The steward’s decision which rendered Kevin Magnussen blameless for his first corner collision with Felipe Massa at last weekend’s German GP proved Massa’s allegations of it being the fault of the Dane were wrong according to McLaren’s Racing Director, Eric Boullier.
Immediately after the collision, Massa, who was been involved in several first lap incidents this season, quickly blamed Magnussen. Saying: “I was in front, I was doing the corner in front of him”.
Massa then made a statement to the rookies of Formula 1 stating that they need “to understand that you cannot win the race at the first corner” and also asked Magnussen to “just take it easy”.
However, Boullier believes his driver didn’t do anything wrong in the collision.
“The stewards’ report related to Felipe’s driving and nothing else,” he said during the latest McLaren phone-in.
“There was a driving conduct investigation, and they decided to impose no penalty on Felipe, which is their prerogative.
“But the report makes it clear that Kevin was 100 percent blameless, certainly.”
