Southernman wrote:I'm not surprised that noboby was at fault in the Murphy Ambrose incident.
I was surprised that no action will be taken from when Murphy and Ambrose looked liked that they wanted to handbag each other.
I didn't realise how many anti Murphy people there were in this country.
It seems most ford supporters put the blame on Murph.
I think a lot of people would have been guided in their opinions by the old overtaking rule which stated that if a driver overtaking was past the "B" pillar of the other car, the other car had to make room. If not to the B pillar the overtaking driver had to concede the corner.
Murphy was clearly not up to the B pillar.
The current rule states that both drivers have to allow racing room.
In my personal opinion, and I believe I am unbiased, on that particular corner, if Ambrose had stayed wide he would have been on the marbles and into the outer barriers. Murphy had time to brake and concede the corner. But I was in neither car, and will never know.
There are other factors to consider as well.
By this stage of the race most of the track was coated with various fluids,
anyone who had not done a brake rotor change would have had very poor braking ability, the drivers are tired, the sun thru the trees can be hellish around the Cutting.
Clearly Ambrose thought he was in the right to walk up to Murphy "swinging his handbag" in that fashion.
Whereas, initially Murphy seemed to look a tad embarrassed by the carnage around him.
Some of the feedback I have had suggests that Murphy lost support because of his reaction when Ambrose reached him, and with his personal attack on Ambrose' character in the media later, rather than because of the actual racing incident.
I know a few people who used to be fans of Murphy, but now consider him a trifle too opinionated. Still no-one can please everyone.
As for the Stewards taking no action on the "handbag" swinging, I think they got that right, in allowing for the emotions of two very competitive drivers.
Indeed, I think Avesco should use the footage to promote V8Supercars.