Ferrari Mailing List: Re: F1 SPOILER

[clyde (clyderomero]

Bottom line FA blew up how and why it doesn't matter
And the results have changed the run for the F-1 championship


Clyde
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-----Original Message-----
From: "Dennis Liu" <BigHeadDennis [at] earthlink.net>
Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2006 08:21:43 
To:clyde <clyderomero [at] worldnet.att.net>
Cc:"'The FerrariList'" <ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com>
Subject: Re: [Ferrari] F1 SPOILER

Grahame wrote:

>But even if it was true that Fernando was unfairly penalised the 5 places
for the qualifying issue, it seemed far more obvious to me that he should
have been penalised early in the race when he was overtaking (can't remember
who it was) but had not completed the overtaking manoeuvre before he cut the
chicane and moved ahead. To me it seemed that he got a clear advantage over
the other car by cutting the chicane, and should have relinquished the place
immediately, which he did not do, and when he did not do this, he should
have been given some form of penalty, such as a drive-through, which would
have really exaggerated his bad afternoon. Do you perhaps think that the
stewards were feeling a little embattled after the furore over the Massa
incident, such that they let this one go through to the keeper???

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That's a pretty good theory, Grahame.  I'd add that the situation is
complicated by the fact that Schumacher did the same thing in Hungary, and
HE wasn't penalized.  So if the stewards imposed a penalty on Alonso,
Renault could and would immediately cite the discrepancy.  Keep in mind too
that, arguably, Alonso was already ahead when he entered the chicane, and
when he exited, he hadn't passed anyone else.  Now, I don't especially
believe that, but it's probably enough of a gray area that the stewards
could muddy it up and give Alonso the leeway.  Especially, as Grahame points
out, since they were already being criticized for favoring Schumacher over
Alonso.

Vty,

--Dennis

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