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F-1 2024 Round 6 (Miami GP) - Sprint Race
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The first corner brings out an immediate safety car after contact between Lewis, Alo and Lance, which sends Lance into Lando's car and takes him out of the race.

Poor Lando, minding his own business before the melee happened.
01:12 PM - May 04, 2024
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Surprisingly, Lewis wasn't penalized for that first corner incident. The consensus seems to be Lewis being the main cause of the incident, but it was ruled a racing incident (maybe Lance had a part in it as well).

McLaren begs to disagree... 😀
01:13 PM - May 04, 2024
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After the restart, the main battle was between KMag v. Lewis, as well as Danny v. Carlos. Danny had a bit of help from Checo who was slow enough to give Danny DRS help and keep Carlos behind.

Eventually, Checo pulled away but Danny was able to keep the lead and finish P4.
01:18 PM - May 04, 2024
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The battle between KMag and Lewis kept going, as KMag was doing some "interesting" driving (late braking, leaving track to keep the lead, etc.), for which he earns 4 x 10 second penalties (the race is only 19 laps!).

Post race, he admitted using st*pid tactics to help Hulk and the team. 🤷
01:19 PM - May 04, 2024 (Edited)
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Sprint race results:
VER, LEC, PER, RIC, SAI, PIA, HUL, TSU (1)

(1) - Lewis actually finished P8 but got a 20 second penalty for speeding in the pit lane behind the safety car.

It's a forgettable day for the Mercs, neither car finishing in the points. Will see how Quali goes (4pm local).
01:22 PM - May 04, 2024
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KMag might be in a bit of trouble as he is summoned to the stewards for possible unsportsmanlike behavior (which he sort of admitted in an interview).

Race stewards also explained why Lewis didn't get a penalty:
https://tinyurl.com/t5x46s...

There were multiple incidents, so hard to pin blame.
03:46 PM - May 04, 2024
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The stewards reviewed the incident and KMag escapes getting a penalty for unsportsmanlike conduct. Although his defense was aggressive, it's not too different from Checo slowing to give Danny DRS and help keep Carlos at bay.

Details of ruling:
https://tinyurl.com/5sa5r5...
09:12 PM - May 04, 2024 (Edited)
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To deter the behavior, the FIA needs to come up with rules that can be consistently interpreted so it's not a knee-jerk response.
09:14 PM - May 04, 2024
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