The Hungarian Grand Prix stewards have opted to take no further action following Max Verstappen's clash with Lewis Hamilton during today's race.

In his pursuit of the Mercedes, and thereby the leading McLarens, on the approach to Turn 1, both Hamilton and Verstappen overtook Alex Albon.

Hamilton returned to the racing line before the braking zone and commenced to turn into Turn 1.

Verstappen approached the turn faster than on previous laps (due to DRS) but braked at the same point as previously.

Verstappen argued that Hamilton was changing direction under braking, while the Briton stated that he was simply following his normal racing line, which was confirmed by examination of video and telemetry evidence of previous laps.

According to the stewards, it was clear that Verstappen locked up both front wheels on the approach to Turn 1 prior to any impact occurring but missing the normal cornering line for a typical overtaking manoeuvre.

Hamilton stated that this was a racing incident, whilst Verstappen argued that this was a case of changing direction under braking - an argument dismissed by his engineer, Gianpiero Lambiase, who described Verstappen's complaint as "childish".

The stewards did not consider this to be a typical case of "changing direction under braking" although it was their determination that Hamilton could have done more to avoid the collision.

Consequently, they determined that no driver was predominantly to blame and opted to take no further action.

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1. Posted by equator180, 23/07/2024 6:08

"There is no other professional sport that I know of which has a volunteer core of regulating the rules of the sport. The other sports have paid professionals who are consistent as much as possible in calling the shots in an unbiased manner. Time for F1 to get the show and do the same. There are many different ways to organize this but it should be done at least there would be consistency."

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2. Posted by Spindoctor, 22/07/2024 6:24

"Oh dear.
My suspicion that when put under pressure VMax would revert to his old ways seems sadly to be coming true. His attempt to "overtake" Hamilton was a non-starter from the outset: he was too far behind when it started & Hamilton was on the racing line with no room on the inside for a successful "dive bomb".

Just as worryingly for RBR, VMAX was whingeing aggressively about everything throughout the race to the point that his Engineer finally snapped after the crash & told him to shut up.
Post-race his sense of entitlement again reared its ugly head when he insisted that Hamilton moved illegally under braking ( a ploy in which Max is an expert!). His thesis is seemingly that other drivers are only on track to allow VMax to sweep imperiously past to victory."

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3. Posted by kenji, 22/07/2024 5:37

"The stewards got that one right. Good decision."

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4. Posted by Pavlo, 21/07/2024 20:39

"1. this is a right decision, this was racing, no intended crash, just a normal racing incident.
2. this was way too late, stewards should have made it before the finish line… practically any decision before the chequered flag (even penalty to any of the drivers) would have been better."

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