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Originally Posted by Lancsbreaker
You would appear to be arguing that penalties should only be decided after the race, in order to adjust the race result to give the "desired" result.
In reality a penalty is given, based on the stewards assessment of the incident, and all the participants conduct themselves for the rest of the race to achieve the best result they can........as it should be.
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Penalties should be reviewed after the race to ensure that they are fair and equitable. Having to prove the information was not available to stewards as the only way to have a penalty reviewed would seem unfair.
The stewards may well have reached an incorrect decision on the spur of the moment that is inconsistent with the information available to them.
Perhaps penalties should be expressed in terms of championship points after the rabe.
There is no reason to assume post race adjustment of points would be any more achieving a desired result than dishing out a completely insufficient penalty for an offence on the spur of the moment. The other intersting point at Silverstone was why was the race red flagged so quickly and a safety car not used? Max was out the car and it was well off the circuit.