Ferrari Mailing List: Re: NFC: Hamilton loses license

[Tom Reynolds (kjtar]

Well, if Dennis is responsible for the team's actions (or is it Whitmarsh?) 
then whoever bears the "buck stops here" responsibility should probably be 
fired, as an act of contrition, if for no other reason.  I think Max pretty 
much set that train of thought in motion the other day when he said he found it 
hard to believe that Dennis didn't know more about what was going on than he's 
admitted to.  But, hey, it's McLaren's problem now.  I just hope Alonso has a 
competitive car to race, it would be fun to see Massa, Rakionnen, Alonso, and 
maybe a few others have a nice tight race for the Championship next year.
Oh, and Bubba, it wasn't the Germans who bombed Pearl Harbor, or Pearl Bailey, 
either.  Think that was Lemont Cranston.  
:)
Best,
TominTulsa
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  Hey Tom: I guess the answer is about who's really running the McLaren show. 
Is it Ron Dennis, or Norbert Haug? Let me guess. I've never trusted the Germans 
ever since they bombed Pearl Harbor. Or was it Pearl Bailey?

  Yer pal in history, Ferrari Bubba


  -----Original Message-----
  From: Tom Reynolds <kjtar [at] cox.net
  Subject: [Ferrari] NFC: Hamilton loses license


>From Crash.net:
(From http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/25122007/23/hamilton-loses-licence.html)
Hamilton loses licence.
Tue 25 Dec, 12:45 PM



French speeding ticket sees F1 ace lose licence for a month. 

Lewis Hamilton has been banned from driving for a month after being caught 
speeding on a French motorway. 

The McLaren Mercedes driver was clocked at nearly 200km/h near the town of Laon 
on Sunday, with police fining him 600 euros and confiscating his car - which 
has 
since been collected on his behalf. 

"He was very polite and co-operative," a French police spokesman told Reuters. 

Hamilton finished second to Kimi Raikkonen in the Formula 1 standings after the 
best rookie season in F1 history.

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Now, of course that brings up the question of what kind of car Lewis was 
driving, which, oddly, wasn't mentioned in the above story.  But, wait, there's 
more...and some more detail.  It was a Mercedes of some sort.



Lewis Hamilton banned from driving
(From http://cars.uk.msn.com/news/car_news_article.aspx?cp-documentid=7024900)

By Ian Dickson
December 18 2007
Formula One star Lewis Hamilton has had his licence suspended after being 
caught 
driving at 40mph above the speed limit in northern France.

Hamilton, who was driving at 122mph on the French autoroute near the town of 
Laon on Sunday, was banned for a month.

Police also fined him Â429 and detained his Mercedes. A police spokesman told 
The Guardian newspaper: "He was very polite and cooperative." Hamilton has 
since 
had his car collected from the police compound.

The rookie McLaren driver narrowly missed out on the World Driver's 
Championship 
to Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen, and came second in this year's BBC Sports 
Personality of the Year.

He recently appeared on Top Gear, where he posted the fourth fastest time in 
the 
Star in a Reasonably-Priced Car segment, only a few tenths of a second behind 
the Stig, despite driving on an oily and greasy track. 

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And, finally (third time lucky?) we have a story posted at: 
http://www.edmunds.com/insideline/do/News/articleId=124023

PARIS - Lewis Hamilton, rookie star for the McLaren-Mercedes Formula 1 team 
this 
year, has had his driver license suspended in France after being stopped for 
speeding at 123 mph on the northern French A26 highway last weekend.

Hamilton was driving, bien entendu, a Mercedes-Benz CLK, which was confiscated 
by the police officers who stopped him near Laon, about 85 miles northeast of 
Paris. His speed of 196 km/h (123 mph) was well above the posted speed limit of 
130 km/h (80 mph). He was driven back to his hotel by police and received a 
mandatory fine of about $865 and had his license to drive in France suspended 
for a month.

A McLaren spokesman was quoted by the Times of London today as saying 
Hamilton's 
professional driving would not be affected by the penalty.



Lewis, practicing for the upcoming season already?  

Best to all,

Tom Reynolds

Tulsa, OK

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