Arnoux/Villeneuvo is in totally different category though. Looking at the kimi/Louis battle was more like who can keep the car on track, kinda reminded more about the last year's fuji race (it was?). Neither was able to even keep it on the tarmac, both being saved many times by the huge run-off areas. Heart bounding stuff though, absolutely painstaking to watch
You are going to say this you dont like Hamilton, every race he wins people say he is an idiot and so on. When will people realise he is going to be a multiple world champion, he is a very good racing driver, you cant say he isn't, people in F1 and some of the best racing drivers in the world.
Not really. You are for all the anti Hamilton stuff again, give it a rest and just enjoy the racing cause if you want to pick everything he does apart as being unfair we can do the same with every driver.
I can see why Hamilton would say the chicane maneuvre was 'unfair', it did seem as if Räikkönen intentionally changed his line just before the apex to push Hamilton completely off the track. That said, it's not my place to decide whether it's worth a penalty or not, so I'll wait and see what the stewards decide.
hamilon lost out a lot less by cutting the chicane, but it isn't in any stretch illegal, if kimi were smarter he should claim the place back at the exit of la source and impend Lewis's exit, cos it was obvioius that hamilton will try to get back at him as soon as kimi is ahead.
What about the overtaking in T1? Hamilton cut the last chicane. However he left Kimi go away, but he DID gain time with cutting and it was easy to overtake due to drafting...
If Hamilton didn't cut the track, he COULDN'T have taken Kimi over. That's a fact!
Nothing should get done, but if Lewis was complaining about Kimi pushing him wide on the outside of a corner....will thats is slightly ironic, he has done that in other races and we have had many debates about the whether that is far or not.
The thing about chicanes is that it is the second corner, not the first, that really matters. Hamilton had partial overlap through the first corner, and probably hoped to scare Kimi to go wide through the second. Kimi didn't agree to the deal, which I think he had the right to do.
If the stewards penalise either driver, then racing in F1 has gone to the dogs (well, it had already gone to the dogs, but today was a glimmer of hope that it was coming back to its former glory).
(I hope we're all talking about the same incident. )
..... he let Kimi go infront of him!!! what about when Kimi went off the track where its not so west and got a run down onto Hamilton, where they nearly crashed into Rosberg i believe.... that is also considered as cutting isnt it?......
I believe that Kimi crashed after the incident on the pit straight didn't he, so if Hamilton didn't get the upper hand on Kimi on the chicane he would of passed him when he crashed, thats if he would of crashed in this case. Hamilton was just ahead of Kimi when turning into the chicane, not a full car length but he was ahead of Kimi.
If Kimi had left space maybe Hamilton wouldn't have to take the escape route. I'm sorry but this is mostly Kimi's fault. And Toki you just seem to be a Hamilton hater tbh. Everytime theres an incident in which hes involved your agaisnt him. Watch the replay or video of it on youtube if you can find it and watch how much space he has. He was forced out by Kimi. The risk is if he clipped the curb and lost control hitting Kimi. He chose not to take that risk and simply went into the escape route and let Kimi by. And anyways whats the point... Kimi ruined his podium anyways.
So you're saying that Hamilton should've crashed into Kimi at the final chicane instead of cutting the corner? He had no choice - cut the corner or crash. He did the right thing.
Of course he'll get a penalty for it though, because his car isn't red enough.
