Formula One Management have released footage of the incidents involving Lewis Hamilton, Felipe Massa and Sébastien Bourdais from the Japanese Grand Prix at Fuji last weekend.
Lewis was penalised for his first corner move, being judged to have blocked Kimi Raikkonen and prevented him making the corner. Massa was penalised for driving off the track and spinning Lewis as he came back on and Bourdais was penalised for spinning Massa going into the first corner as Massa attempted to get round the outside as Bourdais came out of the pits.
For what it's worth, here's my two (three) cents...
1. Not sure. Lewis was locked up and made it impossible for Raikkonen to make the turn, but 'similar' incidents happen at the start of virtually every race, in virtually every category. Lewis was undoubtably stupid, and by being locked up did impede Raikkonen, but where do you draw the line, especially for first turn incidents where everyone is trying to get the upper hand?
2. Correct call. Massa went wide, went completely off track and hit Lewis, who was taking the correct racing line.
3. You are joking, right? What was Bourdais supposed to do? The rules are pretty simple, you are supposed to stay on the race track and he was right on the inside, it was up to Massa to take a different line or not attempt the move. They were racing for position and Bourdais had every right to stick to the inside. Had the roles been reversed, there is no way that Massa would have been penalised for doing the same to Bourdais.
Thursday, 16 October 2008
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