but max didnt gain an advantage? he got a bigger lead because of it but then backed up back to same gap as before, id say thats fair.
in an f1 world without track limit penalties, just let them race and use common sense.
of course he did. He left the track and gained an advantage. If he wanted to give it back exactly at the point where he went off, then he should let Vettel come side by side with him somewhere in the track and take it from there.
Lewis' also gained a huge advantage but stewards are more lenient in the first lap for obvious reasons. If there was a clear directive for turn one like Spa few years back then Lewis should've got a penalty, but there wasn't
We can easily say what if there was a wall? or gravel trap and judge the move on that basis, but there isn't so it's really up to everyone's interpretation of what was fair and what wasn't. From what I know, rules speicifically say that drivers should not gain advantage from leaving the track. However, the consequence of doing so under different scenarios are not clear and maybe this is an opportunity to clear them
1. Leaving the track while alone and gaining advantage (lewis)
2. leaving the track while in a battle and preventing an overtaking maneuver (max)
3. Leaving the track by mistake and gaining an advantage
Now how difficult it is to specify the penalties/warnings to the above?
FiA sucks
