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08/22/2007 - 07:00 PM
Istanbul, Turkey
Red Bull Racing's David Coulthard needled Ferrari's Felipe Massa at Thursday's pre- Turkish Grand Prix news conference by suggesting that Ferrari may have had ulterior motives for its failure to refuel the Brazilian driver's car in qualifying for the previous race in Hungary.
"How do we know that Ferrari didn't deliberately not put fuel in Felipe's car?" Coulthard asked, adding a mischievous twist to a discussion about team strategy. "Maybe that was a team decision to benefit Kimi. How do you forget to put fuel in a car?"
Coulthard sought to give Massa something to think about. (LAT photo) ยป More Photos
Massa, sitting in front of the Scot, smiled uncomfortably and replied: "Yes, but it was not on purpose. It was a misunderstanding."
"A pretty fundamental misunderstanding," retorted Coulthard, who was Raikkonen's teammate at McLaren from 2002 to 2004. "I think it's a conspiracy to favor Kimi. Good luck."
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Raikkonen, who joined Ferrari from McLaren at the start of the season as replacement for retired seven-time World Champion Michael Schumacher, has won three races to Massa's two. The Finn has 60 points to Massa's 59. McLaren's Lewis Hamilton leads with 80.
Massa, who took his first Formula 1 pole position in Turkey last year and went on to celebrate his first win the following afternoon, seemed unperturbed by Coulthard's gamesmanship.
"Hungary was a disaster for me, a disaster result... Here it is a very good track, I think our car must be very competitive and I'm really looking forward to having a great qualifying and a great race," he declared.
