Thing there was that all the teams spy on each other and steal data all the time, it's just something everyone accepts happens and doesn't bother to deal with. Then one day the fiaa suddenly get all heavy with McLaren and punish them massively. It's like doing Al Capone for tax evasion - just an excuse to punish someone you don't like...
yes they probably do spy in each other all the time, but the actions of nigel stepney were not authorised by ferrari. so mclaren had received masses of information about the ferrari and took and advantage from it. if i recall correctly aswell, mclaren wernt exactly setting the place on fire in winter testing for the 2007 season. it was ferrari who were quickest at most, if not all the tests.
and, like the situation now, mclaren people said they didnt have ferrari info, i.e. ron dennis, but then alonso blew the whislte and ron dennis then says he did have ferrari info. punishment was harsh as he tried to escape it
Couldn't disagree more with what you've said steo800.
Hamilton has been disqualified because McLaren were scared to get penalized, so let Trulli pass when infact Hamilton's pass during the yellow flag was legitimate.
If McLaren did not give the position back (But did due to their complete paranoia) then there would have been no issues.
This certainly does not warrent a DQ. The FIA suggested this was foul play when infact McLaren tried to ask the stewards during the race but were not responded to. Also the stewards have full access to team communications this year, McLaren had no need to provide an explination of their actions!
In almost all the incidents last year Hamilton was the better driver and the faster man. Dispite all the odds being against him, he still won the championship so you simply can't take that away from him.
thats fair enough that you disagree.
but that is mclarens side of the story. heres what trulli had to say
"When the safety car came out towards the end of the race Lewis passed me but soon after he suddenly slowed down and pulled over to the side of the road. I thought he had a problem so I overtook him as there was nothing else I could do"
so lewis tries to do the good thing, fair enough, but forces trulli to overtake him under yellows(entrapment if there were bad intentions), but the problem the fia have(from what i can gather) is that mclaren gave information to stewards after the race that didnt reflect the information that was given over the radio. more lies.
will be interesting to see what is said over the weekend, lets hope the bbc isnt as biased as utv was
The restrictions on aerodynamics are to allow the lesser funded teams to stand more of a chance. FIA's motive is to make the sport cheaper, greener, and closer between teams hence more competative. It doesn't take much to realize this equates to the cars being alot more similar!
As the evidence from the first race suggests, millions hasn't made a difference when you have little to invest it in. Brawn's car is largely UNTESTED and they finished 1st and 2nd.
Last season Ferrari and McLaren had massively different characteristics in wet, dry, tyre wear... this is really how I know that you have no idea what you're talking bout.
Again, get the facts right!
1) HAMILTONS PASS ON TRULLI WAS LEGITIMATE DURING YELLOW FLAG
2) TRULLI'S REPASS WAS NOT
Hamilton said on the radio that he thought the pass was legitimate and he was right, the team told him to conceed the position. It was the teams fault.
Because they DID let him past again, it has been deemed foul play. Reason being is because McLaren didn't come forward with this information above with all that was going on it was missed by the stewards.
Although McLaren did talk to the stewards whilst this happened but were too busy to answer them.
brawn's car is untested, but is highly developed, one of the most developed on the grid. development that had honda backing. and toyota were also at the front, and toyota are one of the higest funded teams in f1.
as i said before, penaltys and such are not taken as a light decisions. the fia have seen info we might not, and have acted on it.
head of fia max mosely UK
head of f1 bernie ecclstone UK
race director charlie whiting UK
mclaren UK
hamilton UK
if there was unfair treatment of mclaren, wouldnt be very patriotic would it?