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Originally Posted by Hitman
I don't critisize the penalty itself, but the fact that it is not done by a referee or a sports judge in that moment (As you see in soccer, basket, hockey, etc.) but instead DAYS or even weeks later, completely changing all results. What good is watching a race end now, if it can change so much in the following days??  |
The evidence wasn't available at the time. The SpeedTV.com article that revealed that Hamilton was lying wasn't published until after the stewards handed down their decision.
Should the stewards have investigated the incident more thoroughly? Absolutely. But they were also being deliberately misled by Hamilton and McLaren.