I’m a bit shocked at the amount of time Hamilton kept after that, I felt he should have backed off momentarily at least, but Max imo clearly was aiming for where he thought Hamilton was going to be, not any form of apex. He’s the dirtiest pro driver I’ve seen in all my days. Alonso has made a point of showing the flaws in the first lap rules, in terms of the leeway drivers get in terms of avoiding accidents, so I think Hamilton will rightly get away with this in the context of this year, but he took a mile, that’s for sure.
At the start of this season, I’d have happily seen Hamilton lose this year, just to stir things up. But the way Marko, and Verstappen, and the rest of Red Bull have conducted themselves this year, even if they won, it would leave a really bad taste in my mouth. It’s a sport, sporting conduct should mean something.