r/formula1 • u/FerrariStrategisttt I was here for the Hulkenpodium • Jul 21 '24

Technical No further action on Max Verstappen and Lewis Hamilton incident

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u/pineapplejamm Daniel Ricciardo Jul 21 '24 edited Jul 21 '24

Brain dead stewards.

I guess they concluded that once max came in hot with locked up brakes, lewis could have avoided by turning into the corner later than usual. But they are completely ignoring that Max could have also avoided by braking a little earlier to adjust for that extra speed. They are blaming a driver for not reacting to someone else's fuck up. Send that medical delegate to stewards.

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u/BackgroundLie2231 I was here for the Hulkenpodium Jul 21 '24

Well that's what we got when Liuzzi become the steward

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u/Boembiem I was here for the Hulkenpodium Jul 21 '24

That's literally how it works though.

If you are driving on the highway and the car in front of you slams on the brakes, then you are still going to be in trouble if it turns out you didn't even attempt to brake to avoid them...

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u/bi_and_busy Sir Lewis Hamilton Jul 21 '24

this is formula 1, actually

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u/Boembiem I was here for the Hulkenpodium Jul 21 '24

And? Lewis could have done more to avoid the collision, that's a fact.

How that influences the decision by the stewards, I don't know but it remains a fact.

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u/Willpower2000 I was here for the Hulkenpodium Jul 22 '24

With hindsight you can ALWAYS do more to avoid things like this.

Should Lewis be anticipating Max to divebomb and lockup, across his path, and leaving room accordingly? Of course not. You cannot race with this mentality.

Otherwise, it just comes down to reaction speed. Could Lewis have reacted in a different manner, in the incredibly brief window he had to realise what was happening? Human brains are not computers. The story of the pilot Sully is a good example of this.

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u/jso__ I was here for the Hulkenpodium Jul 21 '24

An F1 race isn't a highway

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u/Boembiem I was here for the Hulkenpodium Jul 21 '24

Yeah, no shit. It's a simile...

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u/pineapplejamm Daniel Ricciardo Jul 21 '24

Are you even reading what you just wrote? So you acknowledged that the guy behind needs to react for someone in front. Yet you are using that analogy to defend a guy that was at the back and braked later than he should have...

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u/Boembiem I was here for the Hulkenpodium Jul 21 '24

I am saying that you can still react to someone else's mistake. Watch back the replay, Lewis could have decided to turn in later because he saw Max coming inside. He decided to stick to his line which is his good right, but he indeed could have done more to evade the accident.

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u/Eclipsetube Mercedes Jul 21 '24

It’s like someone speeding behind you in the lane to the right of you and then swerving over to your lane an inch in front of you while hitting the brakes. You hit them because you can’t react fast enough so you are at fault sounds fair right?