Daniel Ricciardo is frustrated at the stewards failure to punish Lewis Hamilton and Sebastian Vettel in today's Grand Prix.

Though the clash in the final laps of the race is still being investigated by the stewards, Daniel Ricciardo is angry that action wasn't taken sooner, as it was with teammate Max Verstappen, and that Lewis Hamilton escaped punishment despite going on track at the start of the race.

"To be honest I didn't understand at the start, how you can be leading the race, defend, lock your wheels and go off track, and still stay in the lead," he told Sky Sports. "I think Lewis deserved a penalty. I think anyone in that position deserves a penalty.

"I saw Max cut the chicane trying to defend, he got a penalty," he continued. "So I don't know, to be honest, what was that different with his move and Lewis'. For me, if you lock up the brakes and cut the corner, it's a mistake, you have to pay the price."

Turning his attention to Vettel, he said: "I felt that Seb did what everyone has been complaining about lately, moving under braking.

"He's smiling now, but I don't know, for me he doesn't deserve to be up there with that move he pulled.

"I saw he defended half way down the straight, I was going to go to the outside, and then it just looked like he opened it so I committed to the inside," he continued. "I thought I had every right to be there, and then he just kept closing the door under braking. I locked the brakes trying to avoid contact, but he just kept closing so in the end I had nowhere to go. I was frustrated with that.

"Don't get me wrong, I love racing, I love racing hard, I love seeing locking brakes and even a bit of contact is fine," he insisted, "but this whole moving under braking, if you're going to defend, you commit early and that's it. You don't do it once you've already been outfoxed. I feel like that's what I did today, Seb was there, he moved, I went, I won the chess match if you like.

"And then he's like 'oh, I screwed up, and now I'm going to try and repair my mistake'. For me that's not right."

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1. Posted by Hobgoblin, 31/10/2016 11:03

"If - as some seem to be suggesting as a good thing - there was a barrier/wall at the first corner, Hamilton would have hit it and lost the race and probably the WDC, but...

the debris from this crash would have been spread across the track, and ploughed into by the entire field thus ruining everyone's race and possibly causing casualties. Do we really want that?
I suspect not."

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2. Posted by imejl99, 31/10/2016 10:54

"It is not the penalties, it is inconsistency handing them out.
Also, it should be much easier, this playing with times, 5s, 10s, it is stupid. We are witnessing calculations with penalties, done by the race control, by the teams and by the drivers. "push hard for another 2 seconds and we dont give a F for that penalty". Drive thru within 2 laps or get black flagged. For anything and everything, anyone and everyone. Make them think twice before some stupid or dangerous move."

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3. Posted by Motorsport-fan, 31/10/2016 9:27

"A lot has been said regarding track limits and making a mistake, running wide and basically getting away with it. Not sure Bernies idea having more walls is the way forward, but maybe having time penalties automatically imposed for running onto "off limits" areas would bring about the same result."

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4. Posted by Spindoctor, 31/10/2016 7:53

"The whole business just brings the whole of F1 into (further) disrepute.
The gaining of "advantage" is very hard to quantify, and hence should be re-worded. I presume that the point of the rule is to prevent people taking short-cuts in order to gain places and\or to avoid being overtaken. It doesn't seem too complex a matter to reframe the rule\advice to drivers & stewards in those terms.

By the by, does anyone remember "Track Limits" rules which were obsessively applied a while ago, but seemingly no-longer important?"

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5. Posted by C5, 30/10/2016 23:52

"Yes, Hamilton did make a mistake. An yes, he did gain probably a two second advantage cutting the corner. And yes, I'd like to see him dinged for that. But, he was not in a direct battle with anyone at that time, and it is just very difficult to asses a specific penalty in that case. So yes, I'd like to see some sort of soft barrier be put up for next year's race, so rejoining the track after a first corner mistake will cost you dearly.

With such a barrier, Rosberg might have been within a shot to try something, and that would have been great for the race. And for fairness.

I can't say if Vettel moved on braking. I didn't see it, by maybe the world feed didn't show it. If he moved, yes, he should be dinged for it. But, also, had the stewards done their job (rather than relying on their guide dog to alert them), Riccardo wouldn't have been near Vettel anyway, so I guess that kinda evens out the possible misdeed, in some unsatisfactory way."

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6. Posted by Kkiirmki, 30/10/2016 23:41

"One (or two) of Bernie's walls would have disadvantaged Hamilton and Verstappen. If he (Hamilton) has done that at Monaco, Rosberg would be the world champion."

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7. Posted by 4-Wheel Drifter, 30/10/2016 23:14

"Daniel: Hamilton was leading the race when he went off, Rosberg wasn't close enough to him to be disadvantaged; no fowl. Your team mate did, in fact, go off and pull back on in front of Seb who would have passed him while staying on the track, forcing him to brake. His own team ordered him to yield his place to Seb which he failed to execute, instead he blocked Seb, hoping you would be able to 'catch up to him and pass him. A five second penalty was generous. I'd have disqualified him. Good Race. jim watt"

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