There's been some talk about the "racing line," and who "owns" the corner. These are all subjective things, much like no one can really define "blocking." One thing that is not subjective are the laws of physics, especially the one about two objects occupying the same space at the same time. No matter what you might think the rules are, or how you interpret (or misinterpret) them, you can't put your car on a piece of road that the other car is already on.

Now, where did Nico think his car was going to go? Nico tried to put his car in a space that was already occupied. There s no way he could have possibly misjudged it so badly that he thought he was not going to hit Hamilton.

Again, before anyone wants to accuse me of being a "Hamilton fan," I'm also a Nico fan (or was), so I don't really have a prejudice here. I would have certainly much rather have not seen this happen. I would be ok with either driver winning as long as they do it clean.

If this was simply an accident, there would not have been the exchange of trash talk we are seeing. If Nico really did make a mistake, he could have just said so, and maybe been a little contrite, or pretended to be. Instead, he has been defiant. If he really made a mistake and took his teammate out, wouldn't he have at least said a little something about being sorry, or at least saying he did not mean to do it? Or at least said it was "unfortunate?"

Sure, he said it was a "racing incident," but that's not very convincing. It's like saying "that's racing," or "I did not have sex with that woman." Then again, it is hard to explain why you would turn the wheel toward your teammate, so if Nico offers no explanation, at least he is not outright lying.

If I run into my teammate by accident, I am on the radio with my engineer immediately telling him to square it away with Lewis' engineer, but none of that from Nico, at least nothing we have heard. If Nico had radioed in he was sorry or admitted a mistake, it is hard to believe Toto and Lauda would have initially been so upset with him.

Watching the team scrambling to sweep this under the rug has been both amusing and revealing. The "Hamilton misinterpreted Nico" statement is utter rubbish. How can you misinterpret "I could have avoided it but did not want to." To me that says you wanted a collision.

The whole "prove a point" thing can be taken many ways, but it is hard to justify "proving a point" to your supposed teammate when Mercedes is spending billions for you to bring the cars home 1 and 2. It's also hard to justify "proving a point" in a potentially deadly situation.

I only have my own opinion and some limited karting and Formula Ford experience to draw from, but I can never remember a time that I turned my wheels at another kart unless I wanted to hit him.

Like Damon Hill insisted, my instinct is to avoid a collision. This does not include turning the wheel toward my opponent. Since the car goes where you point it, what did you think was going to happen?