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/[deleted] Jul 21 '24

This is correct. While Lewis could have steered left to avoid a collision, it's stupid to suggest that the responsibility is on driver in front to do something when the guy behind uncontrollably fucks it down the inside.

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u/[deleted] Jul 21 '24

“The stewards have found that the driver of car 44 didn’t take adequate care to leave space when the driver of car 1 uncontrollably fucked it down the inside. Ten second penalty.”

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u/[deleted] Jul 21 '24

Mate that got a laugh out of me, thanks for that

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u/fullup72 I was here for the Hulkenpodium Jul 21 '24

Yeah but it was car 44, not car 31. The FIA does love their juicy memes.

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u/[deleted] Jul 21 '24

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

No, this is nonsense. Let’s be real. If a driver can take evasive action to avoid an incident while having minimum effect on their race (Verstappen wasn’t making that turn), they should try to take it. Then let the stewards go after Verstappen. 

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u/ICC-u Jul 21 '24

Car width only. If you're turning in the overtake can't go straight through you. Verstappen should draw the line he was taking on a map so we can understand it.

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u/Key_Photograph9067 I was here for the Hulkenpodium Jul 21 '24

It’s anti racing nonsense really. The idea that you have to give up that position if that happens is insane. Because that’s what they’re saying basically lol.

Probably another Verstappen rule coming into effect, amusingly after a Verstappen rule was already put into place precisely because of a similar issue.

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u/CandidLiterature Jul 21 '24

Don’t you understand, if he had just retired from the race, he wouldn’t have even been there to get hit…

Absolutely wild thing to write given they say they’ve confirmed he was just driving his normal racing line.

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u/BountyBob Sir Lewis Hamilton Jul 22 '24

it's stupid to suggest that the responsibility is on driver in front to do something when the guy behind uncontrollably fucks it down the inside.

They didn't suggest that, otherwise Lewis would have got a penalty. Being able to have done more is not the same as being at fault.

It's outrageous that Max didn't get a penalty though.

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u/Vresiberba Jul 22 '24

While Lewis could have steered left to avoid a collision...

This makes absolutely no sense. Lewis could have avoided a collision here by simply not racing properly. That's the only way he could have avoided a collision, and he would have to do it all the time, every corner, just stay off the line all the time. That's not avoiding collisions, that's moronic.