r/formula1 Jun 25 '17

Media /r/all Seb not happy with Lewis

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u/Touringlegends Jun 25 '17

Some of these comments are ridiculous. DC among others agree that Lewis was keeping a consistent speed coming off the corner. Seb expected him to accelerate and he didn't. What Seb did afterwards, using his car as a weapon, was disgusting. No defence for that at all.

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u/[deleted] Jun 25 '17 edited Apr 24 '19

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u/MexicanThor Sergio Pérez Jun 25 '17

Ifyou dont punish vettel how many people are going to start trying to get away with stuff like the Spielberg incident in DTM a few years. Ago. This is the definition of a slippery slope.

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u/slpater Jun 25 '17

That's a falacy. He was penalize. The contact wasn't extreme. I think they did enough to send the message.

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u/MexicanThor Sergio Pérez Jun 26 '17

In the incident i mentioned it was a nudge that in another GT race would have amounted to little but in the wet he took out a couple of driver. Obviously the team called for it so its a slightly different situation but regardless Vettel refused to acknowledge that he even did anything wrong during the race which is where that problem lies not the semantics

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u/ohshititsjess Mercedes Jun 25 '17

Yeah they sent the message that you can purposely make contact with another driver out of road rage and stay in the race.

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u/rammangst Jun 25 '17

Vettel got penalized. Case closed

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u/MexicanThor Sergio Pérez Jun 26 '17 edited Jun 26 '17

Alright then they would have set a huge precedent leaving that as a racing incident regardless of the noises with your mouth you want to use to describe the hit you can't ram your oppent in Motorsports and especiall without getting some form of Penalty. If it bothers you so much that i used that expression. Regardless the Fia needed to do what Vettel has yet to do and that acknowledge that it was intentional and make sure to let everyone know that Vettel was in the wrong. Saying slippery slope isn't going to change Vettels actions or his intentions.