Formula 1 pundit and former racer Karun Chandhok has said that he would like to see a change in the way penalties are distributed.
Chandhok wants to see radical reform to when penalties are given.
"Look at Suzuka when Seb and Max hit each other, Max lost 0.5s by running way off at Spoon curve and coming back on - that’s just wrong,” Chandhok said at the Autosport International show.
“When drivers go off track they should be penalised and there should be a natural penalty. I want races decided on the race track, I don’t want it decided in the steward's room.
“I don’t want a situation like Austin with Max and Kimi, it’s discussed in the stewards, you see the chequered flag and somebody finishes third but then another bloke is on the podium.
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“It’s just messy and complicated and the stewards shouldn’t have to get involved in that, that sort of stuff should just be decided on track. I think that’s what racing should be.
“It’s also inconsistent,” he added. “For everyone looking on TV, you go ‘hang on, at Turn 9 they are allowed to go way off track, way beyond the white line, yet if they do it at Turn 19 they get their lap time taken away’.
“So how does that work? How is it OK at one corner and not another?”
Many fans agree with the pundit and wish to see races decided on the track instead of afterwards.
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