Hamilton and Verstappen coming together at the first corner chicane after Hamilton had pitted, he was ahead of Verstappen.
So who’s fault was that then?
For me Hamilton did exactly what Verstappen did yesterday, at the sprint race, and today. Yesterday Ricciardo pulled out and Verstappen took the position. Today he pushed Hamilton off of the track.
Meanwhile Bottas is up to 4th after starting at the back…
This is a tweet from Verstappen before the penalty was announced…
"Today was very unfortunate. The incident could have been avoided if I had been left enough space to make the corner.
“You need two people to make that work and I feel I was squeezed out of it. When racing each other, these things can happen, unfortunately.”
Like I said earlier it’s a shame he didn’t apply that principal when Hamilton was trying to go around him at the Variante del Roggia, and yesterday when he did the same to Ricciardo at the Variante del Rettiflio. Both times the other driver pulled out knowing they were being squeezed out by Verstappen.
Indeed at Imola this year he did the same thing to Hamilton and, again, Hamilton backed out…
Cracking tactical race
Lewis chasing down Max with better tyres.
Polish stream Beeb sport to tell me what’s happening
Different
Gripping
Great drive by Lewis.
Can Max hang on1.6s 6 laps