Yep I noticed both those things as well. Verstappen is on the throttle at 0:59 in this vid and,although his wheels are clear of Hamilton's halo at that point he wouldn't necessarily have known that.Marv wrote: ↑Tue Sep 14, 2021 7:41 amI haven't seen it myself, but apparently Verstappen tried to move his car when it was over Hamilton's car... spinning tyre was close to Hamilton's head.Pete_ wrote: ↑Mon Sep 13, 2021 6:00 pm Excellent race! Great to see Riccardo winning, and Norris being happy about the result as well.
I think the Verstappen penalty is fair, but one thing I haven't seen anyone talking about (not that I've been looking very hard) is that I thought it was a bit out of order for Hamilton to be trying to get his car moving again whilst Verstappen was climbing out of his. If Hamilton managed to get traction then that could have been quite nasty. I appreciate Hamilton maybe wouldn't have been able to see, but I guess the team would have radio's him. I'd be interested to know the order of events between the team telling Hamilton to switch off his engine, Hamilton stopping trying to move his car, and Verstappen getting out of his car because that wasn't clear on the C4 coverage.
Quite a few people noted that Verstappen walked away without checking that Hamilton was okay...
I guess that happened within a second or two of the impact so going on the throttle seems like quite an instinctual response, whereas Hamilton trying to move his car seemed more of an intentional decision.