How come Hamilton got the same penalty as Massa?

May be...

Hamilton over defended, sh1t driving but penalty? Remember Montoya & Schumi did a similar thing at Austria 2001, f.ck all penalty.
As for Bourdais penalty, he was coming out of the pits, Massa had all the room and visibility, lucky, lucky boy

sorry for language but if the truth hurts ferrari fans, so be it

i agree FIA biasedness yet again. and Bordais penalty was just unfair, if anything Massa should have been the one to be penalised as Bordais was on the racing line.

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he sent 4 cars off of the track (unintentionally)

Hamitlon and Massa did the same mistake, thats a fact
Massa did hit a car but he took out one man (happens to be a crying baby unfortunatly) Hamilton well lets see : Raikkonen, Heikki, Massa and Trulli! and maybe he didn't do it but he forced Heikki to hit Kimi! So Hamilton should have taken the heavier penalty!

hamilton did noting wrong he locked up his brakes and didnt give kimi room but that is normal at the begining

IMO Felipe should have been given a 10 second stop and go and Seb B shouldn't have been penalised at all, full stop. Its not just that Lewis lost more places, that could have caused a serious incident if other cars had hit Lewis when he was stuck on the middle of the track. that would have brought out the safety car and probably mucked up a few drivers races. I just don't get these stewards at all.

I guess they felt that Hamilton was trying to push his rival out of the way, but still it was harsh.

When Massa collided with Hamilton, Hamilton clearly conceded more places than when Hamilton forced Raikkonen, but Lewis got the same penalty!

I think F1 is turning into a bit of a farce. How did Bordais get a damn penalty when he had nowhere to go but to follow the racing line. Massa is such a little con artist it's unbelievable, if he wins the Championship i will be p!ssed off.

I am so fed up with the ignorant stewards, they give Hamilton a harsh penalty previously even though he gave the place back but when Massa causes Lewis to lose 18 places they give him the same penalty as Lewis for the first corner incident! Argggggh! What's going on?!

In my point of view,in the previous race when Hamilton was docked 2 places,he was behind by a larger margin when he spun out and gained a place.He did give Raikkonen his place back,but once the majority of Raikkonen's car was in front,Hamilton just raced ahead without going back to the original margin.

Seems to me you're being bias against Massa because Hamilton is British.

Two separate incidents.

McBrat ran Kimi off the road after Kimi took the lead from him. Call it overzealous, but McBrat blew it.

Massa spun McBrat.

Both were deserved penalties.

Bourdais getting a penalty for the touch between him an Massa when Seabass was coming out of the pits? BS. Where was Seabass supposed to go?

BTW: The race stewards DON'T WORK FOR THE FIA! You idiots.

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i can see the case for it as lewis shot across in the first corner..

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