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Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen came together in the first lap of the British Grand Prix, and despite a penalty, the reigning World Champion won his home race. Charles Leclerc finished a close second as Bottas came home in third.
Consistency of previous stewards decisions does have relevance to me in a sense that Lewis deserved this penalty as Max did on previous occasions. It's just that Lewis decided to not end up in barriers an yielded. Max obviously has no notion of yielding even when being inside and being behind Lewis (as witnessed two corners earlier).mertol wrote: ↑18 Jul 2021, 17:02Previous cases have no relevamce here. Max did leave enough room this time. Hamilton didn't hit the apex on purpose hoping for exactly this to happen.nimoraca wrote: ↑18 Jul 2021, 17:00We had probably four or five of these kinds of fights between lewis and max (Imola, Barcelona, Portugal and Silverstone two corners earlier). In each of those, Max would take the whole track going on the inside and literally leaving lewis no room at all. Lewis here even left room. There is no rule saying you have to hit an apex but there is a rule saying you have to leave room to another driver that is alongside of you (which Max didn;t do a single time before).
That’s a pretty ballsy claim, on purpose? Punting someone off track isn’t in either Hamilton or Verstappen’s character. They aren’t Schumacher, Senna or a Prost. They race hard, but not contact on purpose.mertol wrote: ↑18 Jul 2021, 17:02Previous cases have no relevamce here. Max did leave enough room this time. Hamilton didn't hit the apex on purpose hoping for exactly this to happen.nimoraca wrote: ↑18 Jul 2021, 17:00We had probably four or five of these kinds of fights between lewis and max (Imola, Barcelona, Portugal and Silverstone two corners earlier). In each of those, Max would take the whole track going on the inside and literally leaving lewis no room at all. Lewis here even left room. There is no rule saying you have to hit an apex but there is a rule saying you have to leave room to another driver that is alongside of you (which Max didn;t do a single time before).
Don't be ridiculous. Hamilton did not deliberately try to crash Max out.mertol wrote: ↑18 Jul 2021, 17:02Previous cases have no relevamce here. Max did leave enough room this time. Hamilton didn't hit the apex on purpose hoping for exactly this to happen.nimoraca wrote: ↑18 Jul 2021, 17:00We had probably four or five of these kinds of fights between lewis and max (Imola, Barcelona, Portugal and Silverstone two corners earlier). In each of those, Max would take the whole track going on the inside and literally leaving lewis no room at all. Lewis here even left room. There is no rule saying you have to hit an apex but there is a rule saying you have to leave room to another driver that is alongside of you (which Max didn;t do a single time before).
Exactly. To say Max got a taste of his own medicine is a bit much, but he kind of did.nimoraca wrote: ↑18 Jul 2021, 17:00We had probably four or five of these kinds of fights between lewis and max (Imola, Barcelona, Portugal and Silverstone two corners earlier). In each of those, Max would take the whole track going on the inside and literally leaving lewis no room at all. Lewis here even left room. There is no rule saying you have to hit an apex but there is a rule saying you have to leave room to another driver that is alongside of you (which Max didn;t do a single time before).
It’s completely in keeping with the other red flags that have been thrown this year.sosic2121 wrote: ↑18 Jul 2021, 17:04Point was RF has direct impact on race results, and wdc.Just_a_fan wrote: ↑18 Jul 2021, 16:46If they'd done a safety car or similar, they'd have been behind it for 10-20 laps and that would have been pointless. By having a red flag, we get a full race.
What? It’s a time penalty.
Ferrari probably doesn't understand either.
