Quote Originally Posted by The Black Knight View Post
No, can't agree with this, although there is a fuzzy white line open to interpretation there. You can be in control of your car and still recovering from your incident. Fending off and blocking Hamilton was all part of that recovery.
Good debate TBK .
"still recovering from your incident" is what's important here .
He insists he was .

But the stewards seem to think he had full control , and the knowledge that Ham was there , hoping to come through .
Hamilton was set up perfectly , had there been space .
But he backed out of it , very wisely , with Seb careening across the track , as the gap was closing .

Simple physics tells us that it was only then that Seb moved across that white line , as they didn't touch .


Now , if I could , I'd like to touch on the drivers' reactions .
First , we all saw how pissed Seb was . That would be a normal thing , even if he was completely at fault , as drivers in general , and Seb in particular are often petulant turds in these situations .

However , Hamilton wasn't ranting at all about almost being put in the wall , and that's not normal at all .
His moving Seb onto the top step more than suggests he doesn't agree with the German being sanctioned .
His reaction plays to the thought that Seb was still recovering , and he would have had the best seat in the house to see the lurid slide Seb had as he came off the curbing , and thus , dabbed the brakes .


I think we pretty close in our opinions here , as I'd totally agree with you , had the incident occurred on a very slightly wider piece of track .

Note also , that you are agreeing with the stewards here . Doesn't that make you just a little bit nervous ? hee hee .