Quote Originally Posted by ChrisE View Post
well I agree with most of what you said, but I can remember a Race at Spa(rain Race) where David Coultard more or less waited for Schuhmacher and he drove on to him.
result one front Tire gone ..race over.. I will never forget Schummi going into the McLaren Pit

so that was one World Title less, the saying(hope I'm right)...what goes around comes around...
That was part of the famously epic Spa '98 race (about 15 major events happened), and that crash is actually known to be a mistake by the Ferrari team, rather than either of the drivers.

DC was running slowly (he was using a different car after a massive 18 car crash) and was being lapped, back in the days before blue flags. Ferrari had gone to McLaren to ask that DC moved over to let Schu thru, but somehow with all the difficult circumstances and heightened emotions of that very complex race, they forgot to tell Schu... he wasn't expecting DC to be going that slowly, and couldn't see the slower car in time because it was far too wet in that area. Oops!

The visit to the McLaren pit was certainly a magical moment in that race... DC is a bigger guy than Schu, and was surrounded by lots of his team, but still felt the need to wear his helmet and hold back due to the intense rage that Schumi was in!

Here is that crash and the pit visit afterwards (starting with live commentary of Ferrari speaking to McLaren): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TeAuQ2Xem4Q