25 seconds.........

a lot of people are complaining....... why were 25 seconds added to lewis hamilton's race time..... and so they complained about cheating/perverted decision and all.......... ok they have no idea what are they talking about

so let's find out why was it 25 seconds........ and not 10 secs..or 90 secs......????????

well i am not going to deal with whether he deserved the penalty......... that's a different issue altogether.... and i have my own take on it.....

we shall focus on 25 seconds........ only

and accordingly to FIA rulebook,

In the case of the drive-through penalty and the ten-second time penalty, a driver has three laps, from the time his team is notified, to enter the pits (failure to do so may result in a black flag and the driver being excluded from the race).

The only exception is when the penalty is awarded during the final five laps of the race. In this case the driver may continue and complete the race. However, 25 seconds will be added to his total race time, which may drop him considerably in the final race standings.

the incident happened 2 laps from the end........ which is why there was no drive-through penalty imposed............ in fact he was fortunate, a drive through could have taken longer than 25 seconds....

there you have it............ so before you whine about 25 seconds........ pls make an effort to find out more.....