Originally Posted By: weasley
So? HAM is in control of the pace, Vettel has to react to that. Do you ram anybody at the traffic lights who doesn't pull away sharply?!
No, but it's not the same thing. In almost every situation on the road where someone gets rear ended, the party doing the rear ending is automatically at fault. That doesn't apply with racing. Obviously, this wasn't a brake check, but if someone is driving the racing line and stood on the brakes with cars behind, he'd be in a whack of trouble with the stewards. The doesn't happen on public roadways. Maybe they should have Pastor drive the safety car.
Originally Posted By: weasley
He asked, got told the situation, that was the end of it. He had to ask, but ultimately BOT had his own race to run. You'll note that HAM asked
if BOT was not battling with anybody, could he help out.
It is a little precious, though, given the "help" he has historically provided to team mates. Had the situation been reversed, Hamilton would have laughed his head off. He would have been pushing all along, ready to pick up the pieces in case something happened to Stroll or Ricciardo, and given Renault's reliability concerns, being in position to grab Ricciardo's spot would be wise.
With respect to Bottas and Kimi, I'd agree that was a racing incident. He just got bopped out at the wrong angle, and he and Kimi just seem to get together like magnets. They both need transponders that react only to each other, and cut the power in each other's vicinity or something.
Originally Posted By: Garak
Vettel should have kept himself in check, yes. Had he done so, he would have been on the top step.
Here we agree. [/quote]
