TWO FAVOURS
J
ust when Sebastian Vettel was
setting himself up to pounce
on Russian Grand Prix winner
Valtteri Bottas on the last lap of the
race, the Williams of Felipe Massa
was in his way, a final attack was
thwarted and the German claimed
that the Brazilian helped the Finn on
two occasions in the final laps.
After finishing second in the
race at Sochi Autodrom, Vettel told
reporters, “[Felipe] did cost me. First
of all, he handed a very pleasant tow
to Valtteri on the last lap, and I was in
the DRS, which was tough enough to
do. And then he let him by and I don’t
know if he knew there was another
car coming. I don’t think, maybe.”
“Obviously Felipe did him a
favour twice. Once handing him
a pleasant tow and then he cost
me a bit of time. But that’s how it
is with backmarkers,” added Vettel
sarcastically.
When told of Vettel’s complaint,
Massa retorted wryly, “He was on
his radio? He is nev