Formula One

Steve

I tend to agree with your last point. Although it looked horrific Lewis didn't end up in hospital unlike Max in the previous incident!!! They are both playing for high stakes so such things will happen, as they have in the past. My own view is that Lewis is a man under pressure. His car is clearly does not have the advantage it once did so he has to fight for every point. Next year he will have George Russell breathing down his exhaust pipe and in such circumstances we will see more of this. 

Evening,

It's still bugging me that Max didn't check on a fellow driver in a crash. Saying he knew he was ok because he was trying to reverse is rubbish in my opinion. Lewis could have had a head injury that made him behave strangely. I have a bit of a motorsport background as in the early 90's we were into motorcycle drag racing. Another high adrenaline sport that tested machinery and nerve. No matter what the stakes were if a competitor had an off (crashed) and you knew it you stopped as safely as possible to see if they were ok. Back then it was a known thing that you looked out for eachother, the staunchest rivals would forget points and prizes if it meant someone was possibly hurt.  I know f1 is different as in the media is involved and there's megabucks at stake but to me it's a cold person that walks away from a big crash looking like he doesn't care.

JK

JK

Perhaps you need to read this? https://www.espn.co.uk/f1/story/_/id/32263555/max-verstappen-hits-hypocrites-said-walked-away-lewis-hamilton-crash

David

Not quite the point I was trying to make DK. Anyone involved in motorsport would understand what I was saying. The footage showed Max walking away, what happened post race is immaterial.

JK

But Max didn't walk away from a lifeless body he walked away from watching a  driver trying to reverse his car out of the situation so surely it was reasonable to conclude that Lewis was OK and perhaps, rather optimistically, trying to get back into the race? 

David

Schoolboy error from Lewis in qualifying today. Lets hope this track offers some decent overtaking opportunities unlike the last couple of races.

Yet another example of the ridiculous FIA rules which effectively means Crashtappen gets away with causing the crash 2 weeks ago. Surely if a team decides to change an engine which means the driver has to start from the back of the grid, the penalties given for causing a crash should be carried over to the next race and not served concurrently.

A great day for McLaren and Williams.

Very easy to make those comments once briefed my his PR team.

But it doesn't change the fact that clearly Lewis was perfectly OK as he was trying to reverse out of the situation. In the circumstances it could have been quite dangerous for Max to go anywhere near Lewis's car. 

In the circumstances it could have been quite dangerous for Max to go anywhere near Lewis's car.

Well, instead of Max checking on the wellbeing of a fellow driver, which he'd just parked his car on top of, Max decided to wonder on to a live race track despite the protestations of the marshals, which not only put himself in great danger but also other drivers and marshals, so  any claims he didn't think it was safe to check on Lewis don't hold much water.

Also if Max genuinely thought Lewis was trying to reverse, why did he walk behind his car? Surly that was a dangerous thing to do.

I understood the need for the engine was as a result of a crash for which Lewis was responsible. Who then went on to score lots of championship points after serving a paltry 10 second penalty. Personally I don’t think either side is whiter than white. Both have used the situations they have found themselves in to their best advantage, as you would expect.