🇦🇷 FIA… OR MA-FIA? THEY RUINED FRANCO AT ZANDVOORT
Franco Colapinto started 14th in the Dutch GP, made a great start, and managed to get up to 10th, in the points-paying positions.
Then the FIA showed up.
For an infraction with a yellow flag after the Verstappen accident, he received a drive-through: from fighting for points to dropping to last place in seconds.
Should safety be respected? Of course.
Was the punishment proportional? That’s where the discussion begins.
Lindblad also received the same penalty, so this episode alone doesn’t prove a targeted persecution of Argentina. But after everything that’s been lived through around the World Championship, the subsequent penalties, and the tone of certain European media, every new controversial decision fuels a feeling that’s hard to ignore.
Formula 1 should be decided among drivers, cars, and stopwatches.
Not in an office.
Because when the rulebook starts to weigh more than the race, the question comes up on its own:
FIA… OR MA-FIA?
$ALPINE
$YPF.US
Franco Colapinto started 14th in the Dutch GP, made a great start, and managed to get up to 10th, in the points-paying positions.
Then the FIA showed up.
For an infraction with a yellow flag after the Verstappen accident, he received a drive-through: from fighting for points to dropping to last place in seconds.
Should safety be respected? Of course.
Was the punishment proportional? That’s where the discussion begins.
Lindblad also received the same penalty, so this episode alone doesn’t prove a targeted persecution of Argentina. But after everything that’s been lived through around the World Championship, the subsequent penalties, and the tone of certain European media, every new controversial decision fuels a feeling that’s hard to ignore.
Formula 1 should be decided among drivers, cars, and stopwatches.
Not in an office.
Because when the rulebook starts to weigh more than the race, the question comes up on its own:
FIA… OR MA-FIA?
$ALPINE
$YPF.US
