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General F1 Discussion / Re: Was Alonso F1 penalty at Aus GP about consequence rather than wrongdoing?
« Last post by Jericoke on April 04, 2024, 04:27:00 PM »Criticizing officiating is the evergreen topic of any sport. And justifiably so. We want to know that what we're watching is 'fair', and we've all got our own ideas of what is 'fair' and we're never going to agree 100% of the time.
Most sports, the penalties are either cut and dried (off sides, out of bounds), or have direct impact on another participant (tripping). In F1 racing, there's plenty of things you can do 'wrong' that don't necessarily cause a problem, and I suppose that's where we are here too. Was Alonso's manoeuvre illegal because there was a trailing car, was it illegal because the trailing car crashed, was it just plain illegal, or was it an entirely fair move?
I do hope that we can come to an agreement on it. The drivers need to trust each other, and if the majority of drivers feel that what Alonso did is expected racing, and Russell was the fool caught out by it, then I'll agree with them.
Most sports, the penalties are either cut and dried (off sides, out of bounds), or have direct impact on another participant (tripping). In F1 racing, there's plenty of things you can do 'wrong' that don't necessarily cause a problem, and I suppose that's where we are here too. Was Alonso's manoeuvre illegal because there was a trailing car, was it illegal because the trailing car crashed, was it just plain illegal, or was it an entirely fair move?
I do hope that we can come to an agreement on it. The drivers need to trust each other, and if the majority of drivers feel that what Alonso did is expected racing, and Russell was the fool caught out by it, then I'll agree with them.
