r/formula1 • u/BottasWMR 2017 r/formula1 World Champion • Aug 28 '16

Belgium-2016 Belgium race start

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u/mikez2605 Sir Lewis Hamilton Aug 28 '16

Honestly, I think it's part Vettel part Verstappen. Verstappen is naive for going for ever closing gaps, Vettel should not be turning that tight on turn 1 in spa. Raikkonen is just an unlucky passenger in all of this

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u/vorin Sebastian Vettel Aug 28 '16 edited Aug 28 '16

This sounds reasonable, but I can't see how Vettel is at fault, since neither RAI nor VES was halfway alongside - http://imgur.com/a/2ohNG

So similar to the image here entitled "Attacker less than half-way alongside" - https://f1metrics.wordpress.com/2014/08/28/the-rules-of-racing/

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u/mikez2605 Sir Lewis Hamilton Aug 28 '16

it's spa, if you're not right on the inside then you should expect to take a very long way round. a driver in his 10th formula 1 season should really know better