Quote Originally Posted by Nitrodaze View Post
You forget Hamilton had no idea what Verstappen was doing. He did not receive the information of Verstappen giving up the lead until the instant after the crash. There is no way he would have known what Vewrstappen was thinking. He did what he felt was the cautious thing to do, l felt.
Lewis is not an idiot. He saw Max go off and gain an unfair advantage, he knows you're supposed to give the position back in those circumstances, then he sees Max slowing down on the back straight. What else would Verstappen have been doing - snapping pictures for his Instragram account? Lewis just didn't want to go past Max at this point because - again being no idiot - he knew fully well he would be repassed owing to the DRS zone that was coming up (as was proven to be the case when Verstappen finally did let him pass a few laps later).