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Stewards to investigate Alonso
Topic Started: Aug 4 2007, 03:45 PM (241 Views)
Paul_Murtagh
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Autosport.com - Stewards investigating Alonso hold-up

The Hungarian Grand Prix stewards are reviewing the incident involving Fernando Alonso and Lewis Hamilton during Saturday's qualifying.

Alonso took a controversial pole position from teammate Hamilton after the rookie was unable to complete his final flying lap due to the Spaniard delaying his exit from the pitlane.

The two-time champion was waved to get going by his mechanics, but he stood still for some 10 seconds while Hamilton waited behind him. The delay meant Hamilton was unable to complete his final run in time.

After qualifying, the FIA decided to investigate the incident, and team boss Ron Dennis was called by the stewards.

The stewards also asked to review the radio communications related to that pitstop.


Will he go unpunished, or will the stewards demote him down the grid?

Add to this the Fisichella-Yamamoto incident, and the stewards have had a busy day!
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Is blocking in the pits covered by the no blocking rule? Anyway it depends on the radio messages. If they contain lines like "Fernando, what the hell are you waiting for? Go!" we might have a problem.
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Let's not hope that the radios weren't interrupted by any local taxi firms

'Fernando, will you...............Driver 34 will you pick up at Beckett's Irish bar. Two people going to the Danue Bar. Over..................now. Lewis is waiting'
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Stewards at the Hungarian grand prix on Saturday afternoon were investigating why Lewis Hamilton ran out of time to defend his provisional pole position.

Anticipating the development, it is understood that McLaren boss Ron Dennis personally escorted Fernando Alonso's physiotherapist Fabrizio Borra to FIA officials here in Budapest.

It is believed that Borra, despite the fact that the lollipop was raised and mechanics were ushering the Spaniard's car out of the pit box, gave Alonso a signal when enough time had elapsed so as to cause team-mate Hamilton to run out of time to complete his out lap in the dying minutes of qualifying.


Despite the McLaren one-two on Saturday, Dennis and Hamilton's father Anthony were a picture of fury after the incident, while championship leader Hamilton said: "It definitely needs a good explanation.

"I will definitely ask the team when I go back and have the debrief.

"Your guess is as good as mine," the Briton told reporters. "I'm not angry, I'm curious as to what's gone on."
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"Your guess is as good as mine," the Briton told reporters. "I'm not angry, I'm curious as to what's gone on."

To be fair, i'd be curious too....but i'd also be VERY ANGRY!!!!

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Alonso is innocent, at least according to 5 Live F1. The reason he didn't move when the lollipop went up was according to Ron because his engineer was holding him with a countdown.

Radio chat backs this up. So unless the stewards have something else it looks like it's a bit of an unfortunate mess up.
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ppparkinson9,Aug 4 2007
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Alonso is innocent, at least according to 5 Live F1. The reason he didn't move when the lollipop went up was according to Ron because his engineer was holding him with a countdown.

Radio chat backs this up. So unless the stewards have something else it looks like it's a bit of an unfortunate mess up.

Very interesting. So why was Ron going buck mad on the pit wall then? Surely he could hear the conversation between them had he switched to Alonso's radio

If this is true, then Ron owes Alonso and his compatriot he had a go at on the pit wall an apology. And if I was Fernando, I would want a public apology because Ron made his feeling known publicly
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Maurice Hamilton suggest that Ron, ever the perfectionist as he put it, lost it when he saw the complete balls up that was going on.

Of course, you might choose not to believe that, but if the radio backs up the story, there's nothing the stewards can do.
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So does story mean it was yet another strategy that Macca have cocked up this season and not the driver's fault?

I don't see what the fuss is about from a team point of view - they both qualified on the front row and look untouchable on pace
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Well, it might be difficult for McLaren to keep things in perspective at the moment.
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So, now that it turns out that Lewis was in the wrong, is he the one who's going to be investigated, for disobeying team orders.
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Aren't team orders banned? <think>
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Only during the race. Regulations:

Section 39) THE RACE

39.1 Team orders which interfere with a race result are prohibited.

This shows up nowhere in Section 33) Qualifying
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Rob,Aug 4 2007
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Aren't team orders banned? <think>

With regards to results, yes. With regards to quali strategy, no. McLaren want both drivers to get the maximum results possible. If 1 driver is selfish enough to ignore the strategy to enable this, he is in the wrong. This is a whole different ball game to deciding who wins a race.

IMHO, it appears that Lewis has been used to having his own way so far, and after things went wrong at the last GP, is throwing his toys out of his pram to try to stay ahead. Originally, I thought Alonso was doing this, but having been furnished with the facts, I can see that Lewis is just desperate after watching his lead erroded.

Whatever, on the bright side, Ferrari are nowhere. <clap> <clap> <clap>
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