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Hamilton Not Convinced He’s at Fault For Albon Incident

0:00 - Hamilton Not Convinced He’s at Fault For Albon Incident 1:56 - Fast Feed Many in F1 have tipped reigning world champion Lewis Hamilton as the favourite for the 2020 title. The first race, however, did not go Hamilton’s way as he finished off of the podium and picked up two different penalties over the weekend. As it stands, these penalty points may prove quite costly down the line for him. I'm your host Dillon Shelley and first up on Formula World: Hamilton Not Convinced He’s at Fault For Albon Incident According to the current rules of F1, a driver will automatically get a race ban as soon as they accumulate 12 penalty points. Lewis Hamilton is halfway there after he added four more points to his previous tally of two to bring it to a total of six points in a 12-month period. He got two of these for failing to slow down under yellow flag conditions during Q3 and the remaining two was awarded to him for causing a collision with Red Bull’s Alex Albon This current cycle began on the 17th of November last year which means that if Lewis manages to get another 6 points before November, he would face a race ban His team boss Toto Wolff gave his perspective on the collision with Red Bull’s Alex Albon that resulted in the latest of these penalty points “The stewards are always in a difficult position to make the right decisions. I'd certainly say from our perspective, the five seconds were too harsh” Hamilton, meanwhile, feels that it was nothing more than a racing incident “I can't believe we were making contact with each other again, but it really felt like a racing incident. I have to accept any punishment I get and will focus on next week” Red Bull’s team boss Christian Horner, however, feels that Hamilton got off easy “We had more grip there and Hamilton misjudged the situation. A penalty of five seconds isn't enough. Lewis must apologize” Alex Albon summed up the crash in his own words “I wanted to do the overtakes in the first five laps after the Safety Car. I was confident and the car felt good at that stage of the race. I feel like Brazil was a bit more 50/50, this one felt like I had completed the move already. I was already focusing on Bottas in front me” “There’s always a risk with overtaking on the outside, but I gave as much space as I really could. I was right on the edge. I knew as long as I gave him all the space I can give him, it’s up to him if he wants to crash or not.” Fast Feed McLaren’s Lando Norris is “proud of the team, considering where” they “were a couple of years ago” after finishing on the podium in Austria His teammate Carlos Sainz feels that “if the races continue like this, it won't be the last chance for a podium” and is “very happy for the team and Lando” Red Bull advisor Helmut Marko thinks that “whether Lewis is second or fourth, what's the difference? He has completely ruined” Red Bull’s race He also feels that the “whole system should be reconsidered” as a loss of just a “few positions” for the “guilty” driver is “not entirely fair” Christian Horner has revealed that “Max's car was suffering from electrical problems” and that “it’s very frustrating” He also feels that scoring zero points in the first race is “very unfortunate, especially with such a short season” Max Verstappen has revealed that he wants “so many things on the car, but you also have to be realistic” while discussing the possibility of Red Bull developing its own DAS system Mercedes’ Valtteri Bottas, the race-winner at Austria, has revealed that "Lewis wanted to be in the lead” but he “managed to keep him behind” The FIA has clarified that “the on-board footage” “that had not been available to the Stewards in the hearing on Saturday” necessitated a review of the earlier decision not to penalize Lewis Hamilton after he supposedly failed to slow down under yellow flag conditions They also revealed that “The new video footage clearly shows that a yellow light panel was flashing on the left side of the track” and as Lewis did not slow down, he was awarded a three-place grid penalty All of this was set in motion after Red Bull had protested the initial decision made by the stewards Who was at fault for the incident between Albon and Hamilton?