>>http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100310/ap_on_sp_au_ra_ne/car_nascar_edwards_penalty
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>>..because in F1 they actually race the cars without intentionally smashing into each other! duh!
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>Oh yeah :http://www.formula1.com/news/headlines/2009/9/9953.html

Right - but F1 didn't encourage this behavior as NASCAR does...

"...Renault have been disqualified from the FIA Formula One World Championship, with the ban suspended for two years..."

so they got kicked out for two years - nothing happens to the nascar guys - they just go on crash each other out the next weekend.