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

On 2024-07-21 16:23, Mark Jackson wrote:

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>

 The stewards, while noting that Hamilton "could have done more to avoid
the collision," had this to say about that turn-in:
 "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)."

I looked at that part of it too, and it as a pretty early apex he was aimed for before Verstappen got in the way. Looking at other laps from his in-car camera, his normal apex was much further around the corner.

 

But the Verstappen was divebombing. Plain and simple.

 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.

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

Will have to disagree on that part, but it still should have been a penalty to Verstappen. We agree on that.