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Originally Posted by Joeaksa
And when other teams are caught doing the same thing nothing happens.
Does anyone see two sets of rules here and McLaren gets screwed everytime while if its Ferarri or other team the FIA looks the other way??!!
Excuse me? What did Hamilton have to do with the illegal doings? Fernando and de la Rosa were knee deep in it and nothing happened to them.
The FIA is after Ron Dennis and fair treatment or law be dammed!
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IMHO: the issue of fuel temperature is a matter of storage techniques. If the stewards would have found equipment specifically designed to cool the fuel, a penalty would have and should have been imposed.
In the absence of specific intent there is no crime just an inadvertent infraction.
In the case of using an extra set a tires, the team specifically intended to gain competitive advantage by scrubbing an extra set of rains. McLaren was one of the teams caught cheating.
If my premise is correct it seems that Hambone/McLaren got the real break. Had all infractions been penalized by disqualification then Hambone would have finished 3rd in the WC .
Conspiracy theories aside, this years real story is the complete meltdown of a once great team. Vodafone McLaren Mercedes
First they trade away the fastest driver in F1, Kimi. Then they get caught stealing, using, then lying about Ferrari technical data. Next in the Petry dish of team politics, a world champion (Fred) resorts to blackmail to rectify a perception of unfair and unequal treatment. Finally their phenom rookie throws the world championship away because McLaren couldn't keep him calm enough to utilize a very basic strategy.
To add insult to injury, McLaren hires top litigators (the last resort when reason fails) to try to do in a court what their drivers couldn't do on the track.
They (Dennis and the whole McLaren team) showed the world their ass and by my way if thinking they should be ashamed.
As for the Rookie Phenom (Hambone short for bone head) he is on track to be just another flash. He is now tied with Villenuve for 2nd in the WC in his rookie year. Villenuve scored 4 victories in his first year and if not for a wheel falling off would have won the WC.. Hambone also four victories, lost the WC by his own failure. Villenuve won the WC the next year and then proceeded to fade into obscuraty. Then we have everyones favorate, another Brit, Jenson Button who showed great promise and that is a promise not kept.
Before we call Hammy the next Shumacher let's remmember how good he (Shumy) really was / is.
Races 250
Points 1369
Wins 91 (36.40%)
WC Titles 7
Poles 69 (27.60%)
Retirements 53
Podiums 154 (61.60%)
Nov 14 2007
Shumy quickest at Circuit de Catalunya for the second day in a row, after not driving for a full year.