2021 Race 10 - British Grand Prix

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Or , to put it a different way , maybe he'll learn he can't necessarily trust Lewis to back out of an impossible move .

It's fun how there's more than one way to look at it , isn't it ?


Does it say , I knew we would touch ?

Close quarter racing is the essence of the formula. Each driver does it with trust in the other driver to conduct their manoeuvre with skill and mutual respect. That is the essence of avoiding a collision. The unwritten rule is to avoid a collision but to race each other as hard as possible while doing so. Afterall, these are best drivers in the world.

While you chaps turn a blind eye to Verstappen's approach to racing, the rest of the grid is very uncomfortable with it. Vettel was very vocal about it in 2018. Kimi , Leclerc and Ocon in 2019. Ricciardo certainly found it a bit much as well.

The thing is most drivers on the grid don't trust Verstappen to obey the unwritten rule, as he pushes the envelop further than is required by the unwritten rule. And he sees it as beating the other driver that has gone out their way to ensure that the moment does not result in a bad crash. On two occasions before Silverstone, he has pushed the envelope to the point that a crash did occur. Singapore in the Ferrari sandwich crash that effectively put paid to Vettel's championship campaign. At Baku zig zagging that caused Ricciardo to crash into the back of him. Then there was the pointless crash at Sao Paulo Brasil, where he aggressively cut across Ocon ending both of their races and losing a race that was in the bag.

This is racing, any sensible driver would make allowance for the other driver to fight through the corner as he is not paid to back out. I find it quite confusing that you lot keep going on that Hamilton should back out. Why the hell should he. He might as well go home, hang up his helmet and retire.

The fans at the grandstand or pay TV viewers did pay to see drivers backing off. They paid to see a proper duel for the championship. And it should not be easy. It should be damn hard, and that it is.