He risked his life, Hamilton ironifies with the F1 sentence on Verstappen: “When you take it easy, you'll keep doing it”

In an interview given Autosport, Lewis Hamilton has returned to comment on the incident that eliminated him and Max Verstappen in the middle of the Italian Grand Prize, leaving the title race intact.

What the Englishman has failed to overcome is that a move by the Dutch rival who risked his life has been penalised with only three positions at Russia's Grand Prix, scheduled for the last weekend of September in Sochi, the next stage of an increasingly tense and hot challenge.

I'm definitely proud of the race commissioners' decision. I think I need some time to think about it, but of course what happened creates a precedent. I think it will be an important precedent for the safety of pilots, underlining that there are strict rules to follow. Things like this will be repeated until we learn from what's happening on the runway, and I personally don't have any history with these kinds of accidents. After all, when you get away with it, you'll keep doing it”.

We all act on limits. But every pilot, present or past, on the inside will try to maintain his position. Of course, when the wheel in the wheel and the car next to you is attached to the outer arm, you should leave some extra space. But there's a known rule that says that the pilot that's ahead has the right to the trajectory in the bend and the other should give it to him. Of course, we need to analyze what happened and make sure that appropriate decisions are made. Nobody wants to get hurt and, maybe, if we can set a better protocol, then we can avoid that kind of thing in the future”.