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#4 2011: Massa and Lewis Hamilton Come Together, on and off-the-track
Sebastian Vettel dominated the weekend and moving within a solitary point of winning the drivers’ championship, with five race to go.
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But two controversies took center stage – one coming into the weekend, and another borne out of the race, the clash between Hamilton and Massa.
Coming to the race week, Red Bull Racing was accused of violating the Resource Restriction Agreement (RRA), an agreement between F1 teams to minimize costs.
A Dutch consultancy firm reported that Red Bull violated the RRA, with other teams like Ferrari, McLaren, and Mercedes coming clean.
The weekend, though, saw the Red Bull utterly dominating the proceedings, with Vettel drove a lights-to-flag win. Britain and McLaren driver, Button finished second, on a day, his teammate and compatriot Hamilton had a troubled race.
Vettel enjoyed a superb getaway, and pulled away frantically; Button took second place off the other Red Bull of Webber.
A move by Hamilton on Webber did not stick, and both Ferraris went ahead, so as Nico Rosberg, and by turn seven, Michael Schumacher moved ahead, only to get the back place sooner using DRS, and the other Mercedes in the following laps.
But a similar move on Felipe Massa resulted in a collision. Hamilton tried to squeeze behind the Ferrari at turn seven, clipping Massa’s right rear wheel, damaging his front wing and puncturing Massa’s tire.
Add a drive-through penalty, he slipped to 19th. Hamilton, though made a successful move on Massa, on his recovery drive to claim 12th, and eventually, he finished fifth.
The race also saw Schumacher spectacularly crashing out on his duel with Perez, then driving for Sauber. The resultant safety car saw cars diving for pits for fresh boots; which energized the rest of race, with some drivers like Button putting better lap times, exerting pressure on the drivers ahead. But no one could deny Sebastian Vettel, his victory.
Post race saw, more fireworks between Massa and Hamilton, with latter cutting short his media duties.
