Excelent Itw93! That footage is fantastic, well done for finding it! And thankyou for sharing it with me!
Having viewed the footage from Massa's car it changes my opinion of potentially deliberate or not. It gives a far better view of Massa's hands in the cockpit, showing his attempts to 're-overtake' Lewis. In my opinion now I can see from the footage there is no 'side-swipe' or deliberate positioning of his car towards Lewis.
However!!
The footage DOES show his mistake! It shows him running wide - all by himself (little correction before he ran wide, and in Lewis' in-car footage you can see the back of the Ferrari twitch!), It shows Lewis ahead on the race track! It shows Massa taking to the grass - again, all by himsef! Finally it shows the contact made between the two cars sending Lewis into a spin.
My point - TOTALLY Massa's fault, therefore TOTALLY worthy of a penalty.
If I had made an identical move as Massa at a kart circuit I would be fully expecting a black and white warning flag, and to be pulled to one side by the CoC at the end of the race.
Chris Adams
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