Exactly. Had that been grass, gravel or a wall, Fernando wouldn't have done it. Unless he wanted to end his own race. He may have lost a marble or two this year depending on who you ask, but he is not a total vegetable.
It was a move of such underwhelming significance and yet you would have thought it was 9/11 all over again the way the papers reacted over here.
I recall a similar move at the 2004 San Marino GP by Michael Schumacher on Juan Pablo Montoya exiting Tosa on lap one. I don't remember much press coverage of this.
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