Forced Vettel into the error which I believe made Vettel react to the penalty in the manner he did..Had Hamilton passed though he would have won the race..Vettel seems to crack too much and Lewis has the measure of him..
One thing that was forgotten in all the talk about "mistakes", was that Vettel dominated the race, led from lights to flag, and was not under much pressure when he went off. I don't see what mistake he made tbh. He went into the corner as usual, but for some reason the car went off the track. He came back as normal, but the incident was always going to be investigated and these days, punished.
Hamilton lets emotion get to him as well. He put his car in the wall in a practice session. He spent 50 laps in Monaco having a running argument with his engineer over his tyres, when his engine went in Malaysia, or trying to physically push the car back to the pits in Hockenheim last year from 2 kilometres away, in qualifying. Usually the car being the best on the grid, comes to his rescue. Either that or Bottas gets an order to comply with, over the radio.
It was set up to be a very exciting season.
But Mercedes have won the last 9 races. At this rate, they'll be reading out how many points Hamilton still needs to win the championship, before the time the European season ends in Sochi.
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