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Originally Posted by mstets
I wasn't able to record the race and would need to see a replay, but it looked to me like Rosenqvist caused the turn 1 mess. Hard to say if Dixon and Palou would have made it through the corner otherwise, but Felix was not penalized and ended up sixth - ultimately benefiting from the turn 1 contact.
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Apparently that is what happened.
Rosenquist braked late, hit Dixon lightly as he turned in, but that pushed him into Palou and both of them went wide failing to remain on the racing surface.
But they resumed further back in about 6 and 7. Rosenquist didn't even make the corner but just went straight ahead through the obstacles and back onto the circuit. missed T1 and 2 completely.
Dixon, Rossi, Palou etc penalized because they did not take the chicane properly.
It didn't make sense which was why Palou was confused (completely innocent party) and you can understand why.
Although it seems they weren't penalized they were. Its just that the penalties applied played out in helping them as the events in the race played out.
The penalties apply to the actions and are taken immediately for that incident. The final result plays out to what it is.
It wouldn't be reasonable to penalize them at the beginning for a racing infraction and insist that it determines the event result.
But there was also action further back with Grosjean hitting Hinchcliffe up and some people and Askew going sideways in the pack.