Jenspm wrote:
Hamilton had some great overtakes this race, and he had to - starting from 15th. But I have to say, he was a little too rough today imo. First, he pressed Timo Glock out on the grass on the straight away.
Did you see the spray being kicked up from the track? They showed it from his POV on a replay and there was no way he could even see behind him far enough to see Glock, nevermind know he was trying to overtake on the outside. I cant remember whether it looked deliberate or not, but IIRC, his cockpit view basically showed him going for the racing line for the chicane ahead, i.e. not "swerving" to purposely push Glock off the track.
Thats something I was thinking a lot throughout the race, to be going 180mph and not even see like 20ft in front of you because of spray is absolutely incredible.
Jenspm wrote:
Later in the race, he pushed Webber far outside in the chicane, forcing him to cut the corner. Webber was as far out as he could, and had no way to avoid cutting the chicane.
That one, I agree with. When I saw it I was expecting a drive-though penalty or something. Mind you, that was no different to Kimi/Hamiltons move last week at Spa...
Jenspm wrote:
And btw, it was Hamilton's choice to go to intermediate tyres in the Qualifying. The technician asked Heikki if he wanted to switch as well, and Heikki said "No, I think that's a mistake", to which the technician replied, "I agree."
You really dont like Lewis do ya?
Last I heard, Hamilton and his engineer agreed to go with the intermediates: and paid the price for it. I think Hamiltons race today showed that he is one of the greats.