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This week on "who was at fault" was it Vettel's fault again? I'm just joking, but that was strange. Maybe he has inherited Alonso's luck?

 

IMO it looked like Vettel crowded Strool a bit going into the corner. On the other side, Strool did make a distict move to his right (into Vettel). Maybe just going out to pick up rubber and didnt know SV was closing as quickly as he was, or there at all.

Seb gets a pass on this on

*EDIT*

Seb's onboard https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZtSkusC4VCY

Alonso's nose cam https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Yf-FskAEmk

*EDIT 2* I think it was Alonso's cam in the second one.

 

Apparently the media didn't see the 2nd video! they showed on TV but the announcer's never said anything about it. In that Video, obvious.

 

Just happen to turn on the TV and the end of the race was on (like just now). Turned to it and it was the last lap, so I got a chance to rewatch it "live". Only extra light I can shed on it , it was def a Mclaren that had the nose cam vid, which of them idk.

 

Even My Wife who is only half paying attention said well that was obvious when she saw the second video. She had the joy of watching me explode two weeks ago and almost put my cell phone though the TV in the first hundred yards

 

The second video was from Grosjean's car. Alonso was behind Vettel. Per the race stewards;

“On the approach to turn five during the slow down lap after the end of the race, car 18 (Stroll) was towards the middle of the track, car 8 (Romain Grosjean) was closing from behind on the inside of car 18 and at the same time, car five (Vettel) overtook car 18 on the outside and in doing so, turned in slightly towards the apex of turn five,” the stewards explained. “Simultaneously car 18 was moving slight away from the apex. This resulted in contact between the left rear tyre of car 5 and the right front tyre of car 18.”

“The stewards consider that no driver was wholly or predominantly to blame for the incident and will therefore take no further action.”

From the videos I've seen they are correct. Grosjean was coming up the inside, Stroll drifted a bit wide, and Vettel steered a bit in. Nothing wrong with going three wide during the driver's smoke break and mental pause after a grueling race but probably unnecessary.

 

This week on "Who is Vettel Crashing Into"...

 

Good shit

 

And the Karma bus would like to welcome its latest member.....Sebastian Vettel; come on down....

 

I feel bad for Kimi, it would have been a nice fight up front with him in the picture. Could have also been disastrous though given the enmity between him and Max.

 

No gearbox damage to Vettel's car after clash with Stroll

https://www.autosport.com/f1/news/132178/vettel-escapes-gearbox-damage-from-shunt

 

Yeah, but then they might have been able to take out Hamilton!

 

we can all hope for a Hamilton DNF in Japan

 

WTF? let the racers race, if shit brakes......that's racing, I wouldn't wish ill will on any driver, everyone has their fav's, and if you have ever raced in any venue, yawl prolly wouldn't post such nonsense..

 

I wouldn't take everything said here so serious.

 

My bad , I meant we could all hope for a Hamilton DNS

 

fify

 

I appreciate the fact you give us a TL;DR on every article you link.

Thank man.

 

I see what you're getting at, but cone on, relax a bit. Jus' a lil garbage mouthin' goin on

*EDIT* And before you go there, yes I/we race.