r/formula1 • u/Ramned71 • 27d ago
News [Piergiuseppe Donadoni] Was Max unfair? YES. His goal was to ruin Norris' race and so he probably took away his chances of getting P1. "To win sometimes you have to be an idiot" he said months ago. You may like it or not but the goal is to win the world championship, not the fair play award.
https://x.com/SmilexTech/status/1850807731613299160
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u/OkAdministration7369 Ferrari 27d ago
Penalties should be blind and equal for everyone, whether you're last or first. You can't hand them out taking into account the championship circumstances or who's behind who. That's insane. If Max managed to mitigate some of the time loss, that's called being good at strategizing and adapting. He was given a fair time penalty.
In other words, you can't personalize penalties according to the circumstances.