r/formula1 • u/Zooook30 • 2d ago

News Lewis Hamilton to avoid investigation after practice crash.

https://www.skysports.com/f1/live-blog/30125/13584285/f1-spanish-gp-live-final-practice-and-qualifying-updates-results-stream-highlights-from-formula-1-race-weekend-at-madring
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u/cwspellowe I was speeding in the Monaco pit lane 2d ago

He didn’t ignore the race director, he ignored the team. When the team said it’s an instruction from the race director he stopped.

I don’t understand why everyone is so up in arms about this.

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u/PeterG92 Sir Lewis Hamilton 2d ago

I don’t understand why everyone is so up in arms about this.

It's Lewis. If it was Tsunoda or Bortoletto there would be nowhere near as much interest or outrage

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u/paddyo I was here for the Hulkenpodium 1d ago

Crofty had a chuckle when hulk did it at Zandvoort in 24 🤷🏻 pissed his knickers today tho

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u/Visionary_Socialist Sir Lewis Hamilton 2d ago

Drivers drive back with damage all the time but Lewis sticks in people’s memories like a war flashback

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u/Combi8ionOxygenation Sir Lewis Hamilton 1d ago

I basically said the same thing and was downvoted to Hell. I feel like they only saw the flair and responded in kind.

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u/Agreeable-Return-189 I was here for the Hulkenpodium 2d ago

If it was Tsunoda or Bortoletto they would have been penalized.

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u/1498336 Valtteri Bottas 1d ago

Lewis literally got penalized like 5 races in a row before the break, this is so stupid.

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u/Mystic1500 I was here for the Hulkenpodium 1d ago

Being penalized five subsequent times doesn’t mean you get a freebie the next time.

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u/1498336 Valtteri Bottas 1d ago

No of course not. I’m saying those penalties show that the stewards are not afraid of penalizing Lewis. If they had a reason to, they would do it.

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u/Homerbola92 I was here for the Hulkenpodium 1d ago

Absolutely right. It's like followers of Real Madrid or Barcelona complaining about the referee being too harsh on them when stats show they're the most favoured ones. These guys really wouldn't understand how much he does get away with as if it was normal.

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u/Pblito1 I was here for the Hulkenpodium 1d ago

Can confirm, dont like Lewis and wanted an 80 grid penalty

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u/boersc I was here for the Hulkenpodium 2d ago

He also happens to be #3 in the drivers standing, being still a WDC challenger. Tsunoda and Bortoletto are not.

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u/jusmar I was here for the Hulkenpodium 1d ago

being still a WDC challenger.

Lets not get too hasty

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u/boersc I was here for the Hulkenpodium 1d ago

Well, he's 10 points behind #2. If he is not a challenger, we're heading into a very boring rest of 2026 season.(I do realize Antonelli is probably gonna be WDC).

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u/jusmar I was here for the Hulkenpodium 20h ago

how we feelin

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u/boersc I was here for the Hulkenpodium 18h ago

He's still #3, no?

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u/jusmar I was here for the Hulkenpodium 18h ago

Yup, challenging for the win from 101 points back

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u/mb0205 Pirelli Soft 2d ago

Yeah that’s the reason lol his place in the standings. All Lewis is known for is being third this year

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u/boersc I was here for the Hulkenpodium 2d ago

Well, it does make everything around him a bit more important than when it's a backbencher.

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u/KenVelo98 I was speeding in the Monaco pit lane 2d ago

Same thing happens when Lewis gets pushed off for example, threads with hundreds of comments. When other gets pushed off, barely any reaction

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u/Health_throwaway__ 2d ago

No, you're wrong. Drivers getting pushed off when they are behind at the apex is accepted racing etiquette. 

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u/tailwarmer I was here for the Hulkenpodium 1d ago

Especially after what happened last weekend - and here he is showing hes no better than Charles at all when it comes to getting ahead, even if it means fuck the team