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Originally Posted by Irishshin
Was so happy to see Mark Webber win today. Wish Vettel hadn't finished in the points at all. Although I know it wasn't his decision to take the wing, he still was just too annoyingly....have no idea the word am looking for here.
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There is a real frostiness between Webber & Vettel as shown by the tentative handshake at the end. Red Bull haven't managed it well at all & I'm glad Mark won (on this occaision)
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Think Alonso's penalty was very harsh. He got the same penalty for crossing over a kerb that Hamilton got for overtaking a safety car.
Not a good Ferrari day. At all......
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I was really surprised that Alonso didn't give the place back straight away. He gained an advantage illegaly. If he'd given the place back he wouldn't have been punished. The most similar incident like this is back in Spa with Hamilton & Raikonen. Hamilton went off in exactly the same circumstances, gave the place back and still got penalised after the race when Raikonen didn't finish. I seem to remember Alonso supported that penalty - he can't have it both ways.
It was just unlucky that the safety car came out at that point, but still if he'd given the place back straight away he wouldn't have lost out.
And to be fair, while Hamilton technically overtook the safety car it wasn't as clear cut as that - circumstances dictated the impact of the penalty.