After Davidson(?) apparently chickened out and gave him "the right of way", he probably thought the rule was already in there or something.I guess someone forgot to pass the memo saying "You are not allowed to race against Hamilton, let him pass for the championship" to Fisichella and Sato
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When you're racing for a spot, it's not appropriate and doesn't happen often.Yeah, because giving someone the finger in a slower car that has held you up is totally new to the sport
Why would anyone want to do that?
No-one said they haven't had bad races.
I remember Coulthard coming up with that and the classic british gesture for a "self pleasurer" when overtaking Schu.
I remember Coulthard coming up with that and the classic british gesture for a "self pleasurer" when overtaking Schu.
Yeah, I remember that too, which is why I said "not often"
It looks like neither Hamilton or Alonso were to blame for the accident, but rather Hamiltons front wing failed before the accident, that gave Hamilton an unusual burst of speed:
http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/66477
http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/66477
That's indeed possible, though that upper part of the wing mentioned is AFAIK there for better directing the air towards some other parts of the car, rather than downforce itself which should be from the main part of the wing. At least that's how they've explained the new style of wings that came around last season or the season before that, that the new part "above the wing" is just directing air to other places / more steady airflow than downforce.
They did have contact before the crash so this is entirely believable IMHO.
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I personally think it's just Mclaren covering their drivers mistakes once again... I'm not buying that for a second. Hamilton didn't notice anything wrong with his car until the crash, surely if this wing had a large effect, he would have noticed that something happened. It was 100% Hamiltons fault if you ask me, but bad things happen to most drivers once in a while so I wouldn't bury Hamilton just yet, although I must say that he has made horrible mistakes in the last five races. Kovalainen is really pushing him, which is a big surprise to me.
Not with Alonso at least, I think some other drivers name was mentioned somewhere but so far I haven't seen any video or anything backing this up
Then why did Dennis already tell everyone it was Hamiltons fault then.
Could it be because they have realised something did happen. I wonder.....
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Even if the broken wing did cause Hamilton's car to get a huge increase in acceleration, it was still his fault, because he broke it prior to that crash due to multiple errors starting with the errr... start.
Renault said that they have problems accelerating out of corners and when I watched the race and the replays, the only thought on my mind was that, it was Hamiltons fault, I think he had plenty of time to react and unlike he said, I didn't see Alonso making any questionable moves in front of him.
Perhaps they realised that there might be an excuse they could try to exploit...
The wing was not the reason, from videos and pictures one can see that the wing was damaged in 4th corner of the first lap, while the crash to Alonso was after 2nd laps 3rd corner - if the bit damaged wing had really caused something, it would have done so before
Well it would be quite easy to see if Hamilton had abnormally fast acceleration out of the corner if someone just looked at Hamilton's telemetry.
I suppose it was just a racing incident, surprising nevertheless.
Somehow Hamilton seemed a bit distracted throughout the weekend, he wasn't at his own level.
I suppose it was just a racing incident, surprising nevertheless.
Somehow Hamilton seemed a bit distracted throughout the weekend, he wasn't at his own level.
Who thinks BMW Sauber can win a race this season?
I think they might nick one from race leaders being in trouble (drivingmistakes or car problems)
Both second places that BMW have earned this season came after problems to kovalainen and massa mistake.
Maybe it is too early to say Why do many people say things will show up as you get to the European season?
I think they might nick one from race leaders being in trouble (drivingmistakes or car problems)
Both second places that BMW have earned this season came after problems to kovalainen and massa mistake.
Maybe it is too early to say
Why do many people say things will show up as you get to the European season?
Because we are about to go into the first major test of the season where the first significant (in-season) updates can be applied to the cars, with the additional knowledge of the data gleaned from the first three races. Additionally, these are not fly-away races, so the teams will be able to bring more parts to these races going on, allowing for less risk on trying out new components on the Friday tests.
Renault is setting themselves up for a big fall if the changes to the car for Spain don't pan out. I sure hope they do, but if they don't, Symonds and Bell are going to look the right fools.
http://www.formula1.com/news/headlines/2008/4/7627.html
http://www.formula1.com/news/headlines/2008/4/7627.html
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