How they messed up F1

[BoredBloke]

Good games in leeds? That'll be a no then

I'm hoping this week will be better than the last

Saturday - exhaust dropped off the car, the back box swung under the car, lifting the wheel off the road. Not a problem as I was going slow at the time, but I was on my way to the motorway where I wouldn't have been.

After spending close on £200, The clutch went on Monday. After having it dropped off and while I was making my way back home I got a call from the wife who had to be admitted for a biopsy. That sparked a few days of driving her pug over to Leeds and back and then into Manchester and back.

On Thursday the sprog was sent home from school after chucking up his breakfast everywhere.

[gingerjedi]

Nice to see that Alonso has already chipped in with his thoughts on the appeal:

I'm not sure whether Alonso was supposed to get preferential treatment or not but he has consistently used underhand tactics to try and gain an advantage all season, this is just sour grapes if you ask me.

[TheFaQQer]

I'm not sure whether Alonso was supposed to get preferential treatment or not but he has consistently used underhand tactics to try and gain an advantage all season, this is just sour grapes if you ask me.

I think it's him recognizing that the guy who wins the most races probably deserves to be champion, rather than the one who is more consistent and driving a car that has been ripped off from the leading competitor.

And Hamilton started the argument in Hungary by refusing to allow Alonso the clear run in qualifying, which is where the retaliation started.

[wendigo100]

Good games in leeds? That'll be a no then

I'm hoping this week will be better than the last

Saturday - exhaust dropped off the car, the back box swung under the car, lifting the wheel off the road. Not a problem as I was going slow at the time, but I was on my way to the motorway where I wouldn't have been.

After spending close on £200, The clutch went on Monday. After having it dropped off and while I was making my way back home I got a call from the wife who had to be admitted for a biopsy. That sparked a few days of driving her pug over to Leeds and back and then into Manchester and back.

On Thursday the sprog was sent home from school after chucking up his breakfast everywhere.

Good grief, watching Leeds would be a pleasure after that lot! Hope you get some better luck mate.

[gingerjedi]

I think it's him recognizing that the guy who wins the most races probably deserves to be champion, rather than the one who is more consistent and driving a car that has been ripped off from the leading competitor.

And Hamilton started the argument in Hungary by refusing to allow Alonso the clear run in qualifying, which is where the retaliation started.

So why bother giving points for 2nd, 3rd 4th etc etc? All credit to Raikkonen but I really do think Alonso has a bit of 'Dick Dastardly' about him and he has been the main protagonist when using dirty tactics be it holding Hamilton up during qualifying or blackmailing his own boss!

[lilelvis2000]

IMHO - Maclaren should have selected at the half way point one driver to win the championship and gone with it. Perhaps they did and it wasn't Alonso and he was about to spill the beans on the "spying" data...who knows.

Now the question is, where wil Alonso go? BMW? back to Renault (big mistake I figure), Williams?

[AtW]

Alonso is the right ***t - he should have let Hamilton ahead in the last race since he was losing it anyway.

[lilelvis2000]

Alonso could have pulled over but how? "Team orders" are not allowed. And Hamilton was one lap down. Alonso would have had to come to complete stop on the penultimate lap.

Sorry but Maclaren buggered it with their nonsensical three stop race.

'course ITV (aka the Lewis Hamilton Racing fan club channel) couldn't understand that.


What makes my head shake is that Jenson Button has constantly made the wrong moves in his career. Two years ago he should have gone with Williams, now look where he is. A Passat could outrun the car he's in.

[AtW]

Yes team orders are not allowed but if Alonso was any decent person he'd "crash" or something - it did not matter to him.

[TheFaQQer]

There was an interesting interview with David Coulthard earlier this season, when he was talking about the press coverage that the British drivers get at home. Lewis Hamilton said to him at one stage how hard it was, writing his autobiography. Coulthard responded "Surely it's easy - you've only got to cover one year?"

The way that the British media circus has moved on this year is impressive - last year they were talking about Button being sports personality of the year because he'd won his first race in about 100. Now - Jenson who??