As I understand the reason for Hamilton's disqualification is not about who passed who but about what they told the stewards at the time and if they said something that wasn't the truth to make sure they got 3rd place, surely they have to be penalised for that.

I think that the FIA need to have a lot more transparency on these matters!!

Yet more FIA red tape overshadowing Formula 1 :mad:
They have to be more precise and faster in making and letting the public know about what is going on, otherwise it does F1 more damage than good yet again :thumbdown:

I don't care why he was disqualified, and infact they won't tell us, all they tell us is "new evidence came to light" or similar. What bollox. Just tell us what the crack is FFS.

G

totally agree with that, it's like the diffuser issue. Why wait for the first grand prix to allow teams to protest, and why wait so long for the hearing. Surely the FIA KNEW there will be a protest and KNEW there would be a hearing so they COULD have taken preventive measuers and had the hearing this week...

Now for the funny part, IF the hearing concludes that the diffusers are illegal, then the podium for Australia will be 1 Alonso, 2 Buemi, 3 Bourdais. I think that'd be funny and would possibly make Buemi the youngest driver to get on the podium and certainly the youngest to make a podium on his debut...

the way i see it the information lewis didn't give was not relevent anyway...

he could of told them he farted on lap 42 but there was no fucking nead
i think there a bunch of job's worth's this will spoil another f1 season with shit decissions being made all the time ...

Its all rubbish isn't it? And even as a die hard F1 fan makes me want to say bollox to it all. :(

G

Will the Melbourne Podium ever get finalised :lol:

The only person making any money out of this will be the engravers :lol:

this makes things clear fabs

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/moto...ne/7978186.stm

pmsl @ kecky

Sorry officer, I farted and thought I'd followed through, so I slowed down a bit, and had a squirm around in seat to see if it was just warm or if it was wet too...... :lol:

G

Sorry officer, i only put my head down for a 'confirmation sniff', and only took my eyes off the track for a second :lol:

Quote from JT:

"I think the FIA was clever enough to understand the situation."

Well JT, if only you had been bloody clever enough to keep it on the black shiz under safety car conditions, none of this bollox would have happened.

10 - 4 good buddy, over and out.

G

http://en.f1-live.com/f1/en/headline...02130159.shtml

What about that one?

I think the fact that Mc Laren do not appeal the decision speaks for itself.

Surely it is the stewards job to find out what happened. They are supposed to watch every second of the race and make decisions, not after the even say sorry mate we were watching porno channel 7, tell us what happened.
There should have been no need for the teams to be questioned about a simple overtaking manouver under yellw flags.
Next time Lewis just say sorry bstewards I dont remember anything.

The problem i think they are having is they are worried about decisions based upon what they deem to be the rules, only to have problems after the race. They gave back the position when race control couldn't give them an answer at the moment in time due to being too busy to respond to the question. There is no point in appealing now as they have reviewed new information and made their decision, besides, you know McLaren never get help from the FIA(T) :p

And when Jean Todt takes over from Mad Max.......RIP McLaren ;)

This has a crazier plot than Allo Allo....

JT falls off the track... Hamilton passes
Hamilton gives the place back...... JT Passes....
Stewards say JT passed under a safety car, so Hamilton moves up....
Stewards now say it was Hamiltons fault..... DQ

As far as I am concerned, the two drivers sorted it out on the track....

This just makes watching F1 a load of Wank, when the race is finished, you should know the finishing order by the time they hit the podium, thats like watching a rugby match, then waiting a week for the results... Stewrds decision is final, and no need for tinkering after, by the FIA...

Cue the conspiracy theorists and the 'I hate Ferrari' groups...

Just been reading that Malaysia's infamous tropical weather announced its arrival at the Sepang International Circuit with impeccable timing on Thursday.
Ok nothing new in wet racing....but Brawn have only tested in the DRY
this should be a good indicator of how good the car is if they can adapt in just 2 days

Couldn't agree more... Both the original sentence on Trulli and Hamilton's disqualification are very harsh indeed. Trulli didn't intend to pass Hamilton under yellow flags but got a 25s penalty for that which is a lot considering that the safety car pulled out at the end of the last lap, and I'm sure Hamilton didn't mean to deceive the stewards. The original classification was just fine...