Brilliant analysis of the Hamilton/Maldonado collision by Chandhok on the Skypad.

He's actually been doing a better job than Ant usually does.

Oop, I meant that one driver does so much for his team.

Maldonado has been at fault couple of times in the past, but what Lewis did today was inexcusable. It's not only Lewis, but I've seen many drivers on the inside let their cars roll to the outside leaving no room for the driver on the outside except for running off the track. Same happened here and Pastor jumped a kerb and was a passenger in his own car from then on...

Not even talking about the state Lewis's tyres were at that moment...

maybe it's me, but all those that put blame on Pastor have a English flag in their profile

Alonso leading the championship, Ferrari 4th in the WCC.

When was the last time that happened?

Yeah, I was just being smart I dont think that's ever happened.

Does Susie Wolff have a superlicence?

what did he say?

Said that while Hamilton did push him off, Once he was off track he should have cut through the escape road. Pointed out that when Pastor got on the kurb he'd have momentarily lost steering & should have realised this beforehand.

I don't feel its any different to what happened at Spa in 2008. Raikkonen pushed Hamilton off and he rejoined on the straight. Maldonado could have quite easily done the same.
While Hamilton did push him, you don't come back on the track and crash into someone. There's been many times when drivers get pushed right out on either straights (which we've seen this year in Bahrain) and corners. I'd also argue that after Maldonado dropped back after turning in, Hamilton just had the line.

As for the English blaming Maldonado, perhaps i'm inclined to defend Hamilton and that's just how these things go. It's similar to how Schumacher is defended like with him crashing into Spain and being reckless in practice, although Schumacher was certainly at fault with Senna whereas it's arguable either way today.

first about the English blaming Pastor, I know that's how things go, I would do the same. I'm not a Pastor fanboy, not against Lewis, just against drivers who don't leave room for the attacking driver on the outside.

As you said yourself, there's been many drivers pushed off track this year and before, without any penalties. Lately it amazes me how easy it is to push another driver onto the dirt and drive off like nothing happened. It shoudn't be accepted at all, Pastor braked very late, stayed on the outside and if Lewis would have left some room Pastor would have had the line into the lefthander, not Lewis like you are saying.

Lewis was having the line because he ran Pastor off the track.

I completely agree that's the most arguable bit of the whole incident, but Maldonado should have rejoined after the chicane rather than forcing himself back onto the track and in a way putting himself into the position where he couldn't steer on the kerb. (not that you can't say Hamilton didn't put him there, just that he could have driven around it.) I think it's relatively accepted now that you can push people especially in chicanes like that with run off and at the end of the day Maldonado could have rejoined and overtook him at the next hairpin.

Someone in management at Marussia is upset that Timo Glock didn't let them know sooner that he was unwell because had he told them sooner they would have put D'Ambrosio in the car.