“The stewards reviewed positioning/marshalling system data, video and determined that the video appeared to show that Car 4 moved before the start signal was given,” their report began.

“However, the FIA approved and supplied transponder fitted on the car did not indicate a jump start.

“Article 48.1 a) of the Formula One Sporting Regulations states clearly that the judgment of whether or not there was a jump start is to be made in accordance with the transponder, which did not show a jump start. In the circumstances, we took no further action

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    9 months ago

    This is not an excuse to ignore a case where there is clear visual evidence of a car moving before lights out.

    What were stewards supposed to do with this “evidence”, when the rules clearly state what is jump start and how it is measured?

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      9 months ago

      Review and possibly change the rule for the future. Admit that the way the rule was written is not good enough.