La polémica decisión de los comisarios en el GP de Canadá de Fórmula 1 contra Sebastian Vettel, por su incidente con Lewis Hamilton que ha suscitado reacciones de muchos dentro de la comunidad del automovilismo.
Vettel empezó con estilo el GP de Canadá, liderando desde la pole y manteniendo su ventaja con Hamilton incluso después de la única parada en boxes.
El único lugar en el que Hamilton podría haber ganado a Vettel era en la curva 1, la 2 y la 8, pero el piloto de Ferrari seguía manteniendo el liderato. Hasta que Vettel se salió de pista, pasando por el césped en la curva 2 y 3.
Se reincorporó con algo de apuros, obligando a Hamilton a tener que frenar para no causar una colisión entre los dos pilotos. El incidente fue puesto bajo investigación, lo que resultó una penalización de cinco segundos.
Aunque la regla es clara en cuanto a la reincorporación, la FIA siempre ha hablado de tomar los incidentes por separado y penalizarlos según el delito cometido en ese momento. Mirando la curva y la velocidad de Vettel, el alemán no tenía adónde ir.
Vettel se detuvo o se estrelló contra Hamilton o Hamilton se retiró, lo que finalmente hizo. El alemán no pudo detenerse tanto porque la velocidad ya era excesiva y para cuando consiguió controlarla, Hamilton ya estaba allí.
Todo el mundo estaba conmocionado, lo que provocó la aparición de los medios de comunicación social. Ferrari, sin embargo, ha intentado apelar la decisión. Mientras tanto, aquí están algunas de las opiniones:
That’s ridiculous 5 seconds penalty,Seb did well not to hit the https://t.co/f2onSfj4Bl GRIP ON GRASS !
No room on track there.Great driving from Lewis.— Nigel Mansell CBE (@nigelmansell) June 9, 2019
I think the function of the stewards is to penalize flagrantly unsafe moves not honest mistakes as result of hard racing. What happened at #CanadaGp is not acceptable at this level of our great sport. @F1
— Mario Andretti (@MarioAndretti) June 9, 2019
my observation on Vettel rejoining: his helmet moved to look into mirror only after steering correction! that he slid that far is laws of physics. No space for Lewis is name of game with street tracks. What happened to #LetThemRace ? Was it sketchy? yes! a penalty? not in my view
— alex wurz (@alex_wurz) June 9, 2019
Thanks for all your votes. My personal view is that he could have left more room, but we lost a great final few laps because of the penalty. There was enough doubt to let them carry on. Remember Dijon! #f1 #Dijon
— Damon Hill (@HillF1) June 9, 2019
https://twitter.com/jasonplato/status/1137816060441321472
https://twitter.com/AussieGrit/status/1137842790241619969
The podium cermony showed how no one was happy to be up there, as a result of this stupid penalty. It ruined a great race for all us fans… Kudos to Vettel for not having it, and to Hamilton for being a great sportsman. #anticlimax #F1
— Felix Rosenqvist (@FRosenqvist) June 9, 2019
Tough result for F1.
I can see it both ways.
FIA are following the rule book that you can’t rejoin by going straight to the racing line but poor choice for the sport.
All drivers know Vettel could have not gone back to power and joined safely on the inside.#F1— M A X Chilton (@maxchilton) June 9, 2019
"For me, it's a racing incident. You can’t just stop the car and stay off the circuit."@JensonButton has his say on the Sebastian Vettel penalty which denied him a #CanadianGP victory
— Sky Sports F1 (@SkySportsF1) June 9, 2019
Wouldn’t go to the podium if I was Vettel. Honestly.
— Giedo van der Garde (@GvanderGarde) June 9, 2019
https://twitter.com/nico_prost/status/1137804293447278592
Fully agree. Plus it is not the same to recover from a “grass run-off” than from a modern asphalt run-off where you have full control of the car. #racingincident #LetThemRace https://t.co/OcBMNs8H2Z
— Pedro de la Rosa (@PedrodelaRosa1) June 9, 2019
[Autobild] Helmut Marko about the Vettel penalty: "Where was Seb supposed to go? He did nothing wrong. Lewis can be happy that he didn't slide into his car."#CanadianGP
— tami. (@Vetteleclerc) June 9, 2019
https://twitter.com/Daniel_Abt/status/1137803635860135936
I’m glad we don’t have stewards in @nascar. #BS https://t.co/7IufOUi2vC
— Jimmie Johnson (@JimmieJohnson) June 9, 2019
https://twitter.com/F1/status/1137809990016782338
For those asking… This is the official document from the FIA. #CanadianGP pic.twitter.com/rwQI6Licnt
— Junaid #JB17 (@JunaidSamodien_) June 9, 2019
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