There he is, celebrating! But what kind of a person would celebrate over a win like that?
Everyone knew what happened.
Massa, who trailed his team-mate by 31 points prior to the race, was told by his Ferrari race engineer, Rob Smedley, over team radio: "Fernando is faster than you. Can you confirm you understand?" - to which he responded by letting Alonso through on Turn Six moments later.
Following the move, Smedley added: "Good lad. Just stick with it now, sorry."
(Taken from here)
Alonso did not win the race. It was given to him!!!! Massa should have won it! And how meaningful it would have been as he 'celebrates' one year of life after an accident last year which could have killed him.
But nooooooo. He was told to let Alonso win.
Look at poor Massa
I cannot understand what happened. It is as bad as if a boxer was told to throw the match, or a tennis player told to lose the game, or a goalkeeper told to let in goals. It is blatantly cheating in my books. At best, it is still a slap on sports!
i thought sports was all about competing to see who wins, deservedly. Imagine paying good money to watch a game and the players just do not bother to play the game at all. You wold feel cheated, won't you? How did you feel when Massa slowed down to a crawl to let Alonso pass?
Yes, some will say that F1 is a 'team-sports'. It's not about the individual. But if that is the case, why is such an act AGAINST the rules of the sport? Ferari were found guilty - see here - but given a slap on their wrists with a measly fine of $100,000!!!!! Peanuts! Spare change for Ferari.
Team boss Stefano Domenicali had the gall to say this - "In the interests of the sport, we have decided not to go through a procedure of appealing against it...".
Stefano in the middle. And poor Massa again
IN THE INTERESTS OF THE SPORT????? They had made a mockery of the sport!!!!!!!
But even if F1 is indeed justified to act as such - of which it is clear and obvious that they are not - then what about Alonso? If i were him, i would have been so embarrassed! Sure, i may be happy i got the points, but i would not go and celebrate it openly like he did. The victory, altho belonging to Alonso, is an empty one. Everyone knows Massa should have been the true winner. Alonso may have been officially the winner but everyone knows it was not by his effort.
But it looks like he doesn't care, does he?
Yes, i wouldn't have wanted to win a race in such circumstances - maybe's tt's why i'll never be an F1 driver... not that i could ever be good enuf to be!
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