The simple interpretation of what's going on here seems to be: Sutil connects with the barrier after trying to push too far and too long with his tyres and in the process of Vitaly slowing down to avoid this, both Hamilton and Alguersuari come straight past Petrov. (Interestingly here, you can see what's presumably a piece of carbon fibre from Sutil's car get kicked up and hit Petrov's mirror.) Then as the train get to the swimming pool complex, Hamilton then realises he's going to have to slow down, causing the following car to tail-end him and this leaves no place for Vitaly to go and he hits the barrier, damaging his ankle.
If indeed this is accurate, and it's up for debate, it shows Petrov in a much better light than the more experienced guys in the other two cars, both of whom fail to react to what is clearly a developing incident on the track and while Alguersuari gets punished for it, Hamilton gets off lightly and then has the audacity to still be moaning after the race despite being able to finish and get points, unlike Vitaly who gets a no points and a hospital visit but interestingly doesn't have a public moan about it, he's already talking about getting to Canada.
“First of all, I would like to thank all my fans for all their well wishes, the medical teams at the circuit, the hospital for their efficient and friendly assistance, and the team for their concern. It was quite a big impact and I could not feel my legs very well after the crash. I thought it was best for the medical team to assist with removing me from the car as it was difficult for me to move and my legs were trapped in the cockpit.
“I did not lose consciousness but I was in quite a lot of pain when I was inside the car. I’m now looking forward to Montreal. We need to sort out our problems in qualifying and we will get some good results, as our race pace is usually very good.”
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