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I remember that, I believe the issue was that he got out of the car and had help to restart the car. Therefore it was the right albeit late call within the rules.
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He never left the car. Trackside workers pulled vehicles apart, he eventually got restarted and rejoined the race.
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The Hamilton no penalty is not even close to the same.
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Senna was only disqualified for cutting chicane, not joining circuit were he went off.
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Also FIA didn't confirm the resulting outcome was due to human error made by the race director.
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Worse they sited five previous incidents which occurred earlier in season and previous year. Those incidents had absolutely nothing to do with Suzaka 89. French FISA president was protecting their French driver.
McLaren took the disqualification to the courts, French courts of all places. This would have a mega controversy if played out today with social media and current F1 tabloid journalism. It was massive back then, really changed F1 and Senna's career.