TFSA wrote: ↑28 May 2024, 15:09
CHT wrote: ↑28 May 2024, 12:42
After watching the perez haas incidents from fans video somehow I feel that Perez may be partly to be blamed for incident. coming out of turn 1 Perez car seem to struggle to accelerate in comparison to those infront and the Hass at the back. What meant to be a fight between Haas has turned into 3 cars carnage
This angle - picture taken at the point of contact - shows that Perez certainly didn't have to squeeze him, and could have given him space.
I think Perez simply assumed that Hulkenberg was on his left side, which is why he decided to close on the right side instead. Too many cars to watch, which is why i feel that labeling it as a racing incident is fair. Had Hulkenberg not been there, i would certainly put the blame on Perez.
https://i.imgur.com/ubNE9Na.png
I think racing incident is fair given it's a first lap on a tight track with three cars in close proximity, but I will say that if any blame HAD to be apportioned, it would be on Perez to me. There was nothing wrong with Kevin trying to pull up into an open gap. You of course have to trust the car ahead sees you and leaves you room, but if they dont, it's not your fault if they squeeze over, either.
Imagine how crazy that would be in basically any other situation: two cars going down a straight, and the car behind moves to the right to get alongside, but then the car ahead just moves over and pushes the other driver off-track before they can get far enough alongside to be more clearly visible. And then blaming the car BEHIND for it. That's what people are doing here blaming Kevin. There was room, and if Perez wanted to defend over to the right, then he did so too late.
People can blame the slightly swervy nature of that portion of the track, but there was room for both of them. And if Perez misjudged that Nico was alongside on the left, that's still his fault. Maybe an understandable one, and why I too think racing incident is fair, but Perez was the one who misjudged things ultimately.