2021 - Race 21 Saudi Arabia

[Nitrodaze]

Me, and everyone watching have received the message in time. So i find it hard to believe mercedes didn't knew about it.

But clearly hamilton didn't knew about it, so something must have gone wrong there.

Many sketchy things have happened, both by hamilton and verstappen. I'm not sure i like this "let them race" approach. It looks often like no rules apply anymore.

Well, watch the replay. You would hear Horner telling Verstappen to give the place back as Hamilton was closing up to him and literally under his gearbox when Verstappen received the message to give the place back. Verstappen slows as he receives that message with Hamilton having nowhere to go. To be fair the message arrived in a very tight racing moment with the message only reaching Verstappen at the time.

To be fair, Verstappen did not have much time to give way but slowing was not the right thing to do in that circumstances. I am sure he could hear that Mercedes engine very clearly to know he was right behind him. A reprimand is probably the fair punishment.

If the message had not reached Verstappen at that moment, l am sure Hamilton would have been making the move to overtake just after that moment.