In actual racing you sometimes miss a corner while in an intense fight. In the good old days you'd either drive trough the gravel or, well shit, you gained some advantage by cutting. The guy behind regrouped and tried again a few corners or laps later. They didn't start crying like a little girl.

I'd say Let them race as long as there isn't blatant disregard for human life. And if anyone in the current field cannot handle that: GTFO!!!

I'd love to see that scene:
Max, P3, just get information that he did got 5s penalty and is P5, so he is angry and going out from podium. Vettel goes in, and starting to talk with Hamilton in Rosberg, then, someone (like in Top Gear challenges) gives him a white envelope, he opens it and reads: sorry mr. Vettel, you're also out" And then Ricciardo is coming with his big smile

Hamilton blamed a glazed front-right brake disc for this, claiming he had 500C in the front-left brake, and a maximum of 200C on the other side of the axle. Given the lead advantage he then had, there were several who were surprised he escaped not only without a penalty, but also without the stewards even looking at it. And, as Nico Hulkenberg, who had a box seat for the incident, said "if you have a glazed brake then it will be glazed for the rest of the race, so I'm surprised how he still won it..."

Race Control just needs to let the drivers race. If a driver has a problem with someone else racing them too hard, they should just do the same back. (as long as it's clean without avoidable contact, corner cutting or intentional incidents. obviously)


oh wait this is F1 I am talking about? nevermind that will never happen

Hamilton's explanation for locking up seemed a bit weird to me, and apparently also the Hulk:



He said he knew about the brake problem before lining up on the grid, so I'm surprised that he still managed to produce such a thorough lockup.

The NBCSN crew talked about it on the warm up lap. The reason the issue with the brake disc didn't reoccur was probably because the race was put into VSC then SC period almost immediately after the incident, meaning he could put temperature cycles through the brake discs under lower speeds.

So he was #blessed with the timing of VSC/SC?

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