James1978 wrote:the only difference was Schumacher was wise enough to co-operate
As if drivers were supposed to.
I thought Di Resta's penalty was outrageous, since nothing other than the change in order had happened. But when that benchmark was set, I thought it was fair for Hamilton to get a penalty as well, his move was as stupid as Paul's had been after all.
The point is, you can't simply excuse him, he was trying to overtake and placing the blame on the other drivers because they didn't cooperate - as if they were supposed to, doesn't take away the fact that he was a complete and total tool all around during the weekend. A few moves he managed to pull off but there's a fine line between aggressiveness and being a twat behind the wheel, and he crossed it. Don't fool yourself, I love him today because of all the action and mayhem he contributed to the race, and everybody wants to see overtaking, but what Lewis did, particularly in Maldonado's case, hardly counts as such.
ROTR to him IMO. The stewards were admittedly a bit too stringent today, but at least they were uniform and consistent rather than volatile, so that's to their credit.