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Originally Posted by bjohnsonsmith
They are trying to minimise the effect of the 5 second penalty, by having it take place when the car comes in for the tyre stop.
Instead of giving Alonso a 5 second penalty, why didn't they give him a drive-thru, which needs to be served within 2 laps of notice being given? The question of whether the car can be touched, or not, would never arise.
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That works as well. Someone who knows the details as to when/why they issue drive through vs. serving penalty during pitstop can speak up. I think a drive through is a more harsh penalty as it creates the problem of a slow in/out lap vs. serving the penalty during a pit stop. Would we just not allow any time penalty to be served during a pitstop? All time penalties are stop and go or added at the end of race if there is no time to serve during the race?
Richard