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Originally Posted by Scott Douglas
All you guys saying he made a second steering input to go wide are ASSUMING he had the car under control by that time. I don't think he had the car under control until his tires were past the white line and he started to accelerate.
For you racers out there, what do you do when the guy in front of you goes off course and is obviously not going to be able to make the turn in the normal fashion?
He (Vet) obviously can't apply the brakes to any effect while still on the grass and has to have room to settle the car to regain control. Do you, as a following car, just charge ahead risking being taken out by the out of control car ahead of you?
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Vettle was a passenger going across the grass, and his tires were coated in grass and dirt. Sticky rubber will pick up a lot of grass. He got back on track, and was steering and braking all he could. The second steering input looks like trying to correct for oversteer and avoid spinning. If he had spun he likely would have taken Hamilton out with him.
All in all, I see a racing incident. Pushing to 100% and not to the 99.9% limit of control.