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Typical Italian press....
Topic Started: May 27 2008, 08:41 PM (313 Views)
John
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Or not... <thumbsup>

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Italian press hails Monaco master Hamilton 
Tuesday, 27 May 2008 
May 26 (GMM) Even the notoriously nationalistic Italian press had to hail Ferrari adversary Lewis Hamilton's win on the streets of Monaco on Sunday.

"With extraordinary talent, Lewis was the master of the wet circuit; he did not even have the best car," La Gazzetta dello Sport, the Italian sports newspaper, wrote.

Famous Italian marque Ferrari, hindered by numerous team and driver mistakes on Sunday afternoon, struggled at the Principality despite locking out the front row of the grid in qualifying.

"Ferrari remains strong enough but Maranello may take the liberty of no more errors," Corriere dello Sport, another Italian sports newspaper, surmised.

Tuttosport, a Turin based sports newspaper, characterised the Prancing Horse's Monte Carlo outing as a "half-disaster", and La Stampa said the race had been a "blackout" amid the common perception that the F2008 is still the quickest car in the field.

"After seven years Ferrari had hoped for victory in the Principality but must again accept humiliation.

"McLaren fully deserves this victory," Tuttosport concluded.
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Hoping to lure Hamilton away from Mclaren, are they?
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I guess giving credit where credit is due is an impossible concept?
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John
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but they are giving credit.... <think>
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John,May 27 2008
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but they are giving credit.... <think>

I think Rob was replying to safefan.
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This is the Italian media we are talking about :D
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Well, I guess even the Italian press couldn't argue with that result. May be we judge them too harshly, well, until their next tiraid against McLaren anyway.
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Think the Italians are being quite fair.... the Macca isn't the best car and Hamilton (in the middle stint) did drive extremely well. His early mistake bizarrely gave him an advantage that no other team could match or beat. Credit to Macca and Lewis... for accepting the gifted win that Ferrari handed them by making so many errors and having such bad luck/calls on the day.
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To be honest, I don't think Ferrari handed the victory to Hamilton. He effectively got a free pitstop after his puncture, which allowed him to fill the car up and do what was basically a one stopper after the safety car had neutralised the race. Fair play though, Ferrari didn't help themselves, and Lewis was very quick, however his incident and the safety car played right into his hands.
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