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Originally Posted by xbook
Yupp, this.
In racing, once you spin you lose your "claim" to the track. Also you can not impede the progress of other cars, that's the basic rule. It's not just an F1 thing, that a racing thing. Once you have spun, you need to get back going, but only when it is safe to do so. Hammy didn't wait until it was safe.
If he had waited until the 4 cars that came through had passed, then performed the spin, he would have been fine. But, he was impatient.
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While I'm sure there are some poeple that may have liked for him to just sit in the
middle of the track and wait to get plowed into. I don't think even they could argue that option is safe.
And before you mention that he could have just driven straight off the track to get out of the way, first remember that off the track was very wet and may have resulted in a DNF since he was facing the wrong way. Secondly, Button came up onto him on the outside, opposite of di Resta, so had Hamilton stayed put or closed the outside to Button, it is possible that Button would have been hindered either way. (That is by either having to follow di Resta as a back marker through the scene or go off the track on the outside, in which Hamilton still might have recieved a penalty for it.)