Hamilton

[cant-weld-wood]

listen to this report

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsport/7604776.stm

also found a clip from in side lewis hamiltons carand shows more clearly how quick he caught up with him at the bus stop and when he let him pass

 

[cant-weld-wood]

here is the video.

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x6ovii_wwwformula
and a appeal to sign

http://www.petitiononline.com/mod_perl/ ... gi?belgp08

 

[Losos]

Like many people have said, F1 for me has lost all it's former glory and excitement.

I can remember many years ago seeing some genuine racing from the likes of Jackie Stewart etc. more recently Schumacher did keep my interest alive but now as someone said 'the suits' are all over the organisation and there is just too much money involved, it's not about racing now.

BTW it's a bit before my time but for real dicing on the track you have to go back to Mike Hawthorn and Jim Clarke both of whom sadly died at a youngish age.

 

[Gower]

Back in the last century, I was admonished by the stewards after a club race for spinning. They said I was trying too hard! To my knowledge, none of them had actually raced on a circuit. I'm not having a dig at volunteers (I've had my fair share of rain running down the back of my neck on the outer reaches of some water logged circuit) but some can get a bit over officious. I've been replaying the video link supplied by Cant-weld-wood and I still think it was a great bit of driving that thoroughly deserved a win.

Cheers,
Gower :shock:

 

[cant-weld-wood]

news on the f1 web site reports from f1 drivers at the race say the penalty was to harsh.
so its sit and wait to wot happens next

 

[andycktm]

multi-million-zillion pound industry and the marshalls are Volunteers p*** take or
what? :lol: :lol:

 

[cant-weld-wood]

Formula One drivers agreed on Thursday that Lewis Hamilton had taken advantage from jumping a chicane at the Belgian Grand Prix, although some reckon the penalty was perhaps too hard.

"What happened is that he took an advantage by cutting the chicane," said Ferrari's Felipe Massa, who inherited the win after Hamilton was given a 25-second penalty after the race.

"You can ask drivers how many overtaking moves you see there.

"None between the last corner and the first corner, because there is such a small straight there. That is my opinion and it doesn't change."


Williams driver Nico Rosberg added: "He did have an advantage because he would not be so close if he had not cut the chicane but the penalty was a bit harsh as it did not have a big result in the end result. But it won't stop us from trying to attack definitely."

Toyota's Jarno Trulli agreed that the penalty may have been too harsh.

Giancarlo Fisichella added: "I just seen pictures so difficult for me to say if it is right or not what happened. For sure maybe he took a small advantage that is why he had the possibility to overtake him again in braking for Turn One, but obviously 25 seconds penalty was quite a strong penalty."

Thursday, 11 September 2008, 17:57 GMT

Formula One teams signed off the Articles of Association for the new Formula One Teams' Association (FOTA) in Monza on Thursday.

The new group is hoping to bring unity among the teams as moves are made to formulate new rules and increase excitement in the sport.

Ferrari president Luca di Montezemolo has been appointed as the first chairman of FOTA, with Toyota president John Howett the vice-chairman.

Three separate commissions have been set up. A Sporting Working Group, headed by McLaren F1 CEO Martin Whitmarsh, a Technical Working Group headed by Honda team principal Ross Brawn and a Commercial Working Group headed by Renault boss Flavio Briatore.

FOTA has vowed to work together with the FIA and F1's commercial rights holders to help improve the sport.

In a statement issued on Thursday, he said: "FOTA is committed to the development of Formula One and will work together with FIA and the Commercial Rights Holder to enhance the spectacle of the sport whilst reducing cost and increasing revenue."

perhaps this might make a difference but one of the ferrari presidents is on the team.
just hope and pray

 

[Smudger]

What is worrying is that of the three stewards of the meeting, one is a race promoter, one is Alan Donnelly (Max Mosley's representative, works as a PR consultant for Ferrari) and the third is Surindar Thathi, once a rally navigator in Kenya. It seems to have been Thathi (who publicly stated that Sebastien Loeb's rally team should force him to get a haircut and shave and wear 'smart' clothes) who took the decision, which he is now blabbing about all over the world's press, making jokes about being popular in Italian restaurants...

Like I said before, a multi-billion dollar industry presided over by jokes in blazers. Not one of them has a second's experience in Formula One, none of them have any experience at all of racing.