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Originally Posted by ksteckba
Pretty common practice to put the squeeze on into the first corner guys. They called it a racing incident for good reason...Raikkonen still had a few feet to move over and brake to avoid the collision as well but he didn't budge, so you can't blame it all on Vettel. In fact, Raikkonen was actually starting to come back off the inside of the track when he collided with Verstappen.
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Mostly we "blamed" vettel cause he started the whole event, its not uncommon for some cars in behind had a lightening start and alongside another driver.
And you're right, its also not uncommon for pole sitter to squeeze and protect his position at the start, especially after a slippery start.
But when all of these combined together, its an ingredient of disaster.
When you said Raikkonen came back from the track, his suspension was severely damaged and he was just a passenger even before the car reached Turn 1. He was just skidding on the skid blocks.