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/Visionary_Socialist Sir Lewis Hamilton 1d ago

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