Could've been worse, here's a former WDC's reaction to being hit stupidly from behind by a slow backmarker. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3SXbGDcMeo8
Yup, thats what i am talking about. I think Karthikeyan tries to play the "Look, i am the poor indian underdog, how can the big german champion say such baaad, bad things??!" card. So he is the cry baby now who uses the media to support his side.
Maybe Vettel should gift Karthikeyan a good time in the next Q1 to avoid the risk of lapping a HRT.......
Vettel: Dude! Wait a secâ¦Let me speak ⦠Arnab: Sure..you most certainly may⦠Vettel: First of all, it was Narainâs mistakeâ¦. Arnab: No it was not, Seb. It was a rain-hit circuit and Narain was well within his rights to drive slowly and safely. Vettel: Heâs a loser anyway! How does it matter?! haha
Its completely understandably Seb's anger when he finished the race. He has just lost 4th place, potentially 3rd, because of a stupid and reckless piece of driving from NK. It is very clear he swerves to the right, whether or not he was on marbles is irrelevant, as a lapped car it is his responsibility to move OFF the racing line and allow a faster car through. SV was perfectly right to expect that as NK pulled over to let him past he would not then cut right and slash his tyre so I understand his anger! NK knew by joining HRT he would be at the back of the field so if he doesnt like this and wants to complain all the time he should leave F1.
Colin: Although it might be easier for all if it were a simple case of black or white, it is almost always a darker or lighter shade of grey. Please refer to my earlier post.
FIA exonerates Vettel, tacitly encourages obscene hand gestures and playground name-calling. And you wouldn't want to make him angry.
The fact that Karthikeyan made more than enough room for Vettel is presumably irrelevant. One wouldn't want to accuse the FIA of tactics and favouritism of course...
“Karthikeyan ended up influencing not only Vettel’s race, but also Jenson Button’s. They [backmarkers] have to understand that as well." Huh?
It's a petty argument tbh. If it was late on in the season I could understand Vettel's frustration but it's not so he should move on from it.
I understand what you are meaning however imo this is pretty clear. I am perfectly aware that in most cases there is blame on both sides but here I fail to see what Vettel really did wrong apart from giving Karthikeyan a really wide berth. You can see from the camera shots and from the onboard that Vettel did not move left and that karthikeyan moved dramatically right; whether or not he went on the rumble strips is irrelevant. NK tried to tuck back in behind SV, misjudged it and gave SV the puncture. Thats pretty much it in my opinion. IF they had been racing for position then it would have been a different matter and SV would have held some of the blame however NK has a duty to move out of the way because he is being lapped so thats why I think its 100% his fault. :]
