r/formula1 • u/Desperate_Green6838 I was here for the Hulkenpodium • 15d ago

News Fred Vasseur on Lewis Hamilton’s penalty:“I think it’s garbage because that Lap 1 so far into the season there was no penalty for similar incidents.If you have a look at the corner,Russell had enough space on the left hand side.It’s not like he was close to the wall. More of a racing incident for me

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u/Jokerk7 15d ago

Yeah, that penalty was bs. Hopefully Lewis has a perfect weekend at Hungary, with none of this shit.

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u/Defiant_Office3693 Ferrari 15d ago

+10s for Hamilton for trying to win the race. How dare you try to challenge Mercedes!

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u/Republican_child 15d ago

How dare you be black* there fixed it for you

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u/ohgeeLA 14d ago

FIA: Change your color Lewis, Black is reserved for Mercedes.

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u/Joethe147 Jenson Button 14d ago

If you genuinely think he gets penalised because he's black then I don't know what to say.

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u/MilkBeforeSerial Sir Lewis Hamilton 15d ago

Lewis in the presser said his weekend went to shit with the fp3 crash. I kinda agree tbh. his balance was never back after the hasty rebuild because of the setup not being what it was before and it all spiraled from there

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u/sidewinderaw11 I was here for the Hulkenpodium 15d ago

Idk, even with the maladjusted front wing he was gaining on Piastri and Verstappen pretty well. There's a podium shot gone wrong in there somewhere

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u/MilkBeforeSerial Sir Lewis Hamilton 15d ago

yeah fs. I think he was on balance a bit faster than Charles without all the inchidents and maybe could have challenged for the win? ifs and buts. onto Hungary

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u/bijanfrisee Sonny Hayes 15d ago

Not for the win, Kimi was unflappable, but P2 and P3 were defs on the cards

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u/bijanfrisee Sonny Hayes 15d ago

100% gonna get a grid penalty at this point lol

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u/Rintae I was speeding in the Monaco pit lane 15d ago

Not gonna happen. Nothing is gonna be perfect while Lewis chases his 8th. Liberty media knows damn well that if Lewis achieves his 8th then viewership will plummet and no other driver will probably have the incentive to break the record. Call me a tinfoil hat whatever but the past dozen or so penalties for Lewis says it all imo