Hamilton's Driving

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Originally Posted by Robinho

pitlane thing was not Lewis' fault. if there is any fault its the team for the realease, but they were released at virtually the same time and Vettel wasn't in the "lane" yet. once side by side, from the overhead camera it was clear there was more than enough room for 2 cars, Vettel chose not to give Lewis any of that room, and he was slightly ahead.

i think they both might get a talking to, probably nothing more.

as for the restart and webber incident, we only got one dodgy replay. it loked like Vettel, Hamilton and Webber all tried to get into the same piece of track and that was never going to work. Apparently they were allowed to be racing at that point after the safety car, so possibly racing incident, but Lewis does keep getting involved in these incidents. that said, so does Webber.

Lewis was incredibly quick in all conditions and made some great passing moves

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If Webber is ahead how the hell does he get shunted off the track by Vettel/Hamilton before the restart?

Absurd that it could be IN THE RULES imo.....

Hamilton pushing Webber off was partially to do with Vettel being very much up the inside of Hamilton in that final corner. Lewis could have turned in and hit Vettel or run out wide and squeezed Webber.

As for the pitlane incident, again, Vettel was extremely rude by squeezing Hamilton onto the blue line, very close to running over airlines, jacks and mechanics. That said, Hamilton should have also backed off. But nobody ever backs off in that situation (apart from Badoer at Valencia last year).

I think Vettel moving over to block Hamilton in the pitlane was instinctive. He shouldn't have done it, but Hamilton should not have been challenging him. Maybe it's the team's fault for having let him out. Vettel was in front, so Hamilton should have backed off for two good reasons.

1. They're in the pitlane, and they could injure or kill mechanics with a stunt.

2. Hamilton was already given a warning in the last race.

I think he's a fantastic driver, but he's getting involved in too many incidents. And it's only when everyone is angry with him that he relents and says sorry. I question his sincerity.

Not sure but

Is the reason so many cars were battling into the final turn is because you can now start passing and racing after the Safety Car Line? Which I think I saw just before the last turn.
If that was the case it is strange to put the line right before the last corner and invite drivers to crash after SC and into the last corner.
The line should be after the last corner onto the straight or just the same as in the past when it was the start / finish line.

What I would like to see is for Hamilton to get a one-race suspended ban.

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Originally Posted by Ari

If Webber is ahead how the hell does he get shunted off the track by Vettel/Hamilton before the restart?

Absurd that it could be IN THE RULES imo.....

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apprently the restart point (last safety car board) was before the last corner so they were allowed to be racing by that point.

i agree that if they punted him off it might still be worth of investigation at the least, but the right to be side by side in that corner is theirs, from what i heard in the race commentary

what robinho and dave said, basically on the pitlane incident. trying to deny knowlegde of what the interviewer meant was very stupid though, he's still got a lot to learn.

as for the second incident, I would like to see it again as 1 replay is all we got, but it seemed like a racing incident where Lewis and Vettel were too busy fighting each other and lewis just got into webber inadvertantly. It was a crazy restart IMO.

The pit lane is not part of the race track.

A ban would be reasonable.

I thought they couldn't start racing again until they crossed the start/finish line. If they were already racing again officially then I take back what I said and it was just a racing incident.

I still think Hamilton has a problem with respecting thee rules and his fellow drivers, though.

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Originally Posted by fandango

I thought they couldn't start racing again until they crossed the start/finish line. If they were already racing again officially then I take back what I said and it was just a racing incident.

I still think Hamilton has a problem with respecting thee rules and his fellow drivers, though.

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If the last SC line was the one just before the last corner. Thats a silly place to put it, as it asks for drivers to launch into the corner.

It should still be the start/finish line IMO.