Ferrari's Felipe Massa has maintained his innocence over the latest collision between himself and McLaren driver Lewis Hamilton in India, and admitted that the two warring drivers have still not discussed their recent spat.
Massa and Hamilton continued their season of crashing into each other last time out in India, with the pair colliding as they squabbled over fifth place.
For the first time in their long list of clashes in 2011, it was Massa who was handed a penalty for the incident, with the Brazilian serving a drive-through.
But speaking before this weekend's Abu Dhabi GP weekend, Massa has continued to insist that he did not feel that he had been to blame for the collision.
"I didn't do anything wrong in the last race. If it was another driver I would have done the same<" he rambled to reporters on Thursday.
"I turned in front and I was very upset not because it was Lewis, but because they penalised me for something I didn't do wrong.
"I didn't do anything wrong. Even if we had some crashes this year it wasn't coming from me for sure."
He added: "It was not a mistake from me, or even from Lewis. Maybe you can say it was race collision. But the mistake for me came from the stewards.
"When I make a mistake on the track I'm the first one to come here and say 'sorry, guys, I made a mistake'. But in the last race it was not a mistake from me, for sure."
He also confirmed that the pair had still not cleared the air, saying: "I went to Brazil and he went to I don't know, so [we have had] no conversation."
But Hamilton himself told reporters that he was eager to end the ongoing spat between the two, saying that he would be happy to meet with the Brazilian if the Ferrari man was willing.
"I haven't spoken to him," the McLaren driver told reporters, "I would like to clear the air, but we have to meet in the middle, it can't just come from one side. He has to be willing as well."
He added: "We've had our collisions on the track, but I really don't have any problems with him, and that's been the same all year."
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