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IMAGES SUTTON/MOTORSPORT Now the gloves are really off in Formula 1’s latest great rivalry A Max Verstappen-Lewis Hamilton clash was always going to happen eventually, but it doesn’t get much more dramatic than at a high-speed corner in front of a full house at Silverstone. As we show in our race report on page 14, the incident has split opinion and has definitely increased the tension in the title fight. That Hamilton was able to go on and brilliantly recover to victory despite his 10-second penalty surely only added to Red Bull’s ire (p4). And that raises a key point. Some have suggested that the ‘penalty should fit the crime’, but what they really mean is that it should fit the consequences of the crime. But it’s not necessarily right that because a car ends up in the wall that should mean a harsher penalty. There are too many other factors that come into play that influence the outcome of a clash. You could spin someone around and they simply recover and return to the race, or they might get T-boned and cause an enormous accident. But the offence, the contact, was the same. Considering how aggressive Verstappen always is – Hamilton has been the one to make sure they don’t crash on a number of occasions – it seems a bit rich for Red Bull to be quite so vehement about the clash, which was probably 60-40 Hamilton’s fault: he just didn’t get the nose into the apex as he did later against Charles Leclerc. There should be no more recriminations, but what is clear is that we now really do have all the ingredients for a classic F1 rivalry. Kevin Turner Chief Editor kevin.turner@autosport.com NEXT WEEK 29 JULY Jaguar E-type special We mark 60 years of the iconic GT, plus London Formula E action HAVE YOUR SAY, GET IN TOUCH Autosport editorial Autosport Media UK Ltd 1 Eton Street Richmond TW9 1AG @ E-mail autosport@ autosport.com Visit our website autosport.com Twitter twitter.com/ autosport Facebook facebook.com/ autosport Instagram instagram.com/ autosport uTube be.com/ ORTdotcom YouTube youtube.com/ AUTOSPORTdotcom COVER IMAGES Coates, Dunbar/Motorsport Images PIT & PADDOCK 4 Red Bull to push for Hamilton sanction? 6 Ferrari open to IMSA programme 8 Ogier eyes joint WEC/WRC campaigns 11 Opinion: Alex Kalinauckas 13 Feedback: your letters RACE CENTRE 14 British GP report and analysis 32 WEC: Toyota gets a scare at Monza… 38 …but breaks a record on Rally Estonia 44 World of Sport: FIA Formula 2; W Series; NASCAR Cup; NASCAR Xfinity; IMSA; Australian Supercars; Super GT CLUB AUTOSPORT 59 Plans to relaunch struggling VW Cup 60 British GP historic support races 62 Rookie wins on Pro Mod debut 65 Opinion: Marcus Pye 66 National reports: Snetterton; Donington Park; Mondello Park; Knockhill; Oulton Park 74 How you can use data to go faster FINISHING STRAIGHT 78 What’s on this week 80 From the archive: 1964 Le Mans 82 What could have been: Bertrand Baguette SUBSCRIPTION OFFER 26 Special deals for Autosport VISIT AUTOSPORT.COM For other ways to read Britain’s best motorsport weekly FREE WITH THIS ISSUE ENGINEERING SUPPLEMENT We look back at the story of Superleague Formula, explain DTM’s BoP and discuss how historic racing can go green. 22 JULY 2021 AUTOSPORT.COM 3

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SUTTON/MOTORSPORT

Now the gloves are really off in Formula 1’s latest great rivalry

A Max Verstappen-Lewis Hamilton clash was always going to happen eventually, but it doesn’t get much more dramatic than at a high-speed corner in front of a full house at Silverstone.

As we show in our race report on page 14, the incident has split opinion and has definitely increased the tension in the title fight. That Hamilton was able to go on and brilliantly recover to victory despite his 10-second penalty surely only added to Red Bull’s ire (p4).

And that raises a key point. Some have suggested that the ‘penalty should fit the crime’, but what they really mean is that it should fit the consequences of the crime. But it’s not necessarily right that because a car ends up in the wall that should mean a harsher penalty. There are too many other factors that come into play that influence the outcome of a clash. You could spin someone around and they simply recover and return to the race, or they might get T-boned and cause an enormous accident. But the offence, the contact, was the same.

Considering how aggressive Verstappen always is – Hamilton has been the one to make sure they don’t crash on a number of occasions – it seems a bit rich for Red Bull to be quite so vehement about the clash, which was probably 60-40 Hamilton’s fault: he just didn’t get the nose into the apex as he did later against Charles Leclerc.

There should be no more recriminations, but what is clear is that we now really do have all the ingredients for a classic F1 rivalry.

Kevin Turner Chief Editor kevin.turner@autosport.com

NEXT WEEK

29 JULY Jaguar E-type special We mark 60 years of the iconic GT, plus London

Formula E action

HAVE YOUR SAY, GET IN TOUCH

Autosport editorial Autosport Media UK Ltd

1 Eton Street Richmond

TW9 1AG

@ E-mail autosport@ autosport.com

Visit our website autosport.com

Twitter twitter.com/ autosport

Facebook facebook.com/

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Instagram instagram.com/

autosport uTube be.com/ ORTdotcom

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COVER IMAGES Coates, Dunbar/Motorsport Images

PIT & PADDOCK 4 Red Bull to push for Hamilton sanction? 6 Ferrari open to IMSA programme 8 Ogier eyes joint WEC/WRC campaigns 11 Opinion: Alex Kalinauckas 13 Feedback: your letters

RACE CENTRE 14 British GP report and analysis 32 WEC: Toyota gets a scare at Monza… 38 …but breaks a record on Rally Estonia 44 World of Sport: FIA Formula 2; W Series; NASCAR Cup; NASCAR Xfinity; IMSA; Australian Supercars; Super GT

CLUB AUTOSPORT 59 Plans to relaunch struggling VW Cup 60 British GP historic support races 62 Rookie wins on Pro Mod debut 65 Opinion: Marcus Pye 66 National reports: Snetterton; Donington Park; Mondello Park; Knockhill; Oulton Park 74 How you can use data to go faster

FINISHING STRAIGHT 78 What’s on this week 80 From the archive: 1964 Le Mans 82 What could have been: Bertrand Baguette

SUBSCRIPTION OFFER 26 Special deals for Autosport

VISIT AUTOSPORT.COM For other ways to read Britain’s best motorsport weekly

FREE WITH THIS ISSUE

ENGINEERING SUPPLEMENT

We look back at the story of Superleague Formula, explain DTM’s BoP and discuss how historic racing can go green.

22 JULY 2021 AUTOSPORT.COM 3

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