Ferrari Mailing List: Semi SPOILER: Another take on Hamilton

[Tom Reynolds (kjtar]

>From the site whose URL I posted previously (with the pictures of the 
>Hungarian G.P.) comes this post on Hamilton vs Alonso, Ron Dennis, and etc.

"I'd almost agree with that except that Ron Dennis deserves Hamilton. Hamilton 
is essentially a creation of Dennis, he's been nurtured by McClaren since he 
was, what 11 years old. He gets dropped into a top car with total access to the 
telemetry of the best active racing driver in the world, and how does Hamilton 
repay his mentor? By defying team orders, insulting his mentor with profanity 
over the radio (that's why RD threw off his headset during the pit delay, not 
frustration with FA) and then protesting the qualification results to the 
stewards resulting in a disqualification of the team from Constructor's points.

To me, this is like the Frankenstein monster attacking its creator. RD thought 
he was getting some driver he had molded and could control and instead he's 
caught in a huge bind. He's probably going to lose Alonso and not be able to 
attract another top driver. And without FA to set up the car, we'll see the 
real Hamilton.

To me the ideal outcome is FA wins the WDC and takes the 1 Nose Cone back to 
Renault and Ferrari squeak out the Constructor's Championship by less than the 
margin of points that McClaren lost at Hungary.

Like I said, I've never seen anything in sports like this. If you're not 
familiar with F1, you really can't appreciate how low Hamilton is."

Didn't know that about the swearing, did know about Hamilton's fracturing of 
the team rules initially leading to Alonso's "retribution" but then Hamilton 
squealing, apparently, to the Stewards which resulted in no Constructor's 
points for McLaren in that race and Alonso being put back grid spots in the 
race.  Interesting take, sure there's "more to come".
Tom Reynolds
Tulsa, OK