Should Hamilton receive a race ban for sending Verstappen to the hospital?

[SS454]

If it was a racing incident then no penalties would be given. But the FIA have been very clear that Hamilton was at fault. Leclerc pretty much went off the road to give Lewis room through that corner. I don't think it's a corner you go through 2 cars wide and expect nothing to happen. After the sprint race, there was no way Hamilton was backing out of that move, regardless of how it turned out.

I completely agree. Lewis has been losing to Max's very aggressive, but still fair battles all season. Lewis was trying to make a point. And one could make an argument that with all his experience and so many labeling the greatest driver ever, he would have known that Max would spin out, while he would likely just lose a front wing. No matter how it goes down, it was a bad decision by Hamilton that was extremely dangerous.

[tifosi1993]

If it was a racing incident then no penalties would be given. But the FIA have been very clear that Hamilton was at fault. Leclerc pretty much went off the road to give Lewis room through that corner. I don't think it's a corner you go through 2 cars wide and expect nothing to happen. After the sprint race, there was no way Hamilton was backing out of that move, regardless of how it turned out.

It was already deemed a racing incident and still is, hence no additional penalty is given today. And from what I've seen and read, Red Bull tried really hard to make the case seem like Hamilton deliberately took out Max. Which is totally expected from a team like Red Bull.

And Leclerc went offtrack because he braked quite late in his effort to keep Hamilton behind and carried more speed than normal, he did not went off track to give Hamilton space....come on, it's just a lousy suggestion.

And as @jgonzalesm6 said, crashes have had happened at the corner in the past, and it will happen again in the future.

And I've already said Hamilton is not going to back out anymore. Max always have been aggressive and pretty much have always gone over the boundary, his moto has always been "back out or we're gonna collide". In the past Ham/Vet/Rai, the 3 who suffered the most of Max's shenanigans have always backed out because they were fighting for the title. But things have changed this year. No one is going to back down against Max. Leclerc already gave Max his own medicine after Austria 2019 and continues to do so, others are now simply joining that party.

[tifosi1993]

I completely agree. Lewis has been losing to Max's very aggressive, but still fair battles all season. Lewis was trying to make a point. And one could make an argument that with all his experience and so many labeling the greatest driver ever, he would have known that Max would spin out, while he would likely just lose a front wing. No matter how it goes down, it was a bad decision by Hamilton that was extremely dangerous.

Or had Verstappen simply followed Charles's example and gave Hamilton enough room, not crashes would've happened. I mean...Hamilton had fought some hard battles against Vettel and Raikkonen both 2017 and 2018, and fought hard against Charles and Vettel for victories in 2019. And how many times you've saw him taking out either Charles/Vet/Rai?

Max on the other hand taking people out ever since he has joined F1. One is borderline aggressive and refuses to back down even when he should, the other pretty much always kept it clean on track, most of the times. You can't expect Hamilton to always back out because Max refuses to.

[Greig]

The stewards have dismissed Red Bull's request to review Hamilton's British Grand Prix penalty

[Greig]

Jon Noble

@NobleF1



Fascinating that part of the evidence was a re-enactment of Hamilton's line through Copse that Red Bull got Alex Albon to do at a filming day at Silverstone last week

Red Bull lol really...

[tifosi1993]

Awww....some here must be heartbroken with the verdict. Never knew Karen Horner and his hypocrite plus dumb star driver have so many fans here.

I thought as a Ferrari fan, we'll be enjoying the drama and hoping for more crashes between the dumb and the #blessed. But nah, some here had a bleeding heart for poor lil Max Verstappen.

[jgonzalesm6]

The stewards have dismissed Red Bull's request to review Hamilton's British Grand Prix penalty

......called it.

[SS454]

Or had Verstappen simply followed Charles's example and gave Hamilton enough room, not crashes would've happened. I mean...Hamilton had fought some hard battles against Vettel and Raikkonen both 2017 and 2018, and fought hard against Charles and Vettel for victories in 2019. And how many times you've saw him taking out either Charles/Vet/Rai?

Max on the other hand taking people out ever since he has joined F1. One is borderline aggressive and refuses to back down even when he should, the other pretty much always kept it clean on track, most of the times. You can't expect Hamilton to always back out because Max refuses to.

Max gave Lewis more than enough room. If Lewis wants to stuff his nose down the inside of a corner, it is his responsibility to stick to the apex. Instead he was a full car width off curb and was sliding out.

Where is this history of Max taking other drivers out? He has a history of being very aggressive, but he hasn't drove his car into someone else by his own stupid mistakes. Lewis on the other hand has done it many times.

By your standards, you should be calling this an attempted murder.

[SS454]

Awww....some here must be heartbroken with the verdict. Never knew Karen Horner and his hypocrite plus dumb star driver have so many fans here.

I thought as a Ferrari fan, we'll be enjoying the drama and hoping for more crashes between the dumb and the #blessed. But nah, some here had a bleeding heart for poor lil Max Verstappen.

Or as an F1 fan we want a fair championship. Not one where Mercedes gets any advantage Red Bull has banned by the FIA and when Lewis wrecks his rival without fair punishment. Twice Lewis has made major mistakes this season, both times he was able to fix his car under red flag conditions, and of course went on to win the race at Silverstone. Is it fair that his mistakes go without consequence while his competitors suffer the most?

[tifosi1993]

Max gave Lewis more than enough room. If Lewis wants to stuff his nose down the inside of a corner, it is his responsibility to stick to the apex. Instead he was a full car width off curb and was sliding out.

Where is this history of Max taking other drivers out? He has a history of being very aggressive, but he hasn't drove his car into someone else by his own stupid mistakes. Lewis on the other hand has done it many times.

By your standards, you should be calling this an attempted murder.

LOL. I can remember China 2018 quite instantly. And there are other examples, but I can't be bothered to post them here and fill up the entire thread.

It was a racing incident. Pure and simple. But I'm hoping for more. Dumb vs #Blessed fighting hard and taking each other out more often on track, and Karen Horner vs underdog Wolff throwing **** at each other off track.

[jgonzalesm6]

Where is this history of Max taking other drivers out? He has a history of being very aggressive, but he hasn't drove his car into someone else by his own stupid mistakes. .

ummmmm, Max took out Ricciardo in Hungary 2017. Look at the Youtube video.

[tifosi1993]

ummmmm, Max took out Ricciardo in Hungary 2017. Look at the Youtube video.

And almost killed Raikkonen in Spa 2019.

[SS454]

LOL. I can remember China 2018 quite instantly. And there are other examples, but I can't be bothered to post them here and fill up the entire thread.

It was a racing incident. Pure and simple. But I'm hoping for more. Dumb vs #Blessed fighting hard and taking each other out more often on track, and Karen Horner vs underdog Wolff throwing **** at each other off track.

Close to a racing incident, but 100% Lewis' fault. Max was ahead, gave room, and got clipped at 175 mph by a driver missing his corner. Verstappen makes a trip to the hospital, and Lewis makes a trip to victory lane.

Now F1 has set a president to wreck your rivals, as long as it is bad enough to induce a Red Flag so you can fix and improve your car, keep your position, and just suffer a 10 second penalty that can be served much later in the race.

[SS454]

ummmmm, Max took out Ricciardo in Hungary 2017. Look at the Youtube video.

That's a good example. 100% Verstappen's fault

One of the examples he got so much hate in his early career. I too did not like Max's driving style as he took things too far. His nonsense against Kimi at Spa, cutting the track in Mexico against Vettel. I don't think his "pass" on Leclerc at Austria 2019 was fair. He will bump and rub anyone that is for sure, but he doesn't have a long history of completely ruining the other guys race.

Call the incidents as they are and appoint fault where it is deserved. At Silverstone it was Lewis' fault.

[Greig]

Max gave Lewis more than enough room. If Lewis wants to stuff his nose down the inside of a corner, it is his responsibility to stick to the apex. Instead he was a full car width off curb and was sliding out.

Where is this history of Max taking other drivers out? He has a history of being very aggressive, but he hasn't drove his car into someone else by his own stupid mistakes. Lewis on the other hand has done it many times.

By your standards, you should be calling this an attempted murder.

Try his attack on Seb in China for a start....

[Greig]

[Tifoso Svedese]

maFIA scum giving the entity a free title as usual, nothing to see here The most mind-boggling thing is that there are online retards on Autosport etc defending the lunatic's driving.

[jgonzalesm6]

maFIA scum giving the entity a free title as usual, nothing to see here The most mind-boggling thing is that there are online retards on Autosport etc defending the lunatic's driving.

Try taking some valium or xanax to calm yourself down. Don't get so worked up with the vitriol and myopic mindest of yours.

btw, I have worked with mentally challenged or physically challenged people or both. The word you used is somewhat outdated.

[Tifoso Svedese]

Try taking some valium or xanax to calm yourself down. Don't get so worked up with the vitriol and myopic mindest of yours.

btw, I have worked with mentally challenged or physically challenged people or both. The word you used is somewhat outdated.

Aw ok.

It fits better for people who appear to be normal but have developed Merceditis blocking neurons from working properly by drinking the Toto kool aid for too long...

Hammy wrecked another driver at 170 mph straight into the barrier and then claims he did nothing wrong. He's the guy who needs some pills to cool down.

[jgonzalesm6]

Aw ok.

It fits better for people who appear to be normal but have developed Merceditis blocking neurons from working properly by drinking the Toto kool aid for too long...

Hammy wrecked another driver at 170 mph straight into the barrier and then claims he did nothing wrong. He's the guy who needs some pills to cool down.

I get it okay. You think Lewis is the only F1 driver to knock some one out of the race in the corner in the history of F1????

The only thing I did'nt like about the situation was the penatly......10sec....pffft. It should have been a stop-and-go penalty and possibly, quite possibly Leclerc would have won the race. Leclerc would not have won on merit but I would have taken it anyway.

[SS454]

I get it okay. You think Lewis is the only F1 driver to knock some one out of the race in the corner in the history of F1????

The only thing I did'nt like about the situation was the penatly......10sec....pffft. It should have been a stop-and-go penalty and possibly, quite possibly Leclerc would have won the race. Leclerc would not have won on merit but I would have taken it anyway.

Once the 10 second penalty was given, it was the end of the situation for the most part. It was deemed Lewis' fault by the Stewarts, and a penalty was awarded. Yes it was the second weakest penalty they could have given, and that may leave a bitter taste in some of our mouths, but we move on from here.

Until F1 comes to their senses and changes the Red Flag rules, or the penalty system which will NEVER make everyone happy, we just have to live with it.

The good news is it gives some drama for future races. Will Lewis continue to make mistakes? Will Max be even more aggressive against Lewis? Will the teams use their second drivers as pawns to destroy their competitors races?

I honestly think a team could deliberately wreck a competitor and then openly accept a 10 second penalty. The word deliberately will be very grey too. It could just be the idea of putting the car in a dicey situation and make the driver in the right have to choose avoidance or wreck.

[Silent Bob]

It was already deemed a racing incident and still is, hence no additional penalty is given today. And from what I've seen and read, Red Bull tried really hard to make the case seem like Hamilton deliberately took out Max. Which is totally expected from a team like Red Bull.

And Leclerc went offtrack because he braked quite late in his effort to keep Hamilton behind and carried more speed than normal, he did not went off track to give Hamilton space....come on, it's just a lousy suggestion.

And as @jgonzalesm6 said, crashes have had happened at the corner in the past, and it will happen again in the future.

And I've already said Hamilton is not going to back out anymore. Max always have been aggressive and pretty much have always gone over the boundary, his moto has always been "back out or we're gonna collide". In the past Ham/Vet/Rai, the 3 who suffered the most of Max's shenanigans have always backed out because they were fighting for the title. But things have changed this year. No one is going to back down against Max. Leclerc already gave Max his own medicine after Austria 2019 and continues to do so, others are now simply joining that party.

Awww....some here must be heartbroken with the verdict. Never knew Karen Horner and his hypocrite plus dumb star driver have so many fans here.

I thought as a Ferrari fan, we'll be enjoying the drama and hoping for more crashes between the dumb and the #blessed. But nah, some here had a bleeding heart for poor lil Max Verstappen.

Regardless of Max's history, I am looking at and discussing, this incident. Hamilton was forcing a line through that corner that was never going to work. Max had the corner, left room, and Hamilton hit him. Simple. Everyone agrees Hamilton was at fault or he wouldn't have gotten the penalty.

You know it is possible to discuss or debate a topic without having to like either of the drivers. My opinion is that Max earned that corner and was fair with the amount of room he left. I'm not a huge Max fan, although I think he is one of the best on the grid and I'm not much of a Ham fan although I think he is one of the best on the grid. And I wasn't hoping for any further penalties to be given during this hearing. Although it would have given us a win, proper penalties should be given out as soon after the incident as possible.
And yes, I do hope that there will be more clashes between Max and Ham, and I would like to see Max come out on top because I'm getting tired of Merc winning all the time and I'm really tired of Toto and his sanctimonious attitude. He needs to be brought down a notch and unfortunately, it looks like Red Bull is the only team able to do it at the moment.

[Brembo]

it certainly should be possible to discuss or debate a topic without having to like either driver or a team. Acknowledging for example a 1st 2nd or 3rd place driver after a race doesn't mean he's your favorite over your teams drivers. Max coming out without injuries was the best news.

[Redfive]

Anyone else doing such a dangerous and reckless move at such a high speed corner would have a serious penalty. They gave Ham 10 seconds for two reasons:-
1 - They knew it would not stop him winning his home race
2 - They hoped it would appear like they punished him

Anyone with half a clue knows that Lewis is the FIA's goldenboy and will never be properly punished for anything. This "sport" is corrupt

[Tifoso Svedese]

Anyone else doing such a dangerous and reckless move at such a high speed corner would have a serious penalty. They gave Ham 10 seconds for two reasons:-
1 - They knew it would not stop him winning his home race
2 - They hoped it would appear like they punished him

Anyone with half a clue knows that Lewis is the FIA's goldenboy and will never be properly punished for anything. This "sport" is corrupt

Yes.

The most baffling thing is that people compare causing an incident at 170 mph leading to a 51G impact to just punting a driver off in a hairpin. They're not even in the same universe.

[Tifoso Svedese]

The cheating scumbag Toto just can't shut up can he?

https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/w...llout/6640004/

[SS454]

The cheating scumbag Toto just can't shut up can he?

https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/w...llout/6640004/

"cheating scumbag" has no relevance to his words about booing, though maybe Mercedes should send out a public statement about how people shouldn't dislike Lewis Hamilton.

Surely Toto can understand that mayyyybe people were booing because Mercedes ruined the exciting closing minute of qualifying on purpose? This coming 2 weeks after Lewis dangerously takes out Max to go on and win the race surely doesn't help.

[Tifoso Svedese]

https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/h...marks/6640336/

Can't he just pull off what the gymnast did and take a year off to deal with his issues? People boo him because they despise his sick attitude it's been like that for ages now.

[SS454]

https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/h...marks/6640336/

Can't he just pull off what the gymnast did and take a year off to deal with his issues? People boo him because they despise his sick attitude it's been like that for ages now.

So Lewis blames Red Bull for getting boo'd. No way it could be because he screwed over Red Bull in qualifying.

[Tifoso Svedese]

So Lewis blames Red Bull for getting boo'd. No way it could be because he screwed over Red Bull in qualifying.

Well now he blames covid for being tired after races too... he sure likes to be the hero and seeking the media's attention doesn't he? Let's be honest if he had actual long covid then he wouldn't be able to drive a full race at all. Especially at a track like Hungaroring which has constant high g-loads. No way. He probably is just getting older and that's fine. No-one stays 25 forever I assume most drivers feel more worn out when they hit their mid-30's after a long race on a demanding track.

Hell, even from age 30 to 20 I feel a lot of difference in my physical exercise. My peak is just as good if not better but recovery takes ages in comparison.