FIA's twisted logic?
This is what I saw today:
START OF RACE: TGF (do as I say, not as I do - right Michael?) pushes Ralf over to within half a metre of the pitwall but of course this has been established as being within the rules after the hurrah over it last year.
FIRST PITSTOPS: Ralf crosses the white line on to the racing line and receives a penalty (and there is a rumour that Ferrari went to the race stewards to tell them about Ralf's mistake) despite not putting anybody at risk.
I fail to see why chopping across someone at the start and putting them, other drivers and people on the pitwall at risk is okay but crossing a white line when there is no-one coming is not. Of course one is in a race situation but surely a slice across another driver's nosecone at the start is more dangerous than crossing a white line on to a clear track?
It seems that the FIA's logic on these rules is very convoluted.
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