Originally Posted by
Bagwan
It was Lewis dropping his speed about 30 kph at the end of the corner that caught Sebastian out .
He wasn't obligated to do it any differently the second time , but Vettel , I think obviously , expected him to have some reaction to him being so much larger in his mirrors .
I think to look at it from Vettel's point of view before the accident , you see Hamilton slowing significantly , even though he knew Seb was really tight behind .
And , I think that's where you get Sir Jackie's view that Lewis might have tried to unsettle him before the restart .
From Lewis's explanation and the radio chat about the safety car close-call , I think we can surmise that Lewis had the restart plan well rehearsed , and , had Seb been able to keep out of the back of him (and note that nobody else in line rear-ended anyone else) , on the brakes slightly faster , it probably would have been a spectacular lead generated by slowing down when he did so .
It's just not the normal place to be slowing down on a track .
It was the way he'd done it the first time .
And , he is allowed to dictate the speed at that point .
But , his role was pretty clear .