Alexf1 wrote: ↑15 Jul 2022, 16:11
AeroDynamic wrote: ↑15 Jul 2022, 15:00
a year later and people are still fixating on the apex and conveniently neglecting the fact that the corner is taken before you get to the apex, not at the apex.
look at 0:09 in the first video in 2021. Are they the same? no they are very different. In the braking zone, Lewis has little to no overlap with Leclerc and has no business dictating any space. In the Max incident, he has so much overlap, they are practically side by side and at minimum he has equal claim to the line and the corner he wants to take (run out wide)
The track limit is the white line, not the outer kerb. If someone is forcing you beyond the white line (the kerb) they are pushing you beyond the track limit and out of it.
The reason people assert that 'lewis gave leclerc more space' is as much because Max is moving over into a tight line when he has another car literally along side him, wanting that car to disappear. But as Alonso said at the time, you can't disappear. These guys didn't even get through the corner to touch the apex before the incident occurs.
Fixed that word for you in my post. Doesn't make it any difference though: When taking a right hand corner it's kind of strange you go to the left of the racing line when there's someone already there. This is confirmed by Ham by not doing this when he took this corner side by side with Lec twice
Conveniently forgets that Max had tried to squeeze Lewis towards the inside wall in an attempt to scare him off from trying a move. Charles didn't. Meaning in '21, Lewis was coming in to Copse from a different starting point to that in '22.
Copse, like all corners, effectively starts 200m metre before the apex and what happens in that run up determines what happens in the corner itself. One can't just say "here's an apex view - look how they're different" as evidence without also looking at the entire run up to the corner.
If you are more fortunate than others, build a larger table not a taller fence.