hamspeed Posted September 8, 2008 Share Posted September 8, 2008 So true... Both those Ferrari incidents were much more dangerous then an unfair overtake on the track aswell, in many ways I hope Lewis wins the championship this year, just so he can stick two fingers up at everyone else... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caled Posted September 8, 2008 Share Posted September 8, 2008 long sweeping left handerThat corners called Blanchimont What everyone has to remember is that the FIA is a collaboration of countries and motoring organisations not just one person making up the rules... Personally I think the race stewards decision was a little harsh allowing Massa and Heidfeld to move ahead on the podium considering Hamiltion had been leading most of the race... But rules are rules I guess no matter how cloudy they are Three, actually. race stewards Nicholas Deschaux, Surinder Thatti and Yves Bacquelaine Yup. Sounds like there's an english representative there to me, too. Scandalous. It showed that, having lifted [off the accelerator], Lewis was 6kph slower than Kimi as they crossed the start-finish line. And as Hamilton said If there's a penalty, then there's something wrong because I was ahead going into that corner, so I didn't gain an advantage from it How can he gain an advantage if he was in front already?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hamspeed Posted September 8, 2008 Share Posted September 8, 2008 Anyway.... On a lighter note for people who know a little about F1 past, Riccardo Patrese is jumping back into an F1 car later this week at Jerez: Ex-Formula One driver Riccardo Patrese, who raced in 256 Grands Prix between 1977 and 1993, will get a taste of a modern Formula One car on Tuesday courtesy of Honda. Patrese will take the wheel of last year's Honda RA107 at the Jerez circuit in southern Spain. Whilst taking part in a celebratory golf tournament, Patrese mentioned that he would love to try out a Honda Formula One car, and the team say they are delighted to give him this opportunity. During his 17-year Formula One career, Patrese achieved six wins, 37 podiums, eight pole positions and 13 fastest laps during his 256 race starts. He is now a Formula One commentator on Italian television. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted September 9, 2008 Share Posted September 9, 2008 Todays update... McLaren boss Ron Dennis revealed after the race that the team had checked with FIA race director Charlie Whiting that Hamilton had conformed to the rules, which require any advantage gained by short-cutting the course to be promptly rectified. “Inevitably, we wanted to know whether that was deemed to be a correction so we checked with Charlie," Dennis told Ted Kravitz. "Of course Charlie can only give an opinion because he's not the stewards, but he gave the opinion that we had complied properly to the regulations.” In a statement released on Tuesday, Whitmarsh said the team was in fact given two separate assurances that Hamilton had behaved correctly – and that, had it not been given the thumbs-up, it would have told its driver to let Raikkonen back through. “From the pit wall, we then asked Race Control to confirm that they were comfortable that Lewis had allowed Kimi to repass, and they confirmed twice that they believed that the position had been given back in a manner that was ‘okay’,” said Whitmarsh. “If Race Control had instead expressed any concern regarding Lewis’s actions at that time, we would have instructed Lewis to allow Kimi to repass for a second time.” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig855S Posted September 9, 2008 Share Posted September 9, 2008 they better re-instate Lewis's win and all the points or it'll be a massive injustice. Lewis wasnt happy with the politics last year and this year its the same,its enough to make a newbie just think "Balls to it" Good race tho and very entertaining last few laps Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danposs86 Posted September 9, 2008 Author Share Posted September 9, 2008 they better re-instate Lewis's win and all the points or it'll be a massive injustice. Lewis wasnt happy with the politics last year and this year its the same,its enough to make a newbie just think "Balls to it" Good race tho and very entertaining last few laps Yeah right :roll: He is still racking in the cash, hes got many years left in him, he will win it one year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caled Posted September 9, 2008 Share Posted September 9, 2008 they better re-instate Lewis's win and all the points or it'll be a massive injustice. Lewis wasnt happy with the politics last year and this year its the same,its enough to make a newbie just think "Balls to it" Good race tho and very entertaining last few laps Yeah right :roll: He is still racking in the cash, hes got many years left in him, he will win it one year. not that he has any say in it, apparently Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hamspeed Posted September 15, 2008 Share Posted September 15, 2008 Another good race yesturday, nice to see some other teams getting good results for a change! With the championship closed to just 1 point now hopefully it will be like last year going into Interlagos, Brazil with the championship decided in the last race... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danposs86 Posted September 15, 2008 Author Share Posted September 15, 2008 The next race is going to be run at night Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hamspeed Posted September 15, 2008 Share Posted September 15, 2008 Yep, and judging by what they were saying yesturday it could be a wet one too... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteGTi Posted September 15, 2008 Share Posted September 15, 2008 it wud be brillant for lewis to pull it off this year think every one in england want him to do i hope he dose Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee R Posted September 15, 2008 Share Posted September 15, 2008 it wud be brillant for lewis to pull it off this year think every one in england want him to do I wouldn't kid yourself mate. You wouldn't believe the amount of 'so-called' British people who don't support him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig855S Posted September 15, 2008 Share Posted September 15, 2008 Fantastic race,gutting that lewis had to pit again for inters. Its gonna make it a nail biting last few races though. And I'm loving these lower teams getting good finishes. Imagine what the odds would have been if u bet last week for Vettel to win? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caled Posted September 15, 2008 Share Posted September 15, 2008 Am I the only person that thinks Ron Dennis should hire a strategy guy just to deal with the tyres? How many times has hamilton and the mclaren team in general messed up because they pick the wrong tyre? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yule Posted September 15, 2008 Share Posted September 15, 2008 (edited) Yup another entertaining race, with heki's podium & lewis's contribution yesterday mclaren are starting to catch up in the constructors championship to, well done vettel, he was pulling away from everyone in the wet (apart from lewis). Some brilliant over/undertaking moves pulled off under-braking, came up to what driver had the most mineral's! Am I the only person that thinks Ron Dennis should hire a strategy guy just to deal with the tyres? How many times has hamilton and the mclaren team in general messed up because they pick the wrong tyre? couldn't agree more! i can remember a few wrong decision's myself, i'll send them my c.v Edited September 15, 2008 by Yule Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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