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Johnny Cecotto Jr has tried to water down his responsibility for the huge 14 car in Monaco's feature race.
The Venezuelan currently sits 12th in the championship standings, and was not permitted to take part in the sprint race on the streets of Monte Carlo & La Condamine as a result of his actions.
After a poor getaway from pole, dropping back to behind Racing Engineering's Julián Leal. Cecotto out-braked himself into Turn 1, losing his ability to turn, forcing him to make a split second decision: to smash into the armco at over 200kph, or to lessen the impact into the tyre wall taking Leal with him.
Cecotto chose the latter, giving Leal nowhere to go, arguably causing other drivers to swerve triggering a chain of collisions which blocked any route through Sainte Devote. In total, 14 cars ended up beached before they'd reached the second corner, and the safety car was immediately brought out.
Cecotto denies complete responsibility for the incident, saying that his car did not collide with anybody as a result of his driving.
"I made a mistake and made impact with the wall which ended my race," Cecotto said regarding the incident.
"I didn't touch any other drivers, just outbraked myself."
"There was another crash to the right of mine which caused a big pile-up. The red flag came out and my car was lifted into the truck."
"Unfortunately, the stewards deemed this my fault and I was excluded from race two."
It appears that the incident may actually have been two separate collisions, both of which resulting in pile ups.
"It was a shame: we worked very well in preparation for Monaco and after a lot work I think we had a very good set-up on the car," he said.
"We had prepared a decent plan for the laps in qualifying and we held to that perfectly without any problems of traffic, which gave us a perfect session."
"I could feel that the car was very good."
This is not the first time Cecotto has been the centre of critism. In Malaysia, he forced Sam Bird off of the track in qualifying, and was disqualified from the session; and in Spain where he cut across in front of Sergio Canamasas, which did not result in a penalty.