posted Nov 3, 2007

You have to judge this like any other sport. A rule is a rule and deduction of points or places may apply. The people behind the scenes know these rules, if this was a footballer who had not completed all the relevant paperwork on transfer and he scored the winning goal to win premiership then it would only be fair they lose the points and also take away the title from them.....

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posted Nov 3, 2007

trembath1975, I agree, but I assume you've written that tounge in cheek, with half an eye on last season's West Ham / Tevez affair ....

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posted Nov 3, 2007

Ferrari were more than happy to pursue obtaining whatever result via this method thus winning the constructors championship. So whtas the difference

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posted Nov 3, 2007

I do agree with you Harrytomo. The nature of the Ferrari team is "whatever it takes, on and off the track". If it were Ferrari who'd lost the championship by a point and this situation had arisen, they would certainly be doing everything they could to appeal it, and I don't think there would have been so much said about how a title shouldn't be won in the courtroom. Saying that, I still would rather see this season finished here, with no more changes to the list. It's just another example of inconsistencies within the sport.

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posted Nov 6, 2007

I find it extremely funny that no one (so far) can actually explain the benefit of the colder fuel, if you can fit more in (which seems to be the only benefit, so far) how the hell can that help performance, and will it make that much of a difference that you could possibly go an extra lap due to that? Rather than have to pit in a lap earlier, it's such rubbish it's not funny.

Get some proof of how much of a benefit this could make - all I've got to say is, don't you think all our cars would have some kind of petrol cooling device by now if this was actually of ANY REAL WORLD benefit??? Jebus...

I also have never seen that either, what someone mentioned - about that crane helping Hamilton out! What the hell was that? Since when was it allowed, unless the car can recover on it's own from the sand pits, it should be out. As if it wasn't a dangerous move safety wise either. Everyone down here (Australia) was thinking what the hell was that??

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posted Nov 7, 2007

I can't agree with the comment of Raikonnen being without doubt the best driver this year. It's pretty obvious that Mclaren's mistakes in the last 2 races cost the best driver of the year the championship.

But nevertheless, I'm sure Hamilton doesn't want to win the title by appeal. Raikonnen one the title fair and square, and no doubt should keep it.

I can't agree with the expulsion of Mclaren from the Constructers Championship. They also one the Constructers Championship fair and square. Whatever your take on the spying affair, it didn't affect the Mclaren cars in any way. F1 is such an incestuous business anyway. That type of thing has been going on for years. I remember Mansell's Williams of 92 was far more advanced then any other car. But other teams started to embrace the same technology. Information circles around.

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posted Nov 8, 2007

Hi Slawda,

Apparently the reasons for cold fuel are very technical and I don't understand them myself, but according to some tricky physics laws you can get a very small power advantage out of the car, and I've seen it quoted somewhere that this would equate to about a one second advantage over the course of the entire race for each of the cars.

Obviously then, it's nowhere near enough of an advantage to have changed the outcome. But then, it is a rule, which should be observed. In my opinion, the FIA should overrule it this time, but then examine why it is there at all, and maybe write some provisions for circumstances like this into the rule itself.

Ah, the crane. The rule clearly states that if a car is deemed by the race director to be in a dangerous place, and the engine is still running, and the car is still able to propel itself safely when on a proper surface, the crane must lift it out of the way, and replace it onto the track. To have left the car in that dangerous position (to suggest it wasn't dangerous would be foolish) would be a contravention of the rule in itself. Anyway, the amount of discussion this issue has generated is disproportional since Lewis didn't actually score in the end anyway. It's not as if it cost anyone any points, so what's the bother with it?

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posted Nov 20, 2007

Hamilton was the only one who slid off their to keep his engine running - pretty cool when all the other mutton heads were far more experienced. Shame he didn't score a few points - using his head deserved something! And it was obviously dangerous!

Slawda - you need to pay attention a bit more during the race - it's not rocket science... have a nice g'day

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posted Jan 7, 2008

"I also have never seen that either, what someone mentioned - about that crane helping Hamilton out! What the hell was that? Since when was it allowed, unless the car can recover on it's own from the sand pits, it should be out. As if it wasn't a dangerous move safety wise either. Everyone down here (Australia) was thinking what the hell was that??"

Cheating. It was the subsequent overtaking of the entire field under yellow which made me laugh.

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