Austria 2016

[henners88]

If he had a tire lighting up , I think that odds are that it would have been something Lewis could have seen , as he was passing him in the braking zone . That might have clued him in and had him run straight , so as to avoid a slider .
But Nico wasn't sliding , so looked much more in control , and , in fact was .

The point there was more that we accept all Hamilton has said as fact , but seemingly , even though it was a judgement call , we don't seem to be able to accept that Nico said that he thought he left enough room .
He was obviously wrong , but nonetheless , it seems unfair .


Your last sentence says it all for both of them .

From watching the replay Lewis was already half a car length in front by the time they came to brake. In the fractions of a second when glancing across I would think he'd be checking track position rather than performing a visual MOT on Nico's car.

I suppose I believe Hamilton in regards to his comments after the incident whereas with Nico I have doubt. Lewis was calm and his description of the incident seemed spot on with what we saw on tv. Nico was visibly frustrated by not winning the race and seemed to try and push the responsibility for the accident onto Lewis. If Nico thought he was leaving room, I really don't know how he managed to judge every apex through the whole weekend. These guys are seated low, but have a good idea where the edge of the track is. Lewis was able to turn knowing where the track limit was after all.

[Bagwan]

From watching the replay Lewis was already half a car length in front by the time they came to brake. In the fractions of a second when glancing across I would think he'd be checking track position rather than performing a visual MOT on Nico's car.

I suppose I believe Hamilton in regards to his comments after the incident whereas with Nico I have doubt. Lewis was calm and his description of the incident seemed spot on with what we saw on tv. Nico was visibly frustrated by not winning the race and seemed to try and push the responsibility for the accident onto Lewis. If Nico thought he was leaving room, I really don't know how he managed to judge every apex through the whole weekend. These guys are seated low, but have a good idea where the edge of the track is. Lewis was able to turn knowing where the track limit was after all.

Lewis did turn in , remember , assuming he could when he actually had a car beside him .
No matter the reason , that turned out to be a mistake .