[Henry Schmidt]

WOW, talk about manipulation, your statement reeks of it.

Originally Posted by 911teo

Henry

you are quite good at manipulating the truth to home in your points but there are a few imprecisions in what you said:

- Kimi is a good driver (my favourite in fact) but the last 4 years really show how Alonso is so far been the better of the 2.
What I said was "First they trade away the fastest driver in F1, Kimi." any real F1 aficionado has to agree with that statement. I'll leave the definition of good, better , best to the more Solomon among us. Most sports are multifaceted, and F1 is no different. Some drivers have great car control, some run well in the rain and other are best with the best equipment (engine, chassis or tyres.) When it comes to pure speed Kimi rocks.

- McLaren did not steal. A Ferrari employee presented a McLaren employee with some information regarding Ferrari.
Now this one lacks any original thought. If you rob a bank with inside help, it is still a " bank robbery"
Stepney is incapable of freely giving what he doesn't own. In criminal law, McLaren is guilty of receiving stolen property at a minimum and conspiracy to commit grand theft and industrial espionage if they asked Stepney to steel it.
Receiving stolen property is a specific intent crime and to claim that McLaren or their agent was unaware that the material was stolen is just plain silly.

- McLaren has always given both drivers equal treatment. What's the point in hiring the best talent in F1 not to give him a best shot. I think you forget who the main shareholder at McLaren is... And if you think Mercedes Benz is willing to throw away million of dollars of investments so that a rookie Brit can possibly win the championship then you are being played by the press
What I believe is that McLaren/ Ron Dennis has a responsibility to his team and his drivers to embolden them to excellence. They failed by not giving Fred the confidence that he was receiving a "fair shake".
- The last 2 races are still filled with interesting facts and coincidences/mistakes that allowed the deserving Kimi to win the title. It is easy to say that Ham crumbled under the pressure... but the truth sometimes is not the most obvious.
[color=blue][b] The truth is it, cool. I was wondering who was keeping the truth this week. All hale the "keeper of the truth". All kidding aside, all we can do is analyze the evidence we have. The truth is probably hidden somewhere in the haze.
They should have disqualified the drivers when they took away the points to the team... but hey... F1 needs the spectators and fans to watch so that the sponsors are happy...
So.... Hamster losing the title because he gets all of a sudden scared/excited/stupid is a believable way to end it... and everybody is happy.
Hambones lost because in the last 2 races he wasn't good enough to get the points he needed to win. No car failure, no lack of talent and no conspiracy. He just couldn't rise to the occasion. Will he ? we'll see.

Let's see what happens next year...

Something tells me though that none of the top drivers (oh well maybe Alonso, depending on where he ends up) are going to have on of those nice "you cannot race me, mate" contracts that were in vogue at Ferrari a couple of years ago....
Hopefully next year will be just like this year. Teams competing at the highest level with people who bring their human frailties to the grid with them.

Anyway glad this season is over and glad the tilte stayed with Kimi.