Fair point, and Max has certainly picked up some deserved penalties along the way.
But what guilt there is in the past should not be used in any way to form a judgement on this incident.
And the idea that Max "had it coming" is a pretty poor one. It's up to Lewis to be the bigger man.
No we haven't, that also wasn't okay, but that doesn't mean it's fine when Lewis does it.
I also want to remind you that it is very much against the rules here to wish a driver to crash (as you do at the end of your post)
Yes, it is. No more please, @DG_Silva - Verstappen is already in hospital and it could have been worse, but thankfully wasn't.
I appreciate you weren't necessarily intending to wish for more of the same, but crashes are by their nature unpredictable and potentially deadly, and we've had this rule for many, many years for this reason.
My sincere apologies to you all, it was never my intention or desire to wish that Max or anyone else was involved in any more crashes of any kind - indeed, my heart leapt when I saw it and my immediate thought was 'That was a big one, I hope he is OK'. Having seen many drivers have their careers or lives ended, nobody
ever deserves to be in an accident,
ever. I have re-read my comments, and I totally accept how they could have been interpreted in this way, and I am very sorry for any upset or offence I've caused.
My point was purely that Max cannot expect other drivers to give way to him - nobody has a god-given right to monopolise the tarmac, and I hope that Lewis treats Max the way Max has treated him, or at the very least stops being so submissive/passive. In FP sessions, he moans when people are 200m up the road [other drivers complain about this as well, but not as frequently (Kimi aside) or don't appear to get as much air time], and he frequently bullies other drivers. However, there is no disputing he is a sensational driver, probably one of the best the sport has ever seen, and I love to watch him race. Hamilton is not without his flaws either, but rarely fights dirty.
I'm not going to lie, I am a Hamilton fan, but I will quite happily admit when Lewis is at fault. With this incident, I believe that it was a racing incident, preceded by a few close-calls, such as Max turning towards Hamilton on the Wellington Straight and coming very close to colliding (see below), or Max re-joining at turn 1 in a dangerous position. However, this is racing and it appears all is fair game until the consequences are severe. Hopefully, the crash at Copse marks a line in the sand, and we can go back to respectful and fair racing.
@Outspacer why should Hamilton have been the bigger man? They were both going for the same position at the same corner, when they turned in together and Lewis was already slowing down to avoid an accident, couldn't Max take a wider line to avoid the collision, like Leclerc did?
