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Originally Posted by johanness
Cheating is a bit strong of a word. I'd say he used the track to his benefit. If they didn't want drivers doing that, then get some gravel or grass in that area and it won't happen. If u say they should have penalized him for that move... then they would've had to hand out penalties to half the field. Everyone goes wide. Vettel just happened to do it after his pass of Button. Besides, he lengthened the track. Not shortening it the way Button did on his detour.
Anyhoo... can't w8 for Malaysia!
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Just because everyone does it doesn't make it right. But doing it during a passing maneuver definitely makes it even more wrong. In other words you had no point at all.
And As I already said having more track out makes you faster, you don't have the experience to know that I guess. But yes going the "long" way around on a pinched corner is actually faster.
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Originally Posted by UltimateBMW
Melbourne is a city circuit. They can't just "add" grass or gravel to areas that are paved and used when F1 isn't in town.
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Not only that but all the drivers say that they HATE gravel. It's more dangerous then asphalt and you get stuck. They all say they would prefer asphalt because they can stop much faster.
You'll see the end of a lot of hairpins have asphalt or concrete for this reason. (also because most hairpins straights have been shortened over their life.)