Seething, I went over to talk to him as he parked up after the race, away from the cameras in the support pit lane. After hearing his quite frankly pathetic excuses of 'I knew I was a lap down but I just didn't see you' (He was clearly defending from me and I was actually ahead when we made contact) and being told I was the idiot.
I was absolutely furious and uncharacteristically for me, let him know how I felt, in no uncertain terms. When you and a lot of others around you put so much into a race weekend, especially at your home race, when someone takes you out in that manner, in what was in my opinion a deliberate move it can be extremely difficult to control your emotions! Having spoken to a few other drivers I think they feel that he compromised their races as well.
I was called to the stewards an hour after the race. Thinking it might be to discuss Canamasas' penalty or to discuss a penalty for Richelmi after he took me out at the start of the race I was both amazed and appalled to hear that it was actually me under investigation after a marshal had reported me for showing some aggression to Canamasas. After explaining to the stewards exactly what had happened, completely honestly from my perspective, I was hit with a €12,000 fine and told I was lucky to have not been given a race ban.
