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Originally Posted by Tervuren
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.
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I agree with that... Perez on the one hand is developing a reputation for crashing into you instead of letting you pass him. As Massa said, it's not the first time...
But Massa ? You gotta put some blame on the guy who was doing the overtaking and does the actual crashing into the other guy ! He seemed to be coming a LOT faster to the point where he might not have made the turn (Perez braked 5m earlier per his telemetry, at these speeds that's not brake checking, that's statically acceptable). You'd have to see Massa's telemetry to confirm his speed and we can't. I will only say that Massa had the freshest tires of the whole train of cars, a pretty hooked up car at that stage of the race, and IMO a Hamilton or an Alonso would have passed Perez (and possibly Ricciardo) in that car at that stage. Massa did not... 50/50 IMO. I really like Williams as a team and with Martini colors I think they are the coolest car on track - I wish they had picked Hulkenberg instead of Massa.
PS: Not a fan of any current driver, but I love the fact that Rosberg is getting under Hamilton's skin, and Ricciardo under Vettel's, contrary to pundits opinions pre-season ;-) At least Vettel showed good grace on the podium, showing Hamilton how to lose gracefully !