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266Brown said:
Lewis was not penalized because he is lewis Hamilton. Now everything will be done to assist him in winning the title period.... btw I'm not a rosberg fan, but that's just how I see the whole thing. It's about making the British driver win the title 
how can you enjoy the sport and be that far away from understanding how it works?What happined is simple safety car 101 logic across all series of racing. The only thing that is going to help lewis win the title is nico to not finish. Certainly you understand the FIA are aware of that at this point. They could have put him 10 laps ahead and it still wouldnt help him win the title.

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kevinkirk said:
..but Hamilton DID gain an advantage by making it impossible for Rosberg to have a chance at making a move.
That doesnt make any sense. Racing doesnt work that way. If people was penalized for making it impossible for the car behind them to make a move. Especially one that wasnt in a position to make a move like Rosberg. Then the race would literally come to a stop with everyone having a penalty. Thats what the car ahead does to the car behind. Grass or no grass. He was first going in and first coming out with a safety car immediatly slowing the field saving him from getting a penalty from gaining time. He ended up the exact same spot coming out of the corner as he went in the corner. Any time was taken away by the yellow.  As much as i would have liked to seen them both wadded up in the grass. Thats what happined.
Yes it does make sense, he made it impossible for Rosberg to make a move, because he broke the rules and cut the corner, meaning he gained more of an advantage than just the TIME he gained. If you cut the corner on a corner when the car behind could overtake and then gave the TIME back on a part of the track where they couldn't overtake, then you would keep the place - Hamilton kept the position unfairly and therefore should have been asked to give the place to Rosberg.
No racing series is going to give a car a place simply because the car ahead runs off track unless it gains time. The yellow stopped him from gaining time. Cars dont get penalties just for running off track. As far as making it impossible to pass, every car out there is trying to make it impossable for the car behind to pass. I honestly cant think of a more simple way to try and explain this to you guys

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@kevinkirk - sorry, I think you have misunderstood my point - there is a big difference between making it impossible for someone to overtake by fairly defending and blatantly breaking the rules to do so.

For example, if a player hand balled the ball to stop a goal in football, then the team would be penalised - the referee would not simply say that they were just doing their best to make it impossible for the other team to score.

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@kevinkirk - sorry, I think you have misunderstood my point - there is a big difference between making it impossible for someone to overtake by fairly defending and blatantly breaking the rules to do so.

For example, if a player hand balled the ball to stop a goal in football, then the team would be penalised - the referee would not simply say that they were just doing their best to make it impossible for the other team to score.

i think i might have crossed over into defending the FIA decisions and i certainly don't want to do that. They have made some bad decisions before. I certainly have been mistaken before and this might be one of those times. I understand were you guys see he should have gotten a penalty. 

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