Lewis Hamilton made a mistake during the Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix that he rarely makes. By being a bit too eager he skidded off the track and damaged his front wing. Moving forward out of the gravel proved to be too difficult, so the seven-time champion tried to move backwards. A bit of a strange sight, a Formula 1 car driving backwards out of the gravel, but if it works... why not? But is it allowed? Safe reversing What we saw Lewis Hamilton do last Sunday was highly unusual and there are rules for many such situations. The main one being that under no circumstances should other traffic be endangered. Hamilton was very careful in this case, so he was able to 'safely' reverse out of the...
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