Lewis Hamilton Points Finger At Rule-Makers For Mugello Crash

The Tuscan GP bore witness to a multi-car crash that happened when Mercedes’ Valtteri Bottas was leading the pack through the first corner following a safety car. As is common in F1, Bottas backed the field up before accelerating as was his right to set the pace but this lead to the cars further back getting involved in a crash. Fellow drivers Lewis Hamilton and Sebastian Vettel have now given their opinions. Link to poll:    • Post   0:00 - What Caused The Multi-Car Crash At The Tuscan GP? 1:20 - Fast Feed I'm your host Dillon Shelley and first up on Formula World: What Caused The Multi-Car Crash At The Tuscan GP? Vettel began by suggesting that the race leader has the responsibility to show a certain degree of awareness “It is simply unnecessary. As the leader, you have to be aware of such things. If you want to wait, you should wait a long time and then step on the gas, but don't stop and go” He then looked at the positive side of things “Five, ten vehicles behind you are then most likely to have an accident. Fortunately, all of them were uninjured” Meanwhile, Bottas’ teammate Hamilton defended Bottas and pointed out the people actually at fault “It is absolutely not Valtteri's fault. It is the policymakers. They are clearly trying to make things more exciting, but today you have seen that that puts people in danger. Maybe they should reconsider that rule” He signed off by explaining what he thought led to the crash “They turned off the safety car lights later and later. We are fighting for positions. Especially when you deserve that position, like Valtteri deserved to be in the lead” Fast Feed Red Bull’s Alex Albon has revealed that he doesn’t “look at the media” as there is no “point of looking at your phone if it’s negative” and that he’d “rather use that time on Netflix” Former F1 driver Ralf Schumacher has stated that if he was “Dr. Marko” he “would call Nico Hulkenberg and get him in the car” He further explained that Hulkenberg “is of Ricciardo's level. He could be a great asset to the team. Marko would then have a second stable driver who with his experience could also help develop” the car Racing Point’s Lance Stroll thinks that “it’s a shame” he “couldn’t bring it home today” as he “had great pace and” was “on for a podium” Red Bull advisor Helmut Marko is of the opinion that they “would have had the speed and easily passed Hamilton” had it not been for Max Verstappen’s DNF Red Bull’s Max Verstappen has remarked that “it is what it is” and that he is “really not happy at the moment but, can’t change it” He also feels that they “shouldn’t have been in that position. Just really disappointing again” they “have a retirement” Honda F1 boss Toyoharu Tanabe, meanwhile, confirmed that they “have already started analyzing the problem back in the factory” McLaren’s Carlos Sainz explained that “everyone in front of” him “probably thought” they “were racing again. Then all of a sudden it looked like” they “weren't racing anymore” This he thinks caused “everyone” to slow “down” and by the time he “saw it all happening it was too late and” they “had a big accident” Former F1 team owner Eddie Jordan has claimed that Mercedes team’s “ownership will be taken over by Sir Jim Ratcliffe and Ineos” and that “Toto Wolff won't be team manager either” Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff has addressed the latest speculations by stating that “Daimler has no intention of giving up the team and Ineos has no intention of taking a majority share” The FIA has issued a formal warning to 12 drivers involved in the second crash but Bottas isn’t one of them Sebastian Vettel has explained that they “simply didn't have the pace in the race. That was all” they “could do” He further elaborated that “even now with the engine modes, where everyone is in some way the same, that's” their “maximum” Do the safety car restart rules need to be changed?