F1

[Apache]

This hilarious. F1 is becoming a sport similar to wrestling!

Poor old Lewis! Wins the race fair and square, then has it taken away from him in order to keep the points tally as close as possible down to the last race in order to maximise viewer figures so the crown-toppered dwarf can line his pockets deeper to help out Tamara's TV career.

Bless her, she's fit enough to host a mens interest program in her own right. She doesn't need Bernie's fiddling. Unless she's not his of course (you gotta wonder how she came from his loins) and he fiddles with her on another level...

Anyway, I digress. Why dont they penalise Raikkonen for using the run off tarmac as a clean slingshot? He gained loads of speed coming around there? Its a farce! Its been a farce for a good ten years now, which is why my interest has waned.

Personally, I couldn't be assed emailing. We're the ordinary people. They're worth billions, and here we are whining over injustice. They wont be hurt by this. They'll still make their millions. We just lose a quid by texting our displeasure. Its no different to 'pop idol' or 'big brother'

[MattF]

Quite true. It probably won't make a jot of difference.

However, when you have interest in one sport alone and live in a country where they try their damnedest to take away any residue of national pride we may have left, I'd rather be classed as a whinging pussy than quietly let probably the only opportunity we may get to see a world champion in this country from that sport for god knows how many years to come get fu**ed over by the twisted, beaurocratic thieving bast*ards that manage to make life a misery on a daily basis in every other bl00dy area of life, i.e: politicians and corporations.

Is there no longer any area that is even partially safe from the grasping greed of the upper echelons?

[Chillitt]

I, like many others I expect, am watching the highlights on ITV, ironic that this will boost the viewing figures, giving em even more money...

[BioHazard]

Hmmmmmm the plot thickens.............

McLaren: FIA told us we were 'okay'

By Jonathan NobleTuesday, September 9th 2008, 15:09 GMT

McLaren have revealed that they were told twice by FIA race officials during the Belgian Grand Prix that Lewis Hamilton had given back the race lead to Kimi Raikkonen in an 'okay' manner.
With the team confirming on Tuesday that they were pressing ahead with their appeal against Hamilton's 25-second penalty for gaining an unfair advantage, McLaren's F1 CEO Martin Whitmarsh claims that the team enquired twice with Race Control whether or not their driver had acted in a legitimate manner.
Hamilton was given the penalty after cutting across the Bus Stop chicane while attempting to pass Kimi Raikkonen for the lead with three laps to go.
Whitmarsh said: "From the pit wall, we then asked Race Control to confirm that they were comfortable that Lewis had allowed Kimi to repass, and they confirmed twice that they believed that the position had been given back in a manner that was 'okay'.
"If Race Control had instead expressed any concern regarding Lewis's actions at that time, we would have instructed Lewis to allow Kimi to repass for a second time."
Hamilton has confirmed that he definitely backed off as he exited the chicane to allow Raikkonen to retake the lead, prior to choosing to make a move at La Source hairpin.
"In the closing stages of the race I was catching Kimi consistently, lap by lap, and with three laps remaining I got close enough to attempt to overtake him on the entry to the last chicane," he said.
"I managed to get slightly ahead of him in the braking area for the first apex of the chicane. He fought back approaching the second apex - but, in doing so, he left no room for me on the inside line. The only way for me to avoid a collision was therefore to cut inside the second apex.
"I came out of the second apex in front of Kimi and so I momentarily lifted-off on the straight, to ensure that Kimi got back in front. The team also came on the radio and instructed me to allow Kimi to repass, which I had already done. As a result, Kimi crossed the start/finish line ahead of me and 6.7 km/h quicker than me.
"After allowing Kimi to completely repass, I crossed from the left side of the track to the right side of the track, passing behind Kimi in the process. I then attacked Kimi on the inside of the first corner, and successfully outbraked him."