From: vintageapplemac@gmail.com   
      
   In article <10fte66$suli$1@dont-email.me>, Mark  wrote:   
      
   > scole  wrote:   
   > > In article <10fpft8$3jerl$1@dont-email.me>, Mark  wrote:   
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   Thanks for your thoughts, Mark - all good points, well made, and   
   interesting insights. :)   
      
   > My issue - at the heart of it - is that there is not a way to "fix"   
   > this. And if there was a wrong done (in addition to what Renault did),   
   > it was done to all the drivers, teams and fans. The only way in which   
   > this can be uniquely framed as being of particular focus on Massa is if   
   > you accept his claim - which I don't - that he would definitely have   
   > been WDC if this hadn't happened, and that his apology, compensation and   
   > reputation reflect that version of reality.   
      
   For me, bearing in mind the eventual thinnest of losing margins for the   
   championship, I do think there is a level of credibility in this claim -   
   I'm not saying he would *definitely* have been champion but he *probably*   
   would have bagged enough points in Singapore otherwise that it's easy   
   enough to imagine the season playing out fundamentally differently...   
   Other teams and drivers were also affected, sure, but Massa was arguably   
   affected the most. Again, can't rewrite history, and an infinity of other   
   things may have happened had the crash not been performed, but I'm leaning   
   towards Massa got shafted big time and the guy's got a right to have a   
   chip on his shoulder about it.   
      
   It'll be interesting to see it play out in court. Like you say, Bernie and   
   Flavio will be a real challenge for the prosecutors when they're in the   
   dock - pure circus!   
      
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