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**NEWyear** · 10-12-2008, 08:51 PM

Good find but it's still pretty inconclusive.

An alternative reading of it is that Bourdais was holding as tight a line as he physically could do, and that Massa closed in a fraction too much and caught his front wheel. Surely Massa should have made more effort to hold a wider line, given that there was a car inside of him.

Also, Bourdais may not have been in the middle of the track, his car was dragged out wide by Massa's contact with him which is why he appears to be some distance from the inside kerb.

I guess we'll never know for certain though!

Bourdais was not anymore on the kerb when the contact occurred. If the contact would have been so strong that the Ferrari would have dragged the STR on the middle of the track than the STR would have lost it's front suspension, no question about it. In fact the wheels didn't touch wheels but rather bodywork.

I thought about why Bourdais had that trajectory instead of staying parallel to the Ferrari and I came to the conclusion that it has to do with him being overoptimistic with a heavy car on cold tires.

Honestly I suppose his car wasn't yet stable enough and as a result he drifted into the Ferrari.

This could have been classed as a racing incident based on the info I have, but the stewards had more than this at disposal.

As for those saying it was Massa's fault, I understand their frustration.

10-12-2008, 08:51 PM	#15
NEWyear Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 569 Senior Member	Good find but it's still pretty inconclusive. An alternative reading of it is that Bourdais was holding as tight a line as he physically could do, and that Massa closed in a fraction too much and caught his front wheel. Surely Massa should have made more effort to hold a wider line, given that there was a car inside of him. Also, Bourdais may not have been in the middle of the track, his car was dragged out wide by Massa's contact with him which is why he appears to be some distance from the inside kerb. I guess we'll never know for certain though! Bourdais was not anymore on the kerb when the contact occurred. If the contact would have been so strong that the Ferrari would have dragged the STR on the middle of the track than the STR would have lost it's front suspension, no question about it. In fact the wheels didn't touch wheels but rather bodywork. I thought about why Bourdais had that trajectory instead of staying parallel to the Ferrari and I came to the conclusion that it has to do with him being overoptimistic with a heavy car on cold tires. Honestly I suppose his car wasn't yet stable enough and as a result he drifted into the Ferrari. This could have been classed as a racing incident based on the info I have, but the stewards had more than this at disposal. As for those saying it was Massa's fault, I understand their frustration.
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