Originally Posted by
faksta
The situation with Massa, in turn, wasn't his fault, IMO. They should've fined the team or the operator of their system, but not give him a drive-through.
It may not have been his fault, but it is most certainly his responsibility to drive safely regardless of where he is on the track or in the pitlane. The lollipop man and/or other systems are there to assist him, but in the end it's the driver who pushes the pedal. The reason why he almost t-boned another car is completely irrelevant, the only thing that matters is that the almost t-boned another car. The penalty was fair and perhaps even lenient, considering his earlier and very similar offense at Valencia.
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