Quote Originally Posted by truefan72 View Post
I'm not sure what race you were watching but they absolutely did the opposite. Go back and watch it again.
As the incident happened. Brundle initially blamed Hamilton. Croft when on a 5 minute diatribe about Hamilton's responsibility to leave room and what he should and should not have done.
They then went to Button, who predictably blamed Hamilton
Then they went to Hill who blamed Hamilton
Then back to croft and Brundle, who gave initial comments from RBR, and then Brundle started to rethink a bit
More comments from RBR, then almost 7 minutes later they go to Chandhock, who gave some detailed analysis and said at worst it was a racing incident.
Then they went back to Brundle who amended his statement and called it a racing incident.
Hill then changed his tune and said it was a racing incident but feared the stewards would give a penalty.
Button still insisted it was Hamilton's fault and went on about what he would have done.
Croft then went on a bit of speculation about what the stewards should punish Hamilton with and the fact that the WDC leader was taken out etc.
Ted Kravitz then intervened about the stewards decision, saying that these 4 guys are experienced and would not let emotion or the outcome of the incident factor into the actual incident itself. He went on about them not being emotional etc. (lol)

And then plenty of more comments from RBR and their woes.
As the race restarted, the 10sec penalty came down, to which Croft instantly got it wrong and thought it was a 10s stop and go, and went on in some glee about how Hamilton's race was ruined.
When he was corrected that it was only a 10s timed penalty, he then switched gears and talked about it being the 2nd least penalty they could have given. Several times.
When the radio message came through from Bono to Hamilton, they instantly (they meaning Croft and Kravitz) associated Hamilton's silence not with disappointment, or the notion that he probably knew some penalty was coming right or wrong, but instead with some kind of malicious glee and satisfaction.
Then throughout the race, they kept coming back to the RBR folks and Horner.
Croft throughout the race also kept mentioning in a not so subtle way how the incident closed up the championship and how RBR could not be happy etc.
Right after the race they gave Horner more of a platform to spew his nonsense.
At no point during the race, did they make any attempt to figure out Mercedes and Hamilton's side. No interview, no comments from Wolf, nothing.

So out of all that, you figured they were swooning over Hamilton? SMH

It's funny how Verstappen can go through the entire 2021 season chopping off folks and driving beyond aggressive.
While Hamilton has always driven with respect and fairness. He doesn't drive his opponent off the track, he doesn't weave around like crazy and most assuredly he has enough spatial awareness to know how to make a pass without relying on his opponent to chicken out. If he makes a mistake, he is usually the first to raise his hand and apologize. But all that means nothing to folks who can't wait to jump on him even in a 50/50 racing incident.

OK, I'm moving on to Hungary.
I watched the race, and I'm fully aware that they had a temporary period where they couldn't deny the facts, nor censor the opinions of the other drivers that weighed in on the issue. In true form they recovered quickly and went about their display of love for all things Lewis.

Unlike random people on the internet, they have a professional reputation to consider, so they can't always turn a blind eye to everything they see.

And I'm fully aware that those random people on the internet can also claim the saintly status of having never raced and made a mistake, and only the opposition is ever a wrongdoer.

All the drivers, even the greats, get it wrong sometimes. That's what happened to Lewis today.