During the Hungarian Grand Prix, Max Verstappen and Lewis Hamilton collided, and the Red Bull driver accused his Mercedes rival of moving under braking and causing the collision.
The Max Verstappen and Lewis Hamilton crash in Budapest has prompted the Formula 1 stewards to announce that they will not be taking any more action.
As they battled for a spot on the podium of the Hungarian Grand Prix, the two racers reignited their rivalry. Despite being dissatisfied with the way his race was going, Verstappen knew he had enough speed in his Red Bull to defeat Hamilton.
But when he tried to make the move up the inside going into turn one, he locked up. His Red Bull went flying after the cars collided, going over the Mercedes’ wheel and then slamming back down to the ground.
Verstappen said that Hamilton was braking while moving. However, the seven-time Formula One champion refuted that, calling it “a racing incident,” and it seems the stewards agreed.
Regarding the incident, they won’t do anything more, and Hamilton’s 200th career podium is secure. “On the approach to turn one, both Car 44 [Hamilton] and Car 1 [Verstappen] overtook Car 23 [the lapped Alex Albon],” the stewards wrote in an explanation of their decision.
Before the braking zone, car 44 came back to the starting line and started to turn into turn one. Because of DRS, Car 1 entered the turn more quickly than in previous laps and applied the brakes at the same spot. Car 1’s driver contended that Car 44 was veering out of control while braking. According to Car 44’s driver, he was just following his typical racing line, which was verified by an analysis of prior race footage and telemetry data.
“On the approach to turn 1, it was evident that Car 1 had locked up both front wheels before any impact happened, but it had missed the standard cornering line for an overtaking manoeuvre. Car 1’s driver contended that this was an instance of changing direction while braking, while Car 44’s driver claimed that this was a racing incident.
“The driver of Car 44 could have done more to avoid the collision, but the Stewards do not believe this to be a typical case of ‘changing direction under braking.'” Consequently, we conclude that none of the drivers were primarily at fault and opt not to pursue any additional measures.”
Verstappen had expressed his conviction that Hamilton was the one who broke the law and was the reason behind the crash. The Mercedes driver just laughed it off and said, “In the end, he was much quicker and sent it,” in response to that viewpoint.
“I made a small defensive movement, but I made sure to leave enough room inside, so he locked up and was unable to turn. He thus approached from a different direction and struck my wheel. Had he been in control, he would have passed.”
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