2017 Formula 1 United States Grand PrixFormula 1

[Dennisch]

Well you pretty much praise everything, little Maxi does. On and off the track.

k.

 

[Odnomre]

FIA Ferrari bias shows again :^)

 

[TenEightyOne]

Max driver of the day.

Definitely

The entire weekend nobody gets a penalty for track limits, and now something brilliants gets punished.

Ericsson being turned into by Kevin "Suck My Balls" Magnussen was the brilliant move that was punished, unfortunately both Verstappen and Ricciardio were pushing track limits too much in overtakes. Gutted for Verstappen but that's how it is.

 

[Jezza819]

Max driver of the day.

The entire weekend nobody gets a penalty for track limits, and now something brilliant gets punished.

But did anyone else gain an advantage? Max did apparently. Penalty justified.

 

[BMfan]

FIA Ferrari bias shows again :^)

How?

He passed Kimi while all 4 wheels were off the track.

 

[McKiernan]

Driver of the day Max. Useless driver of the day Bottas. Idiots of the day Race Control.

Quoted for truth.

 

[Dolph Drago]

Wow. Max got jobbed. I've been seeing guys cut turn 6 or 8 (not sure which) the same way all weekend. Yet Max gets penalized for his cut?

 

[Touring Mars]

Great race, and mega drives by Verstappen and Sainz - a shame for Max to lose the podium spot, but it looked like a fair penalty...

 

[BrainsBush]

We have seen some great racing and overtakes. This final action of the FIA after the race...is well....(feels?)unfair?
RBR already protested. This is not how podiumplaces should end. Second time forMax he has to leave the room. Keep your head cool...

 

[numbnuts70]

The look on Raikkonens face when they were telling Max he got a penalty, priceless.

It did look like he cut to be fair but we'll have to await the replays.

 

[MUSC4EVER]

Wow Usain Bolt is here?...didn't know that...

 

[Roo]

Raikkonen getting rid of the hat at the earliest opportunity

 

[Odnomre]

How?

He passed Kimi while all 4 wheels were off the track.

I'm just joking mang, I'll have to watch the replays and see it clearly. Could be he had nowhere else to go

 

[Terronium-12]

Ugh. So gutted for Max but the penalty is fair.

 

[BMfan]

He was off the track.

 

[BLADErunner80]

Seems some people don't understand the subtle difference between running off track and passing off track.

 

[Timlour]

Confirmed: COTA is Hamilton's favorite F1 track.

 

[MUSC4EVER]

Mercedes win the Constructors for a fourth consecutive year.

And Hamilton only needs to finish fifth or better in Mexico to win the World Championship, regardless of what Vettel does...

 

[LMSCorvetteGT2]

Confirmed: COTA is Hamilton's favorite F1 track.

I thought that was Hungary.

 

[Eva]

I thought that was Hungary.

I thought it was Silverstone...

 

[Odnomre]

Eh, seeing the replay... 4 wheels off the track, yeah. But as it's being said a lot, we see them extending everywhere and this was penalty worthy? It was what? Only a couple CMs out of boundaries?

 

[LMSCorvetteGT2]

I thought it was Silverstone...

No he likes to win at Silverstone to pretend he still lives there

 

[BKGlover]

Confirmed: COTA is Hamilton's favorite F1 track.

Won't be surprised if they build a house for him here.

 

[Famine]

Perhaps Max felt that running off track was the only way to ensure he didn't have a Ferrari in his sidepod. Again.

 

[MagpieRacer]

I thought it was Silverstone...

I thought it was Suzuka

 

[Brend]

Confirmed: COTA is Hamilton's favorite F1 track.

Until Mexico next week....

I also hear that it might have his best fans yet too!

 

[Odnomre]

Perhaps Max felt that running off track was the only way to ensure he didn't have a Ferrari in his sidepod. Again.

This. He went for an all or nothing move where Kimi easily could have shunted him off. I wonder if they would have judged this differently if Kimi didn't move over to the left side giving Max more space?

 

[Kurei]

Glad to see Kimi get the podium place back, that was plain corner-cutting to an advantage.

 

[FutureF1]

Sainz driver of the day. To jump into a brand new team and perform that well is nothing short of stunning. Didn't vote for Max because anything less than what he got wouldn't have been a good drive at all

 

[BrainsBush]

Perhaps Max felt that running off track was the only way to ensure he didn't have a Ferrari in his sidepod. Again.

That's what they just explained during the after race replays on (biased Dutch) television.

Rule is a rule but this again feels so unfair. Other similar overtakes during this season are not penalized with five seconds.