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johnnoble1990
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The commentary team declared when Lewis went down the inside of Jenson at Turkey that "he was lucky he didn't just turn in there", they said it again when Michael was overtaken by him today. In both cases if the driver turned in, it would probably end their race and Lewis would get a penalty. Instead, we got two overtaking moves which were on both occasions applauded.
Later in todays race in Monaco, Lewis dives down the inside of Massa who then does turn in on him, later leading to a DNF and a penalty to Lewis. Then similarly later in the race, Lewis gets side by side with Pastor, with Maldonado taking the racing line, sending Lewis into a bollard and eventually into Pastor.
I think the examples in the first paragraph is examples of racing and the second paragraph is anti-racing, yet it seems that the rules favour the second type, where a driver is penalised for having a go if the defending driver turns in or leaves no room.
I feel that the rules that encourage the best racing is if you head into a corner on the outside you must stick to the outside and if you go in on the inside you should stay to the inside and not go wide into the other driver. A penalty should be given if either driver breaks from their chosen line heading into a corner.
Looking at the incidences today, both PDR and Lewis seemed to take the inside first, before the defending driver took the inside line in the braking zone. By which point PDR and Lewis are committed, while Jaime and Massa were not. Only Jaime and Massa could avoid the accident in the present, while PDR and Lewis could only avoid the accident by not overtaking.
We saw a perfect example of what i want to see when Michael Schumacher went up the inside of Lewis and Lewis up the inside of Michael. Both gave room and those overtakes were considered fair and again applauded. Had they turned in, the overtaker would get a penalty and the defender would most likely be out of the race.
What does everyone think of this? Should the rules be changed to encourage overtaking?
Later in todays race in Monaco, Lewis dives down the inside of Massa who then does turn in on him, later leading to a DNF and a penalty to Lewis. Then similarly later in the race, Lewis gets side by side with Pastor, with Maldonado taking the racing line, sending Lewis into a bollard and eventually into Pastor.
I think the examples in the first paragraph is examples of racing and the second paragraph is anti-racing, yet it seems that the rules favour the second type, where a driver is penalised for having a go if the defending driver turns in or leaves no room.
I feel that the rules that encourage the best racing is if you head into a corner on the outside you must stick to the outside and if you go in on the inside you should stay to the inside and not go wide into the other driver. A penalty should be given if either driver breaks from their chosen line heading into a corner.
Looking at the incidences today, both PDR and Lewis seemed to take the inside first, before the defending driver took the inside line in the braking zone. By which point PDR and Lewis are committed, while Jaime and Massa were not. Only Jaime and Massa could avoid the accident in the present, while PDR and Lewis could only avoid the accident by not overtaking.
We saw a perfect example of what i want to see when Michael Schumacher went up the inside of Lewis and Lewis up the inside of Michael. Both gave room and those overtakes were considered fair and again applauded. Had they turned in, the overtaker would get a penalty and the defender would most likely be out of the race.
What does everyone think of this? Should the rules be changed to encourage overtaking?
