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Originally Posted by ianbiz
Decent race, but why did MSC get a penalty for that? People were doing it in China iirc.
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BEcause in Chinese GP, safety car came back in when there's more than 1 lap remaining. So based on sporting regulation, cars can start overtake starting the "SC line" before the pit lane entrance.
However, in Monaco, the last lap was a safety car lap, and since SC cannot cross the finish line on the last lap, so race control send the car back to the pit. and acording to sporting regulation 40.13.
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If the race ends whilst the safety car is deployed it will enter the pit lane at the end of the last lap and the cars will take the chequered flag as normal without overtaking.
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So to me, that was a clear violation to overtake Alonso.
However, the argument here was, Ross Brawn and Schumacher argued he saw green flag after the SC line, so he believes the track is clear and back to racing condition. So he made the move.
Thus, the mistake was down to the marshals in Monaco and the race control flashing the green light. I'm not sure if that's enough for the FIA Court to reverse the penalty or decision.
On the side note, how come FIA hasn't slap Rubens a fine for throwing his steering wheel on the live track. Chadhok ran over it and stuck under his car. This can be a dangerous move, there shouldn't be any other debries besides what the accident caused.