Horner calls on Hamilton to apologise for Albon crash

Marginal? Hammy intentionally pushed him off the track when he saw Albon was going to get the position. Albon very well could have won the race.

Albon did retire with PU failure

Horner said in an interview later that it wasn't a failure but they decided to turn the engine off possibly/probably(?) related to being pushed into the gravel.

There definitely was an issue with Albon's car. He had managed to chase back to Sebastian's car and overtook him but then the gremlins made their way. Whether that was PU is not the right question but whether it resulted from the contact and subsequent gravel trip is.

Marginal, you could see Hamilton was on full lock to the right throughout - never budged an inch - to say it was more than that is wishful thinking (Ram !). Hamilton's hardly going to listen to Horner - the chap that petitioned for his penalty - what it does show is we need to stop racing on crappy circuits that offer limited overtaking - its difficult enough with all the aero packages and this year there appears to be a concertina in performance delta in the midfield.

@pistonhead, at the point of contact the corner was opened right up so plenty of steering available to him and if he was worried about under steering could have eased off slightly. He did neither. That’s not to say I think he deliberately hit him, I think he was too determined to win, mind possibly on other things and didn’t want to yield the place so played chicken. Seemed extremely determined to win more than usual and think he was frustrated at being behind Valtteri the whole race and not being able to push the whole time due to kerbs, then to find out you’ve got Albon behind you on faster tyres must have been the last straw. Think he should have recognised he was going to be passed and just accepted it, the move was bold but it needed to be to get passed LH in a Merc. Think he just figured Albon would give in or something because he almost took the racing line despite Albon being along side and slightly further ahead at some points. Sometimes just need to accept the inevitable but he’s not used to it being in such a fast car

@Ram @pistonhead @Snooky I'm ok with this move being called clumsy and unnecessary. But the more I look at it the more marginal it appears and the more like a racing incident.

I took a look at what Max did to Leclerc in 2019. That was Max running very wide (albeit side by side) and Max deliberately punting Charles. In this race we saw Norris punt Perez off in roughly the same place. Overall it was great racing and I'm glad none of those moves were penalised.

Albon had a faster car and the Mercedes was getting slower. Albon made a risky move that should have worked but didn't. I don't blame him for doing that, but clearly he would have gotten a better chance in turn 2 on the next lap

Hamilton could have backed off or could have turned more to the right. Just didn’t want to. Was determined to win (not a bad thing) but I think he needed to accept he’d lost the position and just deal with it and move on, Albon was on fresher and faster tyres and will have known it was a matter of time anyway

@snooky albon could have held position mid corner and not contacted Lewis' wheel... overtaking on the outside of that corner was a big risk, never mind on a car with cold, worn tyres... suck it up Red Bull the boy was too keen but good PR tactics, can't blame you after a torrid weekend where you should have picked up more points than Ferarri.

Exactly - not once did his hands even twitch left to close the gap to Albon. Watch the video again @Snooky please. As for guessing his thought process at the time, forget it man - there was a lot going on this weekend and he's never been classed as vindictive, no, I still see it as a racing incident although I feel massively for Albon, I really do.