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Originally Posted by UltimateBMW
He was in the middle of the track facing the wrong way, you can't expect him to just sit there like a sitting duck ON the racing line. Not only would that be equally hazardous, he would have ended up in about the same place he did after his drive through. If he had just driven off the track, he would have ran a risk of even getting a DNF because of how wet the area was.
Sorry, but these are racing drivers. They are in it to win and F1 has a long history if you need a reminder on to what extent these drivers will go to win. (Including ramming other cars off the track) I'd say this was pretty miniscule.
Also, I see the situation as Hamilton took the right action at the right time to get out of a incredibly dangerous situation relatively cleanly.
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I'd say he was screwed either way. Maybe it was dangerous to stay put and wait till the track "clears". But instinct for racing drivers was to recover asap and get back on the race.
by doing that however, di Resta was coming towards the chicane and had to avoid him by going off the track.
Let me provide an example, Australian GP 2010, First Lap Turn 1, Fernando Alonso was pitted and facing the wrong way. He had to wait till the whole field passed then he can execute the recovery.
Mark Webber, Canada 2011, he recovered almost immediately after spun out between turn 1 and 2. But that was because he was on the pit exit area where no other cars around. Then he was able to join the traffic flow and continue racing.
My point was, drivers can only make recover when there are no other cars coming near you. Hamilton might be able to avoid the penalty if he waited till di Resta passed. Given he claimed he wasn't able to see di Resta coming and executed the recover. Well, Paul had to avoid and went off.