Remember Silverstone last season where Perez pushed Hamilton off the track and nothing happened? Reason why? He was ahead at and from the apex of the corner. They simply re-purpose the "overtaking on the outside" guidelines and use the same principles for a car defending on the outside. Because fundamentally when two cars go into a corner side-by-side it doesn't matter which one is attacking or defending, they are side by side and afforded the same right to space based on those guidelines.Hammerfist wrote: ↑29 Jul 2023, 22:55Yea thats baloney sorry. That is not what it says in the rule book. There is no such definition of the defending car being ahead after the apex. You just nade that up? Here is the rule quoted from a planet f1 article regarding the matter:
“In order for a car being overtaken to be required to give sufficient room to an overtaking car, the overtaking car needs to have a significant portion of the car alongside the car being overtaken and the overtaking manoeuvre must be done in a safe and controlled manner, while enabling the car to clearly remain within the limits of the track,” the FIA have clarified.
https://www.planetf1.com/features/f1-ov ... ngagement/
Basically you must leave enough room on exit if someone is alongside you. Plain and simple. Its not like hamilton was not in control and pushed him off the track. He made contact because perez did not use all the available track. Theres always going to be understeer in that corner. Perez being a f1 caliber driver should anticipate it. Once you lose the inside line you have to recognize that you are in a defensive situation and your goal should be to avoid contact, not trying to save what is lost desperately trying to squeeze a car whose momentum is always going to go wide. Thats just dumb driving. I mean you can see hamiltons car from perezs onboard before he decides to turn in anyway. The fact hamiltons car is visible from the onbiard camera shows how far alongside he was. The fact perez got ahead before contact is a result of him faking an advantage he never had.
Alonso pulled a similar move with hamilton in bahrain. Different corner i know but hamilton conceded because alonso was too far alongside. Had hamilton squeezed there there would have been contact and the same stewards would have probably penalized alonso. That doesnt make it right though.
In this case Hamilton was left enough space and understeered into Perez. Though not dramatic, understeer is a version of losing control of the car. Perez is not deemed equally at fault because despite your claims to the contrary, he left space for a car on the inside, as evidenced by the fact it was not until the exit of the corner when Hamilton was understeering wide that contact was made. It's a pretty simple penalty really, only complicated by who it was given to.
Nonsense. Perez left space on the inside for the apex and was ahead on the exit. He is entitled to fight for that position without being driven into from the car on the inside. The responsibility to avoid a collision is on both drivers, but in this case one did their part (Perez), and the other didn't.Once you lose the inside line you have to recognize that you are in a defensive situation and your goal should be to avoid contact, not trying to save what is lost desperately trying to squeeze a car whose momentum is always going to go wide. Thats just dumb driving.
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