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Originally Posted by Ximian
This is exactly what should have happened and there would have been "no further action" for the investigation. But Ferrari thought there wasn't going to be a penalty applied for the pretty obvious blocking so here we are. Any other track or corner, Hamilton would have been able to pass Vettel and Vettel would have been able to chase him down and win. The Ferrari had much better race pace.
The stewards were placed in a bad situation and I don't blame them for their decision.
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Even if Vettel had let Hamilton pass, the stewards can still apply the same penalty. The infringement was for "rejoining the track in an unsafe manner", not "going off-track and gain an advantage".