@Mad-Ice, I feel the same frustration when it happens to me. It even annoys me during a weapons race if I think it's being done on purpose (e.g. if I'm being bashed on a straight). But as people have said, it's often unavoidable.

I think there should be an option to turn collisions off. Weapons could still make contact obviously but otherwise each ship acts like a ghost. I know this idea will be anathema to some people, but I think it works well in F1 CE.