[M5Rick]

Originally Posted by MKSixer

No. Mansell was in the pit lane. Reversing the pit lane has been illegal since Christ was a corporal.

Lewis was on the circuit and under the direction of his team giving him real time updates. Masi listened in and deemed it ok. Everything isn't a conspiracy to help Hamilton.

So many rules for Masi to pick and choose from.

[M5Rick]

At last it looks like having all the hallmarks for not being a procession this season.
https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/k...t-war/6363807/

[M5Rick]

So,Wolff is now saying that Russell should have ''been more mindful of a car from his parent company'' and that ''he has lots to learn''.
Again it backs up my point that he wants to control his many PU shod cars with his own form of encumberment.
He can't be judge and jury in a situation where if a gap is there then expect someone even with a Merc PU not to go for it, someone should tell HIM that in lesser formulas, like the clio cup? he mentioned the situation would be same.
Russell has said that the overtake was definitely on so the situation that happened is squarely on BOT's shoulders.

[///M Power-Belgium]

Originally Posted by FuzzyPeaches

How do you figure he ran a lap short?

OK. as I said that HAM was lapped during his crash by the rest of the field .

1• HAM went off in the gravel and crashed in the wall.
2• Red Flag showed up by the crash of BOT vs RUS .
3• HAM's car was repaired during the Red Flag.
4• HAM got his postion back (P9) and took part of the re-start of the race.
5• HAM pulled through the field to P2 and stranded 22 sec. behind MAX .
6• No one saw that HAM un-lapped himself .
7• That's actually why HAM ran one (1) lap short 62/63 laps .

Mate .Please have a read => https://www.crash.net/f1/news/975933...are-f1-mistake

•HAM was able to recover his Mercedes from the gravel by engaging reverse but by the time he had escaped he was already a lap down and had slipped to ninth.

[Ngilbe36]

Originally Posted by ///M Power-Belgium

7• That's actually why HAM ran one (1) lap short 62/63 laps .
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Isnt this why the lapped cars do a lap under safety car and then return to pit lane before the restart? Are you saying Ham wasnt on that un-lapping lap?

[///M Power-Belgium]

Originally Posted by M5Rick

So,Wolff is now saying that Russell should have ''been more mindful of a car from his parent company'' and that ''he has lots to learn''.
Again it backs up my point that he wants to control his many PU shod cars with his own form of encumberment.
He can't be judge and jury in a situation where if a gap is there then expect someone even with a Merc PU not to go for it, someone should tell HIM that in lesser formulas, like the clio cup? he mentioned the situation would be same.
Russell has said that the overtake was definitely on so the situation that happened is squarely on BOT's shoulders.

My friend , if BOT (grandma) was faster , there wouldn't have been a crash with a *turtle Williams car ...

[///M Power-Belgium]

Originally Posted by Ngilbe36

Isnt this why the lapped cars do a lap under safety car and then return to pit lane before the restart? Are you saying Ham wasnt on that un-lapping lap?

Mate .Did "you saw HAM un-lapping himself ?

I didn't saw it ,or did I missed it ?

[Ngilbe36]

Originally Posted by ///M Power-Belgium

Mate .Did "you saw HAM un-lapping himself ?

I didn't saw it ,or did I missed it ?

I dont really recall seeing much of those cars going out so I cant say one way or another, I just assumed he was on it. His car was fixed by that time so I cant imagine why he would have stayed in the pits.

[M5Rick]

Originally Posted by ///M Power-Belgium

My friend , if BOT (grandma) was faster , there wouldn't have been a crash with a *turtle Williams car ...

One thing I don't understand is that BOT 'couldn't get his tyres up to temp' because of being stuck behind others? I don't buy all of that, yet others like Russ were going with haste.

[///M Power-Belgium]

Originally Posted by Ngilbe36

I dont really recall seeing much of those cars going out so I cant say one way or another, I just assumed he was on it. His car was fixed by that time so I cant imagine why he would have stayed in the pits.

Well I found it really strange . Because I didn't saw the situation ..
I'm not sure , if it was on screen .

[M5Rick]

Originally Posted by ///M Power-Belgium

OK. as I said that HAM was lapped during his crash by the rest of the field .

1• HAM went off in the gravel and crashed in the wall.
2• Red Flag showed up by the crash of BOT vs RUS .
3• HAM's car was repaired during the Red Flag.
4• HAM got his postion back (P9) and took part of the re-start of the race.
5• HAM pulled through the field to P2 and stranded 22 sec. behind MAX .
6• No one saw that HAM un-lapped himself .
7• That's actually why HAM ran one (1) lap short 62/63 laps .

Mate .Please have a read => https://www.crash.net/f1/news/975933...are-f1-mistake

•HAM was able to recover his Mercedes from the gravel by engaging reverse but by the time he had escaped he was already a lap down and had slipped to ninth.

This.
In all the kerfuffle did the timekeepers knock on a lap to hammy by mistake...

[Ngilbe36]

Originally Posted by M5Rick

This.
In all the kerfuffle did the timekeepers knock on a lap to hammy by mistake...

Everyone who was ONE lap down got put back on the lead lap. Hamilton was not the sole recipient of this.

[///M Power-Belgium]

Originally Posted by M5Rick

One thing I don't understand is that BOT 'couldn't get his tyres up to temp' because of being stuck behind others? I don't buy all of that, yet others like Russ were going with haste.

Honestly , BOT should buy this from MAX :
Look carefully , the "DRY line" where MAX ran on in the first straight . It's just a question of a few centimeters !
Let's keep in mind the next turn ( seen from MAX's side) was going to the left .
Couldn't be better to get the max. of traction ,and to take all the advantage on the inside from the next turn .
And BOOM , 3 sec. later MAX was P1 !

Buy this BOTTAS , it's reading the dry and wet lines on the track !

That's part of "RACECRAFT" !

[M5Rick]

Originally Posted by ///M Power-Belgium

Honestly , BOT should buy this from MAX :
Look carefully , the "DRY line" where MAX ran on in the first straight . It's just a question of a few centimeters !
Let's keep in mind the next turn ( seen from MAX's side) was going to the left .
Couldn't be better to get the max. of traction ,and to take all the advantage on the inside from the next turn .
And BOOM , 3 sec. later MAX was P1 !

Buy this BOTTAS , it's reading the dry and wet lines on the track !

That's part of "RACECRAFT" !

So eloquently put my friend, it looks like BOT forgot his lines and went to the back of the class heheh

[FuzzyPeaches]

Originally Posted by ///M Power-Belgium

OK. as I said that HAM was lapped during his crash by the rest of the field .

1• HAM went off in the gravel and crashed in the wall.
2• Red Flag showed up by the crash of BOT vs RUS .
3• HAM's car was repaired during the Red Flag.
4• HAM got his postion back (P9) and took part of the re-start of the race.
5• HAM pulled through the field to P2 and stranded 22 sec. behind MAX .
6• No one saw that HAM un-lapped himself .
7• That's actually why HAM ran one (1) lap short 62/63 laps .

Mate .Please have a read => https://www.crash.net/f1/news/975933...are-f1-mistake

•HAM was able to recover his Mercedes from the gravel by engaging reverse but by the time he had escaped he was already a lap down and had slipped to ninth.

That article adds nothing to this discussion. Its all about Hamilton's attitude of not giving up.

Yes, he went a lap down when he went off. But at the restart after the red flag, he, and several others were sent around the field to come back on the lead lap so as not to get intertwined with the leaders. Happens all the time, as others have said. Hell, even the commentators said it!

[///M Power-Belgium]

Originally Posted by M5Rick

So eloquently put my friend, it looks like BOT forgot his lines and went to the back of the class heheh

Very likely and inevitable !!!

[M5Rick]

Originally Posted by ///M Power-Belgium

Very likely and inevitable !!!

Expert Brundle said immediately that there was nothing wrong with that and hammy was again ''lucky'' he didn't have any more damage than that endplate coming off and getting a shaking from going into that shallow ditch

[e90335e36m3]

Originally Posted by 330indy

I'm no fan of HAM especially as his "luck" screwed over Albon, twice, just as an example.

He's a dirty driver for sure.

[///M Power-Belgium]

Originally Posted by M5Rick

Expert Brundle said immediately that there was nothing wrong with that and hammy was again ''lucky'' he didn't have any more damage than that endplate coming off and getting a shaking from going into that shallow ditch

I mean in the races to come ....

[M5Rick]

Originally Posted by ///M Power-Belgium

I mean in the races to come ....

Oh that too but I feel that Max knows by now hammy's capabilities of reacting when things don't go his way, two of them well demonstrated on Albon previously.

[///M Power-Belgium]

Originally Posted by M5Rick

Oh that too but I feel that Max knows by now hammy's capabilities of reacting when things don't go his way, two of them well demonstrated on Albon previously.

Yeah . But HAM is chicken to get a scratch on his W12 !


And of course MAX knows that !

[Killed by Death]

VET tried to crash HAM several times and lost.