Today was the first ever European Grand Prix from Valencia, Spain. Felipe Massa won, Kimi Raikkonen exploded, and we saw a slew of twists, turns and near misses.

The most interesting near-miss came in Felipe's second pitstop, and while the Scuderia have used a system that is most intriguing, a "traffic-pit light," it is not without its faults.

Felipe Massa nearly hit the Force India car of Adrian Sutil, and while the English are fuming about a 10,000 Euro penalty, I wonder if the "traffic-pit light" is less effective than the lollipop man that all the other teams use?

The light looks like an excellent idea and many other times, it worked out very nicely with textbook pitstops and smooth exits.

However, today it went all wrong for Ferrari, and it had to do with two botched pitstops that the light would have been responsible for.

In the first incident, Massa nearly hit Sutil because his light went green, and Sutil was in the pitlane. In the second incident, Kimi Raikkonen nearly hit one of the fuel men.

Of course, for the latter, it was a matter of yellow changing to green, but for Massa, the error could have been avoided if a human was operating a lollipop as opposed to a traffic light.

I'm not saying that the light should be deemed illegal, but I think that until a suitable solution regarding how an exit should be made from the pitbox, having a human who can see what's coming down the pitlane is the most viable option.

Ferrari is working on something very new and very interesting, but I think there has to be FIA involvement to ensure safe exits and to make incidents like the Sutil-Massa cockup become a thing of the past.