Ferrari Mailing List: Re: Semi SPOILER: Another take on Hamilton

[Rick Lindsay (rolindsay]

Please Tom.  This IS Formula 1. :-P

rick

--- Tom Reynolds <kjtar [at] cox.net> wrote:

> >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
>
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