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<blockquote data-quote="Ragey Erasmus" data-source="post: 1049169" data-attributes="member: 56232"><p>My understanding of the rules is that as soon as a car has their front tyres alongside your car, you cannot try to cut across that space. Verstappen is clearly cutting across Hamilton when his car is virtually level. I've not raced at this level but at lower levels if someone is in that position, you can't just swing across them. Verstappen was the one that created the crash scenario, Hamilton then causes the crash by not backing out fast enough but he shouldn't have had to back out. Assuming neither driver makes a mistake, if 2 cars go in side by side and brake equally well, the inside car will still be blocking the racing line when you get to the turning point. This is the whole reason the ducking back under technique exists, you have to concede that part of the track when they are next to you in the braking zone. Verstappen has the right to the racing line only if it is not obstructed, clearly Hamilton's car was already on the racing line but Verstappen took it anyway.</p><p></p><p>I think if this collision had been the same but Hamilton had crashed out rather than Verstappen, Verstappen would have got the same or worse penalty. He was the one who turned in, he squeezed the space, he ignored the position of the other car and he was the one who moved across the track causing contact. Hamilton's only fault is that he didn't let Verstappen bully him. By extension had Hamilton not backed off at all, Verstappen would have simply ploughed into the side of him before they had even reached the apex.</p><p></p><p>I'm not a great Hamilton fan, I think he's a prima donna and very whiny. Verstappen though I think is a bully.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ragey Erasmus, post: 1049169, member: 56232"] My understanding of the rules is that as soon as a car has their front tyres alongside your car, you cannot try to cut across that space. Verstappen is clearly cutting across Hamilton when his car is virtually level. I've not raced at this level but at lower levels if someone is in that position, you can't just swing across them. Verstappen was the one that created the crash scenario, Hamilton then causes the crash by not backing out fast enough but he shouldn't have had to back out. Assuming neither driver makes a mistake, if 2 cars go in side by side and brake equally well, the inside car will still be blocking the racing line when you get to the turning point. This is the whole reason the ducking back under technique exists, you have to concede that part of the track when they are next to you in the braking zone. Verstappen has the right to the racing line only if it is not obstructed, clearly Hamilton's car was already on the racing line but Verstappen took it anyway. I think if this collision had been the same but Hamilton had crashed out rather than Verstappen, Verstappen would have got the same or worse penalty. He was the one who turned in, he squeezed the space, he ignored the position of the other car and he was the one who moved across the track causing contact. Hamilton's only fault is that he didn't let Verstappen bully him. By extension had Hamilton not backed off at all, Verstappen would have simply ploughed into the side of him before they had even reached the apex. I'm not a great Hamilton fan, I think he's a prima donna and very whiny. Verstappen though I think is a bully. [/QUOTE]
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