Re: There's a little bit of blame to spread around...

On 7/21/2024 7:09 PM, Alan wrote:

...but this one is mostly on Verstappen.
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Braking as late as that, he was never going to make it stick.
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This overhead does show Hamilton made a very early turn-in:
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<https://x.com/hammertimev/status/1815070122312147356>

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The stewards, while noting that Hamilton "could have done more to avoid
the collision," had this to say about that turn-in:
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"The driver of Car 44 stated that he was simply following his
normal racing line (which was confirmed by examination of
video and telemetry evidence of previous laps)."
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But the Verstappen was divebombing. Plain and simple.

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Agreed.  I was surprised Max did not draw a penalty.

What's ironic is that if Hamilton had really understood how late
Verstappen started his braking, he could have just stayed out of the
way and he'd have stayed ahead of Verstappen anyway.

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It does not appear to me that Hamilton could have stayed out of the
way without going off himself.