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| Tweet Topic Started: Aug 4 2007, 06:09 PM (353 Views) | |
| Rams | Aug 4 2007, 06:09 PM Post #1 |
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From Autosport:
If he knew that it was Hamilton's fault, why was he so angry after the session?
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| Paul_Murtagh | Aug 4 2007, 06:20 PM Post #2 |
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So Ron's anger was directed at Lewis then or Alonso's mechanic? It seems that this espionage case is now starting to affect McLaren at the track. I hope for their sake they can keep focusing on the job and keep their double championship chances on-track |
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| Steelstallions | Aug 4 2007, 06:28 PM Post #3 |
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So the spin is that the engineer was telling him not to move whilst the lollypop man was telling him to move? I smell freshly laid from a prize bull. How many times in the history of F1 have you seen a car with no mechanical issues stay at the pit with the crew waving at him to GET A MOVE ON? Next you will be telling me Ron hasn't got a clue what his cheif engineers are up to as well. If Alonso was getting instructions through his headset why wouldnt he point to the head peice to instruct the lollypop man in the same way as when some ones disturbing you when you are on the mobile. Ron knows his car would get put to the back of the grid, so he's witholding information from FIA...................AGAIN. VODAFONE MUST BE HOPING MAD, NOBODY IN THAT TEAM TALKS TO EACH OTHER
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| Paul_Murtagh | Aug 4 2007, 06:34 PM Post #4 |
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Maybe the reception is bad there
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| Steelstallions | Aug 4 2007, 06:47 PM Post #5 |
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They should get this guy to SCREAM in his ear with instructions the whole team will hear http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4C1_NCwtRoE
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| flood1 | Aug 4 2007, 06:59 PM Post #6 |
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I wondered why if Lewis had led out of the pits at the start of qualifing how he and Alonso had swapped positions during the course of the fuel burn laps. I think Ron may be telling the truth about Ham screwing with the sequence, Hamilton said "I was at the end of the pitlane; there was me, Fernando and Kimi. Just with the situation, I didn't want to disrupt the opportunity that I had. I didn't want to mess up my opportunity by changing places or whatever there was to do, and be open to being overtaken by Kimi and losing my place. So then it would have not allowed me to get an extra lap. So that's why we had the disagreement, because I didn't agree with it and I didn't do what they wanted me to do." But, I think Alonso choose to unilaterally punish Ham by screwing up his last run. This would take the support of someone like his engineer or his trainer. Alonso could not have timed things that well alone. He crossed the startline for his flying lap with only 3 seconds left on the clock. The board came up with 1:54 remaining. Alonso left the pit with 1:44 remaining, and he crossed the line with 00:03 remaining. That's cutting it close. |
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| Rob | Aug 4 2007, 08:20 PM Post #7 |
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Intresting that Ron blames Lewis. Ron looked mighty pissed at Alonso in parc ferme. |
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| flood1 | Aug 4 2007, 08:22 PM Post #8 |
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Yes, Ron blames Lewis for pissing off Alonso to the point that he delayed him in the box. Then Ron was pissed at Alonso. Ron's now pissed at everyone! |
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| Norbert | Aug 4 2007, 08:53 PM Post #9 |
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"They were out of sequence because Lewis should have slowed and let Fernando past." You what? Isn't quali about going quick?? |
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| flood1 | Aug 4 2007, 08:55 PM Post #10 |
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No, it's about burning fuel for 12 minutes, and then going fast. |
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| styeffo | Aug 4 2007, 09:04 PM Post #11 |
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"Fernando is here. Have I explained it accurately? [Alonso gives a thumbs-up]. OK. That's the way it is." Why did he have to check with Alonso for his being accurate??? Surely he would have known , if as he says there is a routine. NOT CONVINCED |
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| styeffo | Aug 4 2007, 09:05 PM Post #12 |
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"Fernando is here. Have I explained it accurately? [Alonso gives a thumbs-up]. OK. That's the way it is." Why did he have to check with Alonso for his being accurate??? Surely he would have known , if as he says there is a routine. NOT CONVINCED |
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| Rams | Aug 4 2007, 09:42 PM Post #13 |
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Even if what he said about Hamilton is true, you'd think they would have done the pitstops quick so that Hamilton got another chance. They like to think they're merticulous about everything, so I just cannot believe they would make such a noob error accidently |
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| Scott | Aug 4 2007, 09:53 PM Post #14 |
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I think that given the fact that the release time was down to Alonso's race engineer, it wasn't a noob error at all. All he cares about is getting Alonso out at the right point. If Lewis decided to screw up the timing then that is his problem. All you needed to see was the Macca team when Alonso got pole. They were clearly happy, which means that it was clearly Lewis who was acting the knob. He even admitted as much afterwards when he said that he decided that the team was wrong and he wouldn't let Alonso pass. It isn't up to him to decide, it is the teams decision. |
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| Rams | Aug 4 2007, 10:02 PM Post #15 |
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They should have been able to adjust the strategy though, it's really not that difficult to send a car out as soon as the tyre change is done... part of being a good team is adapting to the conditions or various situations that occur. |
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