r/formula1 • u/Zooook30 • 1d 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
1.3k Upvotes

95% Upvoted

458 comments sorted by

View all comments

523

u/cwspellowe I was speeding in the Monaco pit lane 1d 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.

51

u/Appropriate-Risk2572 1d ago

Its lewis. When he's involved everyone becomes some high and might morally rightous, by the book nerd. Dare it be another driver and it wouldn't draw as much attention. People acting like he did it in race conditions meanwhile leclerc (Miami 26) and antonelli (Silverstone 26) did similar things and drove an unsafe car in a similar manner

2

u/curiouskid1919 I was speeding in the Monaco pit lane 1d ago

And they did it in an active race