Quote Originally Posted by henners88 View Post
I think it could just as likely be Nico softening the aftermath of his mistake.

You could be right that Mercedes have said the driver up the inside wins the corner, but I doubt they would agree that pushing the other driver off the track is reasonable. If Nico had have turned earlier he would have made the corner and cut Hamilton off at the exit which is perfectly acceptable. Lewis would have had to yield. He went beyond the spirit of any agreement, you'd have to say, and ended up getting his wrist slapped.
Nico did say he thought he left enough room for Lewis , and said that Hamilton turned in before expected .
Given that we judge Hamilton to have turned in when he saw he was running out of track , should we not give Nico the same treatment ?

He misread that space , no doubt , but couldn't you put that specific point at least a little down to bad grip and no brake by wire ?
The loss of brake by wire no doubt made it look worse , with no dramatic locking of tires on Nico's car , to be sure .


The "Merc rules" idea I've invented here is maybe a bit misleading .
It's not as dj suggests , about the overtaking driver being responsible .

It's about the justification you can use to push your team-mate off .