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Originally Posted by sammyg2
Perez intentionally changed his racing line trying to block the pass and hit massa, sending him out of control.
For that unsafe move that could have killed someone, Perez has been given a 5 spot grid penalty for the next race. I would have banned him for life.
Prolly a good thing I'm not in charge.
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Ever sat in the cockpit of one of these? You don't get to look at replays like we do, and your visibility is extremely limited.
Perez moving over would be perfectly fine, but Massa came up faster than Perez expected. I also think that both their cars were also sucked together. You see it a lot with rookies that make it to a top series, and are used to dominant equipment(running at the front) with little side by side racing. They'll just aerodynamically suck right into another car beside them. An old hand recognizes and is used to it.
Hamilton, Vettel, and Alonso , are both excellent at riding the exact amount of room without having a collision. Massa and Perez, are not.
I don't think its cut & dried. Perez made what would normally be a legal defensive maneuver, just Massa came in to that space faster than Perez thought. Massa was not unlucky, neither was Perez, they both played a part. Kang, defense is moving to keep another car from entering that space - if the other car has already entered that space, its simply running into them. A defensive move is going to the inside of a straight away off a corner to guarantee yourself the inside line. If you take the normal line, and then last moment cut down on top of another car, that is another matter.