peanuts!

Also, the stewards and the FIA need to learn to accept that contact will always happen, with any driver, in any race when every driver attempts an overtake. At the end of the day its what the word RACE is about, trying everything you can to finish as best as you can. Senna, Gilleneuve and Prost wouldn't stand a snowball in hell's chance in today's F1...

Also, the stewards and the FIA need to learn to accept that contact will always happen, with any driver, in any race when every driver attempts an overtake. At the end of the day its what the word RACE is about, trying everything you can to finish as best as you can. Senna, Gilleneuve and Prost wouldn't stand a snowball in hell's chance in today's F1...

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Was he trying to overtake? no he was turning round when he forced someone off the track.

Close car situations then, better?!

I'm really on the fence with that penalty.

Yes, di Resta leaves the track but I can't decide if he was forced off or whether he deliberately drove off to give Hamilton room to turn himself round.

I think di Resta took a wide berth around Hamilton because he was playing it safe, which is the right thing to do.

It would be no good just missing him only for Hamilton to spin it back around a bit to much and collect di Resta.

The penalty was harsh, but deserved. Such is life