Steering clear of danger

Timing can be everything. Had the more ‘racy’ attitude of the stewards in the second half of this year’s F1 championship been in place since the start, Ferrari and Sebastian Vettel would likely have won the controversial Canadian GP. If this had been the case, it is feasible that many of the latter’s current difficulties might have been avoided. The confidence that winning brings cannot be underestimated – Vettel was denied that.

Ironically, of course, it was that very incident which forced the revision in interpreting similar actions – one can also question if it’s fair to change the sporting rules, any