Lewis Hamilton [Track Limits] +15
Carlos Sainz [Track Limits] +15s
Esteban Ocon [Unsafe Release and Track Limits] +35s
Nyck de Vries [Forcing Magnussen off the track and Track Limits] +20s
Alex Albon [Track Limits] +15s
Yuki Tsunoda [Track Limits x4] +20s
Pierre Gasly [Track Limits] +15s
Logan Sargeant [Track Limits] +15s
Kevin Magnussen [Track Limits] +5s
9/20 
Ah, really? my bad
Could have sworn there WAS a graphic with just 5 drivers who hadn’t been norty
There was - flashed-up on screen towards the end of the race.
So 12 out of 19 finishers penalised for track limits infringements, several long after the race finished.
There’s only 8 drivers there.
You are @Kevin and I claim my £5.
When you’re right, but still Rong 
Sainz called for the stewards to investigate Pérez for “intimidating” him.
I don’t think I’ve ever heard anything quite so ridiculous!
Nice podium for Lando
Ferarri made ALL the wrong calls
That National anthem…lol, what a cluster fuck.
Enjoyed the race though.
Pure undiluted CRINGE!
Entertaining race. Did not expect the Mclarens to go so well on the hard option - great overall result for them; Lewis lucked-in a little. Tel is right about something for once - Ferrari: WTAF?! Stroll got off far too lightly for ending Gasly’s race. Nice to see track limits being punished as severely as unsafe releases and dangerous driving: makes perfect sense, not counterproductive at-all…
The track limits exist for a reason. Shouldn’t matter if it is a concrete wall or a painted line, and petty arguments like “it wasn’t unsafe” (although these tend to come more from fans of penalised competitors than from the drivers) completely miss the point.
Great, thanks, I had the same patronising lecture from Terry last week 
I’m agreeing with you!
Sorry, I don’t get to sleep very much, the derp is strong.
I don’t normally agree with Gary Anderson, but in this case I do:
https://the-race.com/formula-1/gary-anderson-red-bulls-right-2026-rules-will-be-bad-for-f1/
Frank and I have discussed the trends in F1 a few times and agree that it has become an optimisation formula and that both of us were lucky to work in F1 when we did as were able to do what really interested us.
In summary he is saying that F1 is moving towards being a spec formula from 2026 onwards and that is bad for everyone and in particular for seeing the results of engineers in teams innovating new ideas.
The following is his partial list of innovations that were introduced into F1:
V8, V10, V12 and Flat 12 normally aspirated engines
Four cylinder turbos with unlimited boost
W12 normally aspirated engines
Air valve systems to replace springs
Carbon-Carbon brakes
Ground effect aerodynamics
Sliding skirts to optimise the ground effect
Ceramic rubbing strips for those sliding skirts
Six wheeled cars (with four front wheels)
Six wheeled cars (with four rear wheels)
Fan cars to generate downforce at slow speed
Carbon fibre composite chassis structures
Carbon fibre gearbox housings
Carbon fibre suspension components
Active suspension
Front and rear linked suspension
Five, six, seven and eight speed gearboxes
Carbon-Carbon clutches
Miniature clutches
Pull clutches
Multi plate clutches
Gearbox mounted clutches
CVT gearboxes
Sequential gearboxes
Zero torque loss gear change
Paddleshift gear change
Paddle clutch control
Two-pedal cars
Lateral brake distribution
Active braking
Fly by wire throttle systems
Mass dampers
Inertia damping
Front torque controlled differentials
Mercedes’ DAS
All of which, if introduced now as new ideas, would only be allowed for that season and then be banned.
Not the F1 I would want to work in. Especially when the teams have the money to innovate solutions as F1 is in a good financial position and instead the money goes to pay the drivers even more and the boards and shareholders whilst salaries are pushed downwards for the engineers due to the budget cap.
From a spectator / enthusiast POV, the trend towards an overly-circumscribed formula seems to be going hand-in-hand with a loss of commentary concerning technological innovations in the sport.
For most of us looking-on in this thread, part of the excitement around F1 was the constant innovation. Sure, most of us wouldn’t understand it too well - as indeed did rather few of the commentators, but the whole point of F1 was to be innovative, imaginative, even sometimes a bit batshit crazy, especially back when there was a bit more of a “Let’s throw it at a wall and see what sticks!” attitude to the engineering - pre sophisticated computer modelling I guess.
Is Liberty Media and the US influence in the FIA perhaps showing in the way it all too often does - i.e. they only really understand variations on ‘one-make’ racing? I know that’s a massively simplistic speculation, but all of my experience of yanks taking-over and running things has involved them failing to understand the thing they have in front of them and instead trying to crowbar it to fit with their pre-conceived ideas. Usually with damaging or even terminal results…
