Yup, he definitely could have chosen to give up the position if he didn't want to race in a race, like you said. That contact was 100% avoidable by the red car. He chose violence.
Good OLD Iracing officials , it's all about entitlement , they are never in the wrong and this is the problem as its getting worse and worse, Best part of the video..... why are you racing me on lap one....Its a race I'm going to race lol
Well that was silly, it was good racing up till that point then just didn't give enough room. It's a simple mistake, its a shame that the guy can't see that and as such won't learn from it which will likely result in the same mistake being made again.