I don’t think so either. But he did slow down right before the accident. But not sure if that was Hamilton speeding up as he realised he was meant to go past as he was getting the message? Or did Max slow down? Unless telemetry says otherwise, I’d give Max the benefit here. It was just a confusing situation caused by bad information sharing with the race director. Massi by the way should be out of the job. It’s common sense to tell the following car before telling the leading car, for this exact reason.
I'd agree with this. I think for me the sum of the matter is that the crash wouldn't have happened if Lewis was aware Max was letting him past. Max is not at fault for Lewis not getting the message in time, and Lewis is not at fault for not getting the radio message in time.
I think the claim about breaking, accelerate, breaking is visible in the replay, because I think Max wanted Lewis to pass him earlier.
If we listen to the engine in this clip, you can hear how early Max slows to let Lewis past, so there's a lot of time for him to do so. Then Max continues to slow, probably with the impression that Lewis was aware he would let him past. It'd be strict if they penalize someone for this.
The question is whether FIA were slow to give the message to Mercedes, or if Mercedes were slow to relay that to Lewis, but it sounded like Max was letting Lewis past very soon after getting the radio message, so FIA might've been telling Mercedes at the same time as Red Bull talked to Max if the FIA told Red Bull first.