Formula 1 got it all wrong - McLaren’s Hamilton Spa appeal ruled inadmissible
F1, Moto Sports Add commentsF1 and FIA announce today that they are not going to hear at the hearing that they can’t hear the hearing that was supposed to he heard at the hearing about the Lewis Hamilton pass that was allowed by the track stewards, then over-rules after the event by the FIA after the race.
This time the FIA has gone to far and just made themselves look like a bunch of clowns. While Lewis and McLlaren won’t say it, I will, the FIA has for years looked like three monkeys f*****g a football, and today they look even dumber than ever.
“However, the Court rejected McLaren’s right to appeal, citing Paragraph 5 of Article 152 of the International Sporting Code, which states: “Penalties of driving through or stopping in pit lanes together with certain penalties specified in FIA Championship regulations where this is expressly stated, are not susceptible to appeal.”
LINK :: F1 website - McLaren’s Hamilton Spa appeal ruled inadmissible
I would disagree with the call on the FIA’s part. I am a fan of F1 and this is bad for the sport. hands down! So to the FIA I give you “two fingers”, and hope you keep destroying the sport with your bad calls and what appears to me to be favoritism towards anyone but McLaren. If you don’t like them in F1 then just ban them and get them out of it all together.
The problem with trying to keep down Lewis is just that, you can’t keep him down. He has been in this position before in his life and come back like a demon out of hell. Lewis can drive the pants off that car most weekends. For proof all you need to do is watch him in his karting years, being penalized, starting fromt he back, aginst all odds and making it to the front in what is some pretty stout competition.\
Lewis Hamilton is number 44
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September 23rd, 2008 at 2:04 pm
Hi David,
I do not agree with you. He had an advantage with this shortcut and he would never had the chance to overtake at that point. If he would have overtaken after eau rouge then everything would be ok. He was faster and he could overtake Kimi later on for sure, but that was not ok what he did at the corner on the track.
September 23rd, 2008 at 2:15 pm
@Mattias - He backed off and got behind Kimi, then of course McLaren asked the SPA stewards if he had done enough when he overran the corner. They responded YES, which should be taken into consideration by the FIA since they hire the stewards.
I would have preferred Lewis stay behind Kimi for a few turns. He was so much faster.
I would rather argue F1 than politics any day. Thanks for the post.
September 23rd, 2008 at 5:00 pm
David, “allowed by the track stewards” is something that does not exist, track stewards are not supposed to allow anything, they might as well have asked some spectator in the stands. And if you read carefully you see that race control said that his conduct “*appeared* to be within the rules”. When they later heard the stewards they concluded that said conduct was not within the rules.
Regulations are pretty clear, and are approved by the teams.