<p>Sutil, running second, was exiting the pit in Nurburgring when Raikkonen’s Ferrari bruised his VJM02 and knocked off the front wing to nix his point hopes.<br /><br />The Force India driver said he discussed the issue with the Finn and there was no hard feeling. “We spoke about it, and everybody agreed it’s a race incident,” Sutil said.<br /><br />The youngster, however, conceded that the crash denied him and his team their maiden Formula One points.<br /><br />“It’s a shame as at that time, I was just behind (Felipe) Massa, who went on to finish third. Obviously some drivers made good progress in the second half of the race, so I think seventh or eighth position would have been possible. I think points, definitely,” Sutil said.<br />Sutil said after Massa went past, he knew Raikkonen was coming behind but still could not avoid the contact.<br /><br />“I knew he was there as my engineer had told me to watch the white line and that he was coming when I was on the way out of the pit lane. I entered the corner first. Kimi tried on the outside, which was OK. But there was plenty more space -- he could have gone to the side, because I was on new tyres and it was really slippery,” Sutil said. <br /><br />“I couldn’t have made any crazy moves, otherwise I would have lost my car. When you see my on-board I took the corner normally, I tried to push to be able to have a good exit, but I was quite limited when I was already on the inside for the braking for Turn One,” Sutil said.<br /><br />“If I didn’t try to accelerate out of the corner, it’s not racing any more, I might well have just waved him by and said come on, pass me please. You have to defend your position,” added Sutil.</p>
<p>Sutil, running second, was exiting the pit in Nurburgring when Raikkonen’s Ferrari bruised his VJM02 and knocked off the front wing to nix his point hopes.<br /><br />The Force India driver said he discussed the issue with the Finn and there was no hard feeling. “We spoke about it, and everybody agreed it’s a race incident,” Sutil said.<br /><br />The youngster, however, conceded that the crash denied him and his team their maiden Formula One points.<br /><br />“It’s a shame as at that time, I was just behind (Felipe) Massa, who went on to finish third. Obviously some drivers made good progress in the second half of the race, so I think seventh or eighth position would have been possible. I think points, definitely,” Sutil said.<br />Sutil said after Massa went past, he knew Raikkonen was coming behind but still could not avoid the contact.<br /><br />“I knew he was there as my engineer had told me to watch the white line and that he was coming when I was on the way out of the pit lane. I entered the corner first. Kimi tried on the outside, which was OK. But there was plenty more space -- he could have gone to the side, because I was on new tyres and it was really slippery,” Sutil said. <br /><br />“I couldn’t have made any crazy moves, otherwise I would have lost my car. When you see my on-board I took the corner normally, I tried to push to be able to have a good exit, but I was quite limited when I was already on the inside for the braking for Turn One,” Sutil said.<br /><br />“If I didn’t try to accelerate out of the corner, it’s not racing any more, I might well have just waved him by and said come on, pass me please. You have to defend your position,” added Sutil.</p>
