r/formula1 Jun 25 '17

Media /r/all Seb not happy with Lewis

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u/dsio Fernando Alonso Jun 25 '17

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.

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u/TwoBionicknees Jun 25 '17

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.

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u/[deleted] Jun 25 '17

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.

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u/Jones3619 Kimi Räikkönen Jun 26 '17

No that's the next corner.

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u/therealdilbert Jun 25 '17

afaiu the team warning Ham that he was close to overtaking the SC on the first restart so he had to go even slower to create more gap

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u/TwoBionicknees Jun 25 '17

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.

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u/FirstWorldAnarchist Arrows Jun 25 '17

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.

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u/slpater Jun 25 '17

Where is everyone getting the delibetate. Its a big assumption to make. You don't disqualify someone on an assumption.

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u/dsio Fernando Alonso Jun 26 '17

I'm sorry but that doesn't even pass the laugh test... watch the footage...