🇮🇹 Italian GP: Max Verstappen handed three-place Russia grid penalty after Lewis Hamilton crash

@Bread , l disagree completely Bread !
I have said why earlier in the thread !
You are welcome to your opinion !
Donkeyman! :grin::grin:

Exactly. The very driving behaviour, I hate in both of them, is what makes them both successful. The same way it did for Schumacher & Senna.

True. But Max had the faster car & was marginally in front & drove his corner correctly too.

Both had things in their favour & against them. And if you replaced the driver of either car, then the incident would probably have not happened. The accident was not the result of either driver’s behaviour, but the result of the behaviour of both of them.

In either case, as Lewis had the racing line and was defending it then Verstappen should have put safety first instead of making an irrational and dangerous move like he did.

Having the racing line does not void Lewis of any responsibility & the racing line is not like on a lane on a public road. It is not an exactly defined area of the road, that puts someone into or out of the correct lane. It is simply the line that most drivers are seen as taking. It is perfectly normal for some drivers to take a different line to others through a corner for a variety of reasons. Being off that presumed “racing line” is not a negative.

And as the fastest driver & the one in the lead. Max also had the right to continue & hold his line to the left of Lewis.

Having the racing line gives the driver a big advantage through the corner - Verstappen making a move on him when he knew he was disadvantaged was stupid and dangerous as we found out.

Verstappen is going to kill someone one day.

End of the day, the stewards made a decision. Don’t for a minute think that Horner didn’t cry like a baby for blame apportionment

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