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ezzie said:
They'll cop out with a 10 place drop at the next quali at most.
That is penalty they won't hand out since it has got to do nothing with this weekend's race at all. Obviously FIA are stupid for not issuing a penalty during the course of the race and are now going to look like jerks stripping Massa off his victory. A drive through penalty is the most suitable way to go and I suspect a 20 or 25 second penalty is what Ferrari are to expect at the minimum and in the end it wouldn't be too bad since Massa would still be a top three finisher. Rather that than issuing a 3 or 10 place drop which isn't very unorthodox when it comes to security breech in the pit lane. Just look at the punishments people get for speeding, driving against red light and bumping into another driver in the pit lane. In other words if you breech a regulation in the pit lane they you are bound to be punished hard for it.
On the other hand you do make a good point. Stripping a vitory off a driver after the race isn't right, especially if you had the chance to punish the driver during the race. So a 10 place drop might actually be in place which IMO is worse than a 10 second drop. Starting in 10 positions back on the grid he'll probably end up wrecking his race like Hamilton did in France. In the worse case he might get into trouble in the midfield and end up scoring zero points. So Ferrari better pray for a 10-25 second penalty.