[MikeNoun]

Originally Posted by Alvin

We enjoy his driving and are Pro Massa. That said, IMO Massa moved in and chopped Maldonado's(?) line into the corner where he (Maldonado) was already committed. His comment about "young driver errors" hopefully were ammended upon review of the replay where is clearly shows Massa made the error with his turn-in line touching tires causing Massa's car to flip its' lid onto its' rollbar.

Yes, I agree. It was actually Massa's fault.

Massa's "bad luck" also combines with his mistakes, which are usually spectacular. His crash at Monaco (twice) was all his own, but he's had some truly bad luck where he was in the wrong place at the wrong time, like when Kobiyashi rammed him going into turn 1 a few weeks ago, or his late race crash in Canada.

Turn 1 in a Formula 1 race (at the start) is SO wild, I don't understand how they don't all wreck at every race! An F1 start is indeed the most exciting in all of motorsports.

[Alvin]

Originally Posted by MikeNoun

Yes, I agree. It was actually Massa's fault.

Massa's "bad luck" also combines with his mistakes, which are usually spectacular. His crash at Monaco (twice) was all his own, but he's had some truly bad luck where he was in the wrong place at the wrong time, like when Kobiyashi rammed him going into turn 1 a few weeks ago, or his late race crash in Canada.

Turn 1 in a Formula 1 race (at the start) is SO wild, I don't understand how they don't all wreck at every race! An F1 start is indeed the most exciting in all of motorsports.

And IIRC, starting with the next season (2015) all SafetyCar restarts are to be from a dead stop, side-by-side on the starting grid, just like the begining of each race?

[MikeNoun]

Yes! That will be strange, especially considering how chaotic it is in IndyCar with all the street circuits they run, And considering Will Power is in the field, who seems to cause more damage per race than a bull in a china shop, restarts will be interesting.

Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg are really enjoying this season. The Mercedes seem to have so much more power than the rest of the field, although they said that the Williams cars (also Mercedes powered) have more straight line speed, so I think they caught up to the Mercedes team.