BUDAPEST, Hungary - Felipe Massa has expressed disappointment with Formula 1's standard of stewarding since rookie Kevin Magnussen was cleared of all blame for their collision at the start of the July 20 2014 German F1 GP.
Brazilian Massa, whose car flipped, slid upside down across the track, then righted itself, squarely blamed McLaren's Magnussen and warned other inexperienced drivers to be less reckless. However, speaking after learning Magnussen was regarded as blameless ahead of this weekend's Hungarian GP, Massa added:
"So you see there is a lot to improve - even in the International Automobile Federation... if the stewards are thinking like that I don't know who they are taking to be stewards."
FOCUS ON THE PRESENT
Asked if he wanted to speak to the sport's ruling body about its stewards, he said: "Yeah."
But he then qualified his position. "I don't think we need to go to the past and live in the past," he said. "We need to live the future and we need to live the present. We need to concentrate to do a good job here. That's all I care about.
"What is in the past will not change so we just need to concentrate now... and now, I understand, that you need to drive not only for yourself, you need to think about what the others will do as well."
Stay with Wheels24 for the 2014 Hungarian GP this weekend.
Brazilian Massa, whose car flipped, slid upside down across the track, then righted itself, squarely blamed McLaren's Magnussen and warned other inexperienced drivers to be less reckless. However, speaking after learning Magnussen was regarded as blameless ahead of this weekend's Hungarian GP, Massa added:
"So you see there is a lot to improve - even in the International Automobile Federation... if the stewards are thinking like that I don't know who they are taking to be stewards."
FOCUS ON THE PRESENT
Asked if he wanted to speak to the sport's ruling body about its stewards, he said: "Yeah."
But he then qualified his position. "I don't think we need to go to the past and live in the past," he said. "We need to live the future and we need to live the present. We need to concentrate to do a good job here. That's all I care about.
"What is in the past will not change so we just need to concentrate now... and now, I understand, that you need to drive not only for yourself, you need to think about what the others will do as well."
Stay with Wheels24 for the 2014 Hungarian GP this weekend.