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What the hell is your problem?
Its a bit too much I guess. I partially agree that 25s penalty imposed on Hamilton in Belgian GP seems a bit harsh. Mind you, that this was completely under the rules of FIA. My problem is with extreme reactions of media about the whole incident. Media is giving it a shade of racism, which is hysterical. Mclaren has constantly blamed stewards of partiality when it comes to their car against the scarlet. Media has gone one step further to point out that Massa escaped with a fine in Valencia after the unsafe release from pits incident; while Hamilton was effectively handed a post race stop-go penalty. You have to see both the incidents to understand their intensities. Besides, the two concerned incidents took place at different locations, the offenses were completely different so there is no point relating them.
If Hamilton is claiming that he did not commit the offense, he is lying. He DID come out ahead of Kimi from the corner. Then backed off and again overtook. This counts as an offense, as for a teeny-tiny second, he hindered Kimi’s track. Hamilton later said ‘Kimi pushed me wide. I was little bit ahead and I was on the outside of turn. He pushed me to the point where I would either have been on the kerb and crashed into him or have to go on escape route, so I took the escape route.’ You see Lewis, there is this thing where you keep your foot while driving…thats called brake pedal. Use it once in a while when you are about to crash into somebody. This guy does not even consider backing off as an option. I admire his spirit, but that cost him his 1st place.
What surprised me the most was Niki Lauda’s recent outburst. I was expecting an attack on the rule itself, but instead he blasted the stewards for their decision.
If you are pointing out the absurdity of the rule itself, I have no problem. The rule is not properly formulated, but its a rule and you have to follow it.
Today’s DNA Pune edition has an article written by Dhananjay Khadilkar titled ‘Was Hamilton a victim of colour blindness?’ in which he says ‘This is a pointer to a widely held perception in Formula 1- red car always rules.’ Here we go again. Media must relearn their formulae of extrapolation and should know where to stop. While giving an example, Mr Khadilkar states ‘Last year too, FIA imposed a hefty fine of $100mn on Mclaren for their role in the spy scandal that involved Ferrari.’ How the hell is this thing related to the other? And speaking of scandal, it is quite clear that Mclaren got off with a good deal. I mean when the team’s boss accepts in front of live media that ‘Yes, we did it!’, I was surprised that FIA even considered letting them compete this year. They should have been banned for 5 yrs. And $100mn was just a moral victory for Ferrari, the sum meant nothing to them. They showed that by using the entire sum for charity under Schumi’s guidance. So media should stop bringing that up every now and then, even Ron Dennis agrees that it was fair. So what the hell is your problem?