Those were somewhat calculated moves though, Webber's accident was not planned and he was arguably risking far more than either Senna or Schumacher were. Although Senna was insane for that move.
Senna knew if he did what he did, it would end up in the gravel trap and it would only involve him and Prost (probably). Schumacher attempted a lazy move at low speed which was unlikely to put him in danger (same as with Villenueve).
If Webber had decided to use his accident to take someone out on purpose, he would be out of his mind because anyone could have hit him in any number of ways. His car was already damaged, he didn't know how much control of it he had and he didn't know where the other drivers were in relation to him. Its madness.
Besides, I find it really difficult to believe watching the onboard. Too much happens too fast for Webber to have planned anything.
I didn't say that though?
I did say the comment was silly - if any of the drivers really do think they are fine to create fatal accidents because one hasn't happened in F1 for over 15 years and that safety has improved then they are monumentally stupid. Its frankly quite disrespectful to Mark Webber. Safety isn't so improved that you can get away with being crashed into on the racing line at those speeds, you may get lucky, you probably won't.
Last edited: Oct 29, 2010