My point is quite simple, Hamilton made a mistake, not a huge mistake, not a dirty move... a mistake.Sevach, i have no idea what you are arguing here. I was never the guy to say that the defender can do everything and get away with it. For example, if Hamilton had purposely let his car drift towards the outside by releasing his steering wheel or did a Rosberg, my opinion would be very different. As it is however and judging by the onboards, Hamilton did everything possible to keep his line and not collide while the car on the outside with superior tires and grip AND ability to take a slightly wider line (aka leave more space) did not.
It’s a pity how such a good maneuver gets ruined by the excessive debate how who left a bit more space or didnt. In the end, it was a good example of “racing incident”, no penalty required. Quite frankly, we want more racing, less micro managing. Hamilton was no more wrong for using his line than Albon was entitled to take a risk around the outside. Why can’t we just leave it at that? (Points finger at the stewards for giving a pointless punishment).
If anything, i hate the inconsistency. I dont even care about what happened at another race under the supervision of different stewards, but if Hamilton gets a 5s for THAT, where is Albons for the race 1 incident? Norris? Etc etc etc.
I fricking well expect more from F1.
And the punishment for his mistake was quite fair.
It's pointless to point out that in the moment of impact there's room to the left, Albon is on a trajectory that is taking him to the edges of the track, he just hasn't got there yet... similar case to Max at Suzuka.
Hamilton's trajectory isn't tight enough, slight miscalculation, but still his... "he is committed", "he tried to avoid it"... those don't change the fact that his trajectory barged into Albon's did run wide into Albon's (entitled to be there).
The reason i think there should be a penalty for this is to make sure people respect the guy trying to drive around the outside in the future and i do hate the inconsistency too.