Quote Originally Posted by Bagwan View Post
By the way , Michael did admit that he turned in on Jacques , framing it with "Deliberate , but instinctual ."
This has nothing in common with that .

Lewis assumed Nico would back out of it , and assumed he had the corner , and took his normal racing line .
Based on the last race , where he squeezed Nico , and Nico relented , it was a reasonable assumption .

But , had he heard Nico say that he had learned a lot from the last race , where his team mate had felt aggrieved at his dismissal of team orders , and he had forced his team mate off , he might have known Nico was going to stiffen his defence and push his own agenda .

Lewis , in one interview I read , dismissed Nico's feelings completely , saying they had had a meeting before the race where he couldn't believe Nico was still upset about that last race before the break .
Nico felt betrayed by his team when there was no sanction , and , in fact , out right backing of the betrayal .

This buoyed Lewis , despite his team's insistence that he was destroying his tires , that he was right in his decision .


Merc is responsible for letting this go too far .
But , it's very entertaining to watch .

I hope Lewis understands the point that Nico was making here .

He's going to be there , so don't just assume he's backed out of it .
They've had some really good wheel to wheel in the past , and we may be in for a lot more if they can just put the politics aside .

The stewards had them both responsible , and I think that at the end of the day , that's really the best conclusion .

They need to sort it out on track , and bring both cars home .
A lot of sense as usual Bagwan