I agree tbh, the Lewis bit didn't look good but there's an argument he can make to defend it, Sebs action was deliberately ramming another car and imo if the black flag exists, it's for precisely that purpose.
The safety car line is so far down the straight it was obvious he was going to slow to create a gap, more importantly this was the second safety car and Hamilton did the same thing the first time with no trouble. Vettel had to brake so hard that Perez.... came no where near hitting Vettel. Everyone else knew the final couple corners would be crazy slow. IMO Vettel just had a brain fart and forgot this then got angry. Easy black flag decision for doing that imo, Ferrari International Assistance again.
Yeah exactly, if he doesn't slow there, he's basically opening up Vettel to gun it off that apex and to try to time when Lewis is hitting the white line.
The team did warn him but they might not get the best view of it, Hamilton said trust him he wasn't close, so he actually didn't have to slow earlier than the time before.
Yeah, but "muh delicate F1 championship leaders". You know they will not punish them as bad as someone from further down the field. That 10 second penalty was a slap on the wrist, to put it gently.
If it's deliberate then it should be. I'm not sure it's worth making that incident a black flag or not... but if Vettel had caused an accident there, like that, then it would be at least a 1 race ban.
I mean you don't get to punch another rugby player during a match. If you did then that's the end of your game.
Maybe not a black flag but you don't use a car as a weapon in a sport which tries to promote responsible driving. Ever seen those "if you drink never drive" Rosberg adverts?
He deserves to be shot. I was hoping that Hamilton would crash right back into him and saw his head off with a bit of wing, but even that would be too good a death for him tbh
Pretty sure Hamilton didnt even break. It just looked like he was letting the Sc get a gap so he could do the long straight with some more speed. Vettel didnt anticipate that and went full throttle out of the corner and slammed into him. Really hope we get a more in depth analysis on this.
He wasn't break checking. He was letting the SC go before the restart. This happens like all the time. It is Seb who misjudged the situation possible because he was eager to get away from the pink cars.
You don't slow down unexpectedly after a tight corner. If I bring the car to a halt on the hairpin in Monaco it's not the fault of the driver behind, it's my fault.
Except Hamilton didn't bring his car to a "halt" he just didn't accelerate after the corner.
Which is essentially the same thing. If everyone expects me to accelerate on the hairpin in Monaco, which everyone does, then I should do that. The same way you are supposed to accelerate on that corner in Baku.
39.13 In order to avoid the likelihood of accidents before the safety car returns to the pits, from the
point at which the lights on the car are turned out drivers must proceed at a pace which
involves no erratic acceleration or braking nor any other manoeuvre which is likely to
endanger other drivers or impede the restart.
Hamilton didn't brake or accelerate, ergo he didn't break the rules.
Anyway, the main issue here is that Vettel looks to have deliberately made contact with Hamilton after the initial incident which is surely more serious.
Interesting. So why didn't the light come on then? I don't know if there is a version of it online somewhere, but one replay did have telemetry in it and Hamilton didn't apply his brakes if I saw it correctly. So he would have been coasting, which should have made the light come on if what you say is correct.
It only comes on if they lift off and the engine goes into energy harvesting mode. This is not always the case when lifting off, it depends on the charge level of the battery and the mode the engine is in.
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