Gecko wrote:I don't think Massa's worst moment was colliding with Coulthard, at first it seemed reckless to me, but after reviewing the footage DC should have yielded the inside line, Massa was far enough alongside and for a long enough time.
This weekend I officially became senile and stopped understanding the rules of the sport. Imagine I thought that one had to be at least alongside other driver to earn the line! Now I'm deeply confused, with all the comments and reactions I watched and read about this incident.
I watched a racing driver in portuguese TV saying it was OK, because Massa had "at least half a car alongside Coulthard".
Massa says that, if you are in the inside, you earn the line:
Massa wrote:I was on the inside of the corner. I have done nothing wrong!
Massa rammed Couthard's sidepod and the relative motion of both cars made Coulthard's
rear tyre to jump Massa's
front tyre (that's what caused Couthard's damage). I even remember Montoya being imolated in this forum by a similar move in Canada (2006, was it?). I fail to understand what can take any responsability away from Massa. Is it just half a car alongside suddently the rule? Is it that a red car can ram another anytime? Where's the objective rule about what's acceptable?