Originally Posted by studiose
I'm not gonna get sucked into this again (or so I hope), but a couple of points.
1) Those who say that Webber moved to right to let Alonso take the outside line - look at frame 3 in that photo analysis. Alonso is already almost fully alongside, yet Webber keeps moving to the right. How exactly is Alonso supposed to get to the outside line from there? By going through him? And then frames 4 and 5. Why didn't Webber give him more room - if this wasn't bullying with the intent of making Alonso lift?
2) Comparing this to Estoril '88. The question, obviously, is whether moves like that should be acceptable. It obviously wasn't in '88, hence the popular outrage. It obviously is now, hence the popular praise. My opinion is that it should be no more acceptable now than it was then. Because it's essentially the same. Bullying your competitor with the threat of an accident so that he would lift. Which is unsporting. And last time I looked, F1 was supposed to be a sport. Not just a show, where anything goes as long as it's "exciting".