YF19pilot
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fbc said:YF19pilot said:GAH! They stole Speed's points! I checked the results on the f1 website, and they have Speed pushed back to 11th place (they took 25 seconds off his finishing time)! That means Coulthard gets the points.
The reason for the penalty, not paying sufficeint attention to the yellow flags. Coulthard claims that Speed passed him under a yellow sometime during the race. Speed was also fined $5000 for "use of abusive language to another competitor, thought to be Coulthard, during the post-race hearing" according to formula1.com
They didn't steal the point - it's the rules, you can't pass under a yellow flag, for obvious reasons.
As for the other penalty - I mean come on, telling another drive to 'f#ck off' *in* the steward's hearing?? That's just plain dumb.
Ah, so that's what that was about. The article made it sound like he just threw some random words around in the paddock or something. Yeah, not good to mouth off in front of officials in any racing series...
As for being full of himself, I can understand a bit about being the only American, but to say that the other drivers are humble about their business is a bit of a lie. I think all of the Formula 1 drivers are full of themselves to some extent...after all, they are racing in what most of the world considers to be the top tier of racing. I'd think we would all be full of ourselves if we were running with the best. (Not defending him being full of himself or anything, as that's never any good...)