From: vintageapplemac@gmail.com
In article <106rr52$2h116$1@dont-email.me>, geoff@nospamgeoffwood.org wrote:
> On 5/08/2025 12:03 pm, ~misfit~ wrote:
> > On 4/08/2025 6:33 pm, Yazoo wrote:
> >> On Mon, 4 Aug 2025 15:46:11 +1200, Geoff
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >>> No penalty for VER - what a surprise after being let off by Ferrari.
> >>>
> >>> " The team representative of Car 44 confirmed that there was no contact
> >>> between both cars and further stated that the driver of Car 44 chose not
> >>> to attempt to remain on track."
> >>>
> >>> WTF ?!!! HAM chose to avoid being hit by VER !
> >>
> >> Smart move. Hamilton knew that idiot would rather hit him, so he
> >> decided to avoid the collision and remain in the race.
> >
> > Yep. And a penalty to Verstappen post-race wouldn't have helped Hamilton
> > so why waste time visiting the stewards? Lodging the penalty and then
> > Max having to attend the stewards was as much of a penalty as anything
> > else.
>
> Irrespective of the effect on the other driver's race, no action
> effectively implies that the illegal driving is OK to do. Should get
> some demerit points for it at least.
Agreed - the stewards should have given him the bollocking he deserved,
irrespective of whether HAM could be bothered to complain about it or not.
The move was a typical illegal VER divebomb that would have resulted in a
collission had Lewis not thrown himself out of the way and off the track.
Three place grid pendalty for the next race should have been the post-race
decision; harsh, perhaps, but not in the VER context, as he has a long
history of causing collisions like this.
I really hope that next year's Red Bull is an absolute dog of a car and he
gets fed up enough of it that he quits the sport, as he's threatened to do
on occaision. Can't wait to see the back of Team Verstappen...
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