ioan
12th October 2008, 12:59
Today he gave Lewis a warning on track, OK it ended badly for both and he paid for it, that he will not yield without fight.
He also passed Webber in a move on the limit.
And above all he came back from 14th to finish in the points. And this might prove important at the end of the season.
I loved it how he cut the journo short in this exchange:
Q. Lewis has told us that he thinks you drove into him deliberately after realising you had lost the position to him. What do you say about that?
FM: For sure not. I had two wheels on the gravel. I could not stop the car and I was on the gravel because he pushed me into the gravel.
Q. Do you think that is the way he sees it?
FM: No. I don't believe that.
Q. Was it right for your teammates in the pit garage to be celebrating when you crashed into a rival?
FM: Are you English? Is that your point of view?
Q. Yes, but is it right that people celebrate when people crash?
FM: Any time you see a Ferrari ahead of a McLaren, it is a good thing for the team. I am not going to rise (to your attempt) to put fire on the gravel. I have a good relationship with Lewis, and I will not do something to destroy something by purpose. That is true.
Q. I am not stirring things up
FM: I know, and I answered already.
Q. Does what happened today change your relationship with Lewis?
FM: Definitely not.
Q. Mark Webber pushed you quite close to the wall. Was that okay?
FM: It was a little bit tight, but I managed to pass him. Sometimes you need to take risks. One point for me was very important at that moment.
http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/71365
If you read the whole article you see that the guy asked almost every question twice in an attempt to get something sensational out of it, he got the same answers twice!
He also passed Webber in a move on the limit.
And above all he came back from 14th to finish in the points. And this might prove important at the end of the season.
I loved it how he cut the journo short in this exchange:
Q. Lewis has told us that he thinks you drove into him deliberately after realising you had lost the position to him. What do you say about that?
FM: For sure not. I had two wheels on the gravel. I could not stop the car and I was on the gravel because he pushed me into the gravel.
Q. Do you think that is the way he sees it?
FM: No. I don't believe that.
Q. Was it right for your teammates in the pit garage to be celebrating when you crashed into a rival?
FM: Are you English? Is that your point of view?
Q. Yes, but is it right that people celebrate when people crash?
FM: Any time you see a Ferrari ahead of a McLaren, it is a good thing for the team. I am not going to rise (to your attempt) to put fire on the gravel. I have a good relationship with Lewis, and I will not do something to destroy something by purpose. That is true.
Q. I am not stirring things up
FM: I know, and I answered already.
Q. Does what happened today change your relationship with Lewis?
FM: Definitely not.
Q. Mark Webber pushed you quite close to the wall. Was that okay?
FM: It was a little bit tight, but I managed to pass him. Sometimes you need to take risks. One point for me was very important at that moment.
http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/71365
If you read the whole article you see that the guy asked almost every question twice in an attempt to get something sensational out of it, he got the same answers twice!