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Massa adds fuel to fire; Gives opinions on Hamilton penalty
Topic Started: Sep 8 2008, 10:42 PM (161 Views)
Red Andy
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Felipe Massa reckons rival Lewis Hamilton should have waited to have retaken the lead from Kimi Raikkonen in the Belgian Grand Prix, after claiming the Briton was 'too optimistic' in making his controversial move at La Source.

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"What Lewis did is the sort of thing that can happen, but I think he was maybe a bit too optimistic in thinking he could just hand back the position, albeit only partially to Kimi and then immediately try and pass him again.

"Incidents like this have often been discussed in the official driver briefings when it has been made absolutely clear that anyone cutting a chicane has to fully restore the position and also any other eventual advantage gained.

"If Lewis had taken the chicane correctly, he would never have been able to pass Kimi on the very short straight that follows it. That was my immediate opinion after seeing the replay. Maybe if Lewis had waited and tried to pass on the next straight, that would have been a different matter."

From http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/70428

Interesting perspective from Massa, as far as I know the first person to actually come out and say that the penalty was deserved.
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stradlin24
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he drives for Ferrari and has been given a huge helping hand by this crap

what do you expect him to say ffs?

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Red Andy
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No, it's not surprising that he is in favour of the penalty, but it's an interesting point that this has been raised in driver briefings before.
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The fact that Massa supports the decision is only expected - Heikki's fully behind Lewis no matter what happened.

The interesting part is the discussions in the driver's meeting. If what Massa says is the case then the decision is not unexpected. It'll be interesting to hear what the other drivers say, if they are allowed to speak by their teams.

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