Finally: the telemetry of the near-miss that led to PIA's penalty! (Lap 21) 👀

🟠 PIA braked very intensely: around 2g sustained braking. Specifically, the low-speed braking was extreme: he reached ~2.4g at around 126km/h (low speed ➡️little downforce) and in the wet, which is close to the maximum braking effort the car can sustain under those conditions (and possibly he exceeded the grip limits briefly). He braked almost as strong as he could.

🔵 VER had to brake intensely to avoid him, and did so for longer (he nearly stopped: 32km/h).

PIA also did something similar (208km/h to 50km/h in 160m) 4 laps before, when VER was farther back. In my opinion, what he did on both laps was dangerous (very intense braking with little visibility), but the danger only showed up on Lap 21 as VER was closer.

What do you think? Was the penalty fair or too harsh?

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