Jano11 wrote:Anyway, the issue here is that both have their share of blame in this incident, and both could have avoided it, that's why no one got a penalty and why this is called racing incident.
You are not going to get anyone here to admit HAM could have avoided it.
In karting we have a few guys in our team that tend to drive "elbows out", which is a style you choose. HAM does the same thing, he chooses to turn left there instead of leaving half a meter of extra space at the apex of the next corner. He has the right to do so, and it gets him an advantage if it works (which is 9 our of 10 times), but it ends in tears 1 out of 10 times. Similar thing: Previous race he let the car run so wide on the exit that ROS had to go on the grass, which allowed HAM to stay in front. Again: This is a style that he chooses, he fights to the limit and it is within the rules, but it does run the risk of more incidents.
I've also seen VET do this a lot lately, he pushes to the edge and sometimes it goes wrong. Counter-examples are BUT and until last year WEB, both would have left a space here, sometimes loose a position to a more agressive driver (WEB to VET a few times for example), but it does avoid DNFs which in the end also cost points.
SectorOne wrote:It´s also not a racing incident when Maldonado on purpose hit Hamilton in SPA 2012(?)
Actually that's another perfect example. HAM let his car run wide (allowed by the rules), which forced MAL a bit off the track. But instead of MAL braking and loosing a spot to this agressive move (as would have been the right thing to do), he stayed in there and T-boned HAM. That's the risk that HAM takes with his driving style.
However, without this style HAM would not score as many points as he does. So it's a "good thing", we should just accept that he is involved in more DNFs than others and that is partially his own fault for being more agressive.
