Felipe Massa says he was informed Max Verstappen was on an outlap when the pair went wheel-to-wheel during second practice for this weekend's British Grand Prix.
Massa and Verstappen ran side-by-side through Club and narrowly avoided contact as they headed onto the start-finish straight, after the Dutchman had caught a slowing Massa and attempted to make a pass. The incident is currently under investigation by the stewards, though Massa reckons the Red Bull driver had no reason to try the move in the first place.
"My engineer told me he was on the outlap, then I had a lot of traffic in front," Massa explained.