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Trulli VS Sutil: The opinions

Jarno Trulli was left furious after crashing out of the Brazilian Grand Prix with Adrian Sutil on Sunday. As the Toyota's right-rear wheel touched the grass entering Ferradura corner, the Italian spun into the German before the Force India then removed the Renault of Fernando Alonso from the action as a result.

Trulli started one place behind Sutil

With the first-lap incident having resulted in the deployment of the Safety Car, a livid Trulli could be seen to make his feelings clear in a physical way, something which later saw him receive a $10,000 fine from governing body the FIA.

Trulli: "I am extremely frustrated by what happened today because I had a very good chance to challenge for the podium. On the first lap Sutil was very slow through Turn 4 because he was fighting with Räikkönen.

"He was on the inside so I took the outside line but he kept pushing me wider and wider. In the end I was on the grass and had no control of the car so I crashed into the wall at high speed. I think there was enough space for both of us to get around the corner."

Sutil qualified third for Force India on Saturday

Sutil: "The start was fine, I lost one position as Kimi (Räikkönen) overtook me on the outside. It was fine for the next corner but then Kimi hit Webber and lost his front wing. I was following him through the corner but then suddenly I got hit in the rear and lost control of the car.

"Trulli was there on the outside trying to go round. It was a really stupid manoeuvre as there was no space and I couldn't see him at all. At that point it wasn't worth it and it ended my race far too early on as I went over into the gravel. Jarno was furious and said it was my mistake but I just told him what had happened to me. But it's over and now he's just got to deal with it."

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