Formula 1 Must Put a Time Limit on Post-Race Investigations and Penalties

Imagine turning off the television after watching your favourite football club celebrate a victory only to see in the newspaper the next morning that they actually lost. Ridiculous, right? Well, that scenario is becoming an all-too-common occurrence in Formula One. At Sunday's Mexican Grand Prix, Daniel Ricciardo crossed the line fifth and was disappointed to miss out on one of the best podium ceremonies of the year in front of a packed, enthusiastic crowd. "The outcome was a bit of a shame," the Aussie lamented in a post-race interview on Sky Sports. "I really wanted to be on the podium." As it turns out, though, Ricciardo should have been on the podium, in third place, rather than Sebastian Vettel (himself only having replaced R...

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