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Titolo: [ENG] Rookie Racers A Danger - Coulthard

 Schumacher in Belgium five years ago.
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By Ian Gordon, PA Sport Motor Racing Correspondent, Magny-Cours
David Coulthard has warned that someone will be killed unless Formula
Onebosses get tough on rookie drivers.
The 32-year-old revealed his fears as he admitted for the first time that
hewas at fault in his infamous incident with Michael Schumacher in
Belgium fiveyears ago.
Schumacher had to be physically held back when accusing Coulthard of
trying tokill him after his Ferrari smashed into the back of the Scot's
McLaren in arain-lashed race at Spa-Francorchamps.
Coulthard believes it is only a matter of time before a driver is
sentairborne again off the back of another car, as happened in Australia
in 2001when a local marshal was killed after being hit by a flying tyre.
"There will be a fatality in motorsport in the future," said Coulthard.
"Let's hope it's no time soon and that it never happens, but it is
adangerous business. You can't just brush these things under the carpet.
"I don't want to have that experience, or someone else have that
experienceof being launched into the air.
"The fact is it has happened twice before in the last few years with
JacquesVilleneuve over the back of Ralf Schumacher and sadly a marshal
was killed.
"Then Ralf went over the back of Rubens Barrichello and no-one was hurt.
Iwas that close to doing something similar."
Coulthard had to violently swerve to avoid ramming into the back of
FernandoAlonso's Renault at 200mph in last Sunday's European Grand Prix
at theNurburgring.
The 21-year-old was accused of brake-testing his rival but Coulthard
nowbelieves the Spaniard, in his second season in F1, had just lifted off
thebrakes.
Coulthard reckons the problem is young drivers coming straight into F1
withouthaving time to learn their craft in lower formulas where the
consequences ofmistakes can be less serious.
The Monaco-base racer admits it was his lack of experience which caused
theincident in Belgium when he failed to move off the racing line while
beinglapped by Schumacher, who was unsighted by the fierce spray.
Schumacher was in the midst of a fierce title battle with Mika Hakkinen
andbelieved Coulthard had deliberately tried to brake-test him to aid his
McLarenteam-mate.
"I'm not going to be hard on Alonso, but on recollection in Spa 1998
whenMichael ran into the back of me, his reaction was that I'd
brake-tested him andtried to kill him," added Coulthard, who said he
finally realised his errorafter last Sunday's race in Germany.
"The stewards looked at the data and I hadn't braked so it was brushed
underthe carpet.
"The reality is, I lifted to let him past me but I did it in heavy spray
onthe racing line.
"You should never do that. I would never do that now. In 1998 I didn't
havethe experience and knowledge - and I'd never had anyone run into the
back ofme.
"All the other guys are doing the same thing but the risk is that it
couldhave been a very big accident for Michael and Nurburgring could have
been a verydangerous accident for me.
"Eventually, eight or 10 years from now, another young guy will come in
andit will happen to Fernando and he will feel slightly different about
it.
"All these young talents haven't got the experience in the lower formulas
andso you make those mistakes in Formula One."
Coulthard believes the sport's Race Director Charlie Whiting has to
gettougher with drivers who do not move out of the way quick enough.
"We have the problem all the time with backmarkers even now," he added.
"Charlie struggles to have a clear instruction for the guys being lapped
anda clear definition of how soon if cars are catching them they should
get out ofthe way."
Coulthard, meanwhile, has also revealed that he was so frustrated
anddisillusioned at missing out on victory in the Brazilian Grand Prix
earlier thisseason when Alonso ignored a yellow warning flag to slow down
that he went outand got drunk.
The Twynholm-born driver was in with a great chance of victory until the
thewet and wild race was cut short after Alonso smacked into debris left
by MarkWebber's crashed Jaguar.
"I was disillusioned," added Coulthard, who saw Alonso still
classifiedthird. "In that kind of race it takes a lot of emotional energy
to drive inthose conditions.
"For some bizarre ruling that shouldn't be there the guy who doesn't
payattention to yellow flags still gets a podium place, just the
wholeridiculousness of that finish is frustrating.
"I hit the bar when I got back to the hotel and was put to bed in a
helluvastate. But what can you do? You can't punch someone?
"I sometimes think boxers are in a great position because if someone hits
youand it hurts you've got the opportunity to punch them back.
"Here, you've got to try and talk to them, reason with them."
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 Dire che era colpa sua, non vuol dire che l'avesse fatto apposta...
Beh, molti erano convinti che avesse _ragione_ a fare la mossa che ha
fatto....
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 Io invece "l'avevo detto in tempi non sospetti".... :-))))))
E no...adesso non ricominciate. Vi ho sopportato per anni sui litigi
Schumacher_contro_tutti, se adesso ricominciate passo a rasf1. ;-)
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 Schumacher_contro_tutti, se adesso ricominciate passo a rasf1. ;-)
No, no, a questo punto non c'è nemmeno gusto ad infierire... :-)))))
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fatto....
A dire il vero non erano poi tanti e per lo più apparivano abbastanza
prevenuti.
Fa piacere sapere che l'autore del misfatto riconosca la propria
(ingiustificabile) responsabilità.
Spa '98 è una macchia indelebile nella carriera già non certo esaltante di
questo discusso pilota che non mi piace e che non stimo e del quale
continuo ad aspettare pazientemente il ritiro dal mondo della Formula 1.
                        Saluti
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 prevenuti.
Che fossero prevenuti perché ci aveva rimesso (soprattutto) MSc è fuori
di dubbio, che non fossero tanti invece non so fino a che punto sia
vero... :-))))
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