Leclerc's second dodgy move

Posted by poch1991@jourrapide.com on September 10th, 2019

The next issue with the black-and-white flag is whether it a pure yellow card, or a yellow card for that particular offence only? The FIA says the former - that any new driving offence would count.

Leclerc's next on-the-edge move came when, under further pressure from Hamilton, he cut the chicane at turn one and then meandered up the curved straight of Curva Grande, with a sudden jink to the left as Hamilton appeared to have a run on him.

Hamilton backed out and ultimately lost his momentum, and with it another chance of a move was halted by Leclerc's aggressive defence.

This time, the actual cutting of the corner (which was investigated) was fine - Leclerc rejoined and clearly didn't gain an advantage.

But the sudden chop across the nose of Hamilton through the flat out Curva Grande corner (which wasn't investigated) was once again right on the limit.

In isolation I probably could see this being allowed, as the curved nature of the 'straight' blurs the lines somewhat. But with the backdrop of the black-and-white flag already deployed, this was potentially a second offence that could have seen a red.

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