As someone that has personally driven sebring IRL, and on every version of FM i can say im happy to have the track in the game, but there has never been a penalty area in T17 that wasnt attached to a wall. T17 at sebring is one of the few turns in motorsports that has an almost infinite number of lines that work through the turn. Early apex, hard brake, hug the inside throttle out, golden. Overshoot entry, but get lots of corner exit speed through late apex, still solid, etc…but now there is 1 mid line where if you are too far inside you get penalty, despite still not making contact with the inside wall. Overshoot the turn a little bit to try to over/under someone? Penalty.
Its all part of the track that cars use consistently in reality. The track boundries are lined with concrete and tires. Can we please just clean that spot up?