Batman:
yes. it was a racing incident. this means that both were wrong and both were right.
the merc was all over the back of the RB and it was going to eat it alive. Max was moving all over the place to try to defend.
That was his hallmark when he first came into F1, was downright dangerous early on, weaving/changing direction during the braking zone.
There was a heap of weaving going on up the straights this weekend, with lead drivers trying to prevent chasers getting a slipstream advantage.
That's a concern when it spills into the braking zone, where cars are committed to lines for the most part, and only option otherwise is to drift wide.
Must be some regulations regarding this competition in the corner/who has right of was given a penalty was issued.
It's a lot clearer in yachting for example though, based on which side you're arriving at.
Watching it back it was just aggressive from both, and essentially short sighted as others have pointed out.
The pass was on, but only if you'd done enough to scare Max into staying out wide, and vice versa if you're outside then closing the door hard on someone coming up the inside is fraught with risk.
There was no lock up from Lewis though, but he did have his elbows out and wasn't trying to take the tightest possible line around that corner either.
Regardless - You can't score points or win if you don't finish the race.
Moving on from fault etc, it's pretty disrespectful to not show concern for another driver after a very heavy blow like that.
He's pretty smashed up from the crash audio and I didn't see much concern from Lewis, other than a feeling of relief emotions that he'd clawed so many points back this race in front of a home crowd.