Originally Posted by
taz757
At that point in the race, ALO had already retired so MSC was just out for the drive. Any points he would have scored would have moved him closer to ALO and the championship. He could have concieded the 3rd place to DLR and held off ROS and scored more points than he did. But, he had to drive like a moron and trash his car and take himself out 3 laps from the end. Also, you cannot cut off portions of the course to try and hold position, which is what MSC did. I think you'll see the FIA say something at Istanbul ...
he was out for points. every position is a point and had he not stuffed the car, he would have placed 4th, which is better then 6th if he gets tires. Even a pitstop is a risk as shown by the wheel nut issue.
The wording of the regs is that you cannot cut chicanes to gain position. Both times he cut the chicane, you can see him slow back down to let dlr catch back up. He did the same thing at monaco a few years ago. He cut the chicane to get by someone two lap in a row, then let them back by untill he could get by without cutting the chicane.
If the incident was being investigated, it woud have been announced yesterday. is was not, so it is considered a non-issue.
Originally Posted by
Flite
You said his retirement was a result of track rod failure, but it appears he didn't retire at all. He may have had an unschedualed pitstop, but as far as I can see he finished 9th and was moved to 8th as a result of a disqualification.
FCUK I wanna see this race!
It was a retirement. He did however get classified becausehe still completed more distance the some drivers who did get the flag