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Originally Posted by minn19
Said (idiot) also has a right to race and try and unlap himself etc.
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Yes he may unlap himself. Nobody is arguing that. But its the way he did it (or tried to do so).
And that that was an illegal move for the way he did it also shows in the 10 sec stop/go penalty he got from the stewards (the 2nd most severe punishment they can give during a race) and he got 3 penaltypoints.
Verstappen got no penalty for his driving, only for his behaviour afterwards.
So on the track Verstappen was not to blame and Ocon was (at least, according to the officials).
The overtake was poor judgement from Ocon. He should have seen that he wasnt close enough to Verstappen to completely overtake him on the straight.
He couldnt place his car in front of Verstappen on the straight, instead he put his car next to him, ramming him in the next corner, where Verstappens front wheel was in front of Ocon's front wheel.