Quote Originally Posted by Nitrodaze View Post
Sorry buddy, no attempt on my side to be condescending to you. I like to go with facts. I would take issue with Hamilton if l thought for a second that he was wrong. As l would do with any driver on the F1 grid. I think you should try to support your arguments with some facts and l shall be the first to agree with you.

As far as the Kimi issue goes, there are two points to Kimi's question; one was to do with the maneuver that young Verstapenn pulled on Kimi that forced him off the track. Second, was his [Kimi's] maneuver on Bottas that took out of the race and a 3rd place podium position.

I have not seen the Verstapenn incident, hence l have not commented on it. I did see the Bottas incident and that was an over-ambitous move by Kimi. A rookie type move which he was duly penalized for.

Now there are two scenarios to being forced off track; the action was intentional or it was not intentional. Non-intentional counts for situations where the offending driver had little or no control on the situation that resulted in the other driver being forced off the track. The video evidence that l provided seem to show that Hamilton was making an effort to turn into the corner and as such leave some room.
The other scenario which is what the stewards are ruling against; is where the action is intentional. That's where the driver has full control of the direction of the car but can be seen to take visible action to push the other driver off the track. If the Verstapenn incident fall under this category, l would not know as l have not researched it. But Kimi's action at Mexico on Bottas fall under this category.

I hope this clears things up for you. And l don't have a thing for Hamilton. He is a brilliant racer and triple world champion, that is someone that one cannot help admiring.
Thanks for your controlled reply .
I was being a bit snotty there .

My point was that in this case , Lewis was on a trajectory that didn't allow for Nico possibly being there .
It is a fair point that he did turn the wheel to no avail , but his speed precluded the possibility of leaving space .
If one takes this evidence at face value , it was a simple mistake to slide wide into his team mate , pushing him wide over the curbs .

But , in defense of his actions , Lewis admits to believing it was his corner .
So , he drove through .

Both Lewis and Nico figured they had a right , and at some point there must be a rule that makes it ok to not give that space .