There've been groundhog issues on Ile Notre Dame since the track was first there. Impossible to get rid of them. And they love to play dodge with the cars. I've cleaned up more than one ex groundhog there.
I think Lando is getting a little too much stick for this .
Sure , he misjudged it , but not by that much , as within the next second he would have expected Oscar to move right to take a line a little closer to the racing line , or he wouldn't have made that first tight left .
Another point I think shouldn't be missed here is that Oscar wasn't tight to the side of the track , so a small amount of blame (very small , I admit) might be apportioned to him for leaving an enticing three quarters of a car width for a desperate team-mate to dive for .
A completely closed door might have avoided the clash completely .
I was well impressed with Lando taking responsibility right away .
That's what I expect from him , but I hope he sees it as as small an error as it was .
When I was a kid , I was responsible for groundhog control on our farm , and , as such , whacked an untold number of them with an old Winchester twenty-two .
I have no sympathy for the little rodents involved as they , in their cushy existence on the island , have been made to feel safe enough to wander the track even with all kinds of crazy speeding loud machines roaring around for the weekend .
I guess they're protected by law , but that only serves to endanger both them and the drivers who hit them at a crazy speed because they aren't afraid at all .
I had to be sure to have a kill certain , as it was really hard to get a second chance at one .
They are not as stupid as they appear to be at the GP .