Originally Posted by ZCanadian

Bottas was not smart on any of the starts in that race - standing or rolling. But he's not responsible for the cars behind him, other than to obey the rules (cannot speed up after the green, and then slow down again). What he did was not wrong (at least I've seen no official investigation or sanction, and goodness knows they've looked at that one many times). I think that Chico and Antonio are really to blame. Kimi was smart and avoided it all, but those kinds of smarts come from experience.

Don't know if the pre-start is subject to the same radio rules as a formation lap - was wondering that also. And the announcers kept saying that Bottas had to wait until he crossed the line to get going - I'm not familiar enough with the rules to know the details. If true, then the guys at the back really had no business speeding up that early.