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Originally Posted by 77T
I prolly didn’t explain the ruling well. Running wide is different than shortcutting the course. So Bottas was OK. Instead, had he cut the apex at T1 to get by a car, he’d run afoul of the Stewards. In the drivers meeting all was explained about the allowances for running wide at turns (especially the last turn before the front-straight).
Ironically WEC Stewards instruct drivers differently for that last turn - they want no more than 3 wheels going wide. All part of racecraft - and makes for interesting weekends if you Race with different sanctioning bodies. 
I do think that they should redefine the track limit rules so the fans aren’t short-changed after a race, though. At Mexico this weekend it’ll be different again.
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If they don’t want drivers using that part of the track then make the curbs higher or put a wall there. Otherwise, let them race.
Niki Lauda even said the decision by the stewards was wrong.
http://www.espn.co.uk/f1/story/_/id/...t-ever-seen-f1