Bourdais – being penalised is wrong, he was on the racing line and Massa crossed white line! Another example of the Ferrari Improvement Appreciation.

Hamilton, well too many examples to bother mentioning on this one, not least Massa at Turkey (wasn’t it) when it was called a brilliant overtaking maneuverer, what is the difference!

Massa, well obviously history (Senna / Prost, Hill / Schumacher, Villeneuve / Schumacher) oh its so boring, so many examples.

I watched the video, and what i see is that Bourdais tried to go so far to the right to give Massa room that he ended up bouncing off the curb. Massa acted as if he didn’t see Bourdais at all or expected him to brake and give up the position.

The two cars were entering the turn side by side and Massa should’ve left enough room for Bourdais, but didn’t.

1) Bordais was properly penalized;

2) Racing incident; and

3) Massa committed a penality.

Clearly, Massa did not allow the driver with the inside line a car width to make the turn. That’s a penality.

I hate conspiracy theories, but those with power in F1 act in ways that promote so many

Indeed Seb appears to be getting a bad break here…perhaps Max or some other powerbroker in the FIA hierarchy is trying to do their part in forcing him out of the SRT seat in order to get Buemi, Senna, or some other flashy young hotshoe in there to make the sport more marketable and appealing….

It was pretty obvious from the TV was Bourdais was driving quite normally. While Massa probably didn’t intend to strike him, I don’t think Sebastién’s logical path onto the track was taken into account. It was a dumb crash, but pushing sensible people down the order is not the way to reduce the dumb quotient in F1.

You’d have to assume the stewards watched different angles and concluded this was the case, but as they never talk about it we will never know.

Ed Gorman of The Times has heard they may be changing this stance for next year – it can’t come soon enough.

Bourdais: This penalty appears to have been applied in line with FIA policy. You know which one I mean.

It’s a real shame, but yes I do.

And wow, so far 93 of you have voted “No”, 3 for “Yes”.

1. Hamilton: Possibly by the strictest interpretation of the rules, yes, but I fail to see the precedents in its application.

2. Massa: A few years ago this would have been a racing incident, but in today’s climate of handing out penalties like candy, I guess it was justified. Too many wheels, too far off the track for me.

3. Bourdais: This penalty appears to have been applied in line with FIA policy. You know which one I mean.

Unbelievable…Massa squeezed Bourdais and left him nowhere to go. He effectively drove into him! if anyone should have recieved a penalty (and I don’t feel anyone should) it should have been him???

I wonder if we’ll see another rule change…I mean…clarification to justify this…if another driver tries to evertake you when you leave the pits you must wait at least one more corner until defending?