Alex I’m amazed at the reaction online. I don’t remember a bigger backlash in recent memory. Normally you find opinion split but I’ve not seen many people in favour of the penalty.
It’s interesting to hear other people’s opinions. I perhaps need to see the replay a few more times but I still think VET could have avoided blocking HAM. If I recall correctly, VET came off the grass and had to correct a slide due to lack of grip, but he gathered that up and was then back to turning left towards the corner, but then realising HAM would be right up on him, he opened the steering lock to reduce the gap on the right and ultimately block HAM.
I’m sure HAM would have done exactly the same in that position, although I’m not convinced HAM would have actually made the error which led to the incident in the first place. VET has been making a habit of cracking under pressure in the last few seasons.
I’ve seen a lot of people blaming HAM for this which obviously people using the opportunity to do a bit of HAM bashing. he has a fantastic ability to wind people up but in this case he didn’t do anything wrong and didn’t deserve the boos. However, with Mercedes winning all the races so far this season, it couldn’t have happened at a worse time.