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Sebastian Vettel's pre-Bahrain drivers' briefing was reportedly marked by a great deal of criticism from his fellow drivers regarding the bizarre position of his Ferrari on the Shanghai grid, according toAuto Motor und Sport.
The German left China last weekend without a penalty, as there is no rule stating exactly how a driver should act when they are attempting to avoid damp and slippery white lines, as Vettel was on the greasy start-finish straight. Force India Team Manager Andy Stevenson seemed to be one of the few who spoke out in his defence: "Theoretically, as long as you have one wheel in the starting box, you can be where you want," he stated in response to the incident.
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However, Lewis Hamilton, Felipe Massa and Fernando Alonso were among the drivers who were somewhat less sympathetic, and they all spoke extensively about the issue and their opinions on it. Massa took the opportunity to suggest that there should be a rule to clear any confusion: "If a driver is forbidden to cross the line as the exit of the pit lane, he cannot do that. We need to have rules that must be adhered to," he said.
The FIA's Charlie Whiting offered a different solution - that drivers should simply use common sense when they are dealing with their positions on the grid. "In the last 22 years, there were maybe three notable cases like this," he said. "If we had a strict rule to the centimetre, then 10 drivers would have been penalised in China."
When this was put to Massa, he replied: "In Formula One there are some things that we are asked to use common sense with, but as we know common sense is not always in Formula One."
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