Formula 1

[kruddler]

That crash, be it somewhat scary is also hilarious.

I watched this live and at the time I thought they were both equally liable for what happened, they should have both been hit with penalties.

How the stewards can apportion more blame to one and not the other is quite bizarre, it seems Verstappen is fined for failing to acknowledge, accept and act on the idea Hamilton is going to be a Clark Kent out on the race course! Not that Verstappen is an angel, in fact far from it.

But the ruling reads like it's OK to be ignorant about the limitations of cold tyres, and it's everybody else's problem to deal with your ignorance!

You watch the race, and this is what you take out of it? No comment on Danny Ric?

FWIW, there was a similar thing later in the race at the same corner, i forget who but the driver in the 'hamilton position' chose not to run him off the race and took an overly exaggerated line to ensure there was no contact with the driver coming through in the 'verstappen position'.
It proved that if someone is going the overtake, you have the option of deciding if you crash or not. Hamilton chose to crash rather than give up the spot and suffered the consequences.


Despite all of that, Ricciardo was on track to win that race on merit basically leading from start to finish (minus a couple laps during pits stops/yellow flag). 
To me that showed 2 things...
1. He only needs a sniff to maximise points That x-factor is missing from his teammate who is a solid driver, but doesn't quite have the same manic hunger/desire for success.
2. The McLaren car is clearly strong in a straight line and Ricciardo's issues, which have been about handling the car in braking/high downforce situations, are true. Monza is the other end of the spectrum and almost all about speed, and Ricciardo dominated.