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Reply #30 - Sep 28^th, 2008 at 6:14am

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What will they impose when someone really does break the rules? Seems obeying the rules is worse than driving down the track the wrong way Roll Eyes

Im fully expecting a 'all 20 drivers agree with stewards/FIA penaltys regarding Heidfield' report very soon.... Lips Sealed

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Reply #31 - Sep 28^th, 2008 at 6:30am

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expat wrote on Sep 28^th, 2008 at 5:17am:

Inconsistency, no consistency.......the FIA/Stewards now have a consistent policy for drivers who obey the rules Grin

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At least they are consistent at being inconcistent Grin

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Reply #32 - Sep 28^th, 2008 at 8:47am

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So what punishment are Ferrari not getting this time. Not massa's fault as such, but that was appaling. Hose still attached, nearly kills his mechanic AND pulling straight out in front of the Force India. Do Ferrari have a clown operating that system?

Come one FIA. Have some balls. Black flag him.

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Reply #33 - Sep 28^th, 2008 at 10:12am

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Well that was fun and games ........ and a bit of divine retribution as in it doesn't matter what favouritism is shown toward Ferrari when it comes to penalties ..... they can cock it up all on their own Grin

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Reply #34 - Sep 28^th, 2008 at 10:45am

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just another run of mistakes from the team, no longer a surprise, I knew the second the safety car was out that was likely the race done.
Good race other than that. And so much for no overtaking. Great track, great location. Cant wait for next year when hopefully the few problems there were, are fixed.

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Reply #35 - Sep 28^th, 2008 at 10:49am

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Well well well! Finaly a drive through for a pit lane unsafe release for the red team! No fine this time? Im shocked!

What a farce from Ferrari today, they had the race sown up for sure. Hardly Massas fault, but he lost his head after all that. Seems Kimi did as well.

Lucky win for Alonso, seeing as all Hamiltons wins are down to luck, best car, etc according to the autosport forums - no doubt it will be down to Alonsos huge talent.... Roll Eyes

But he did drive well. Noted the way Hamilton sat next to him but not quite, by sitting on the arm of the chair before the podium. Top stuff Cheesy

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Reply #36 - Sep 28^th, 2008 at 12:37pm

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It's all very well Ferrari being a farce, but yet again they were only penalised for a technical infringement, not the complete and utter incompetence, failure, and danger that their "automated" release system is proving to be. Not at all Massa's fault, but he didn't miss the Force India by much, and thankfully any injury to his pit crew seems minor.

Maybe it's about time the FIA took some action on pit stops. With races won and lost over the time a pit stop takes (not particularly exciting for the spectator), teams are cutting corners, and one day someone is going to really get hurt. I personally liked the system they had at the historics weekend at Silverstone in July. Each car was stationary for a certain set time. The races were won on the track, not by how quickly the mechanics changed a wheel and fuelled the car.

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Reply #37 - Sep 28^th, 2008 at 4:04pm

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Now this I don't understand and it is not a Ferrari dig, I just don't understand; Go to the pits when it is closed, get a 10 second penalty stop and go. And a dangerous release in front of another car, a drive through penalty. Seems that the punishment does not fit the crime. I would have thought that the release would be far more serious?

Other than that, a good race. As far as racing at night, I could take it or leave it, though you do see some visual effect that are not normally or so clearly see i.e. nice spark showers and unburnt fuel in the exhausts etc

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Reply #38 - Sep 28^th, 2008 at 4:34pm

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Well I didn't even watch it. The more I thought about the way FIA is running (or is that ruining?) things lately and the idiots at SPEED tape delaying the race the madder I got. I finally got so fed up that I went to bed at around 6 a.m. and now I'm enjoying the MotoGP races at Motegi.

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Reply #39 - Sep 28^th, 2008 at 5:01pm

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I V+ed (like Sky+ but the poor man's version) the race, and watched it "as live" after work (had the radio off on the journey home, to avoid any mention of the result.. ).
Great race, great track and a surprising result.

Singapore is here to stay on the calendar.

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Reply #40 - Sep 28^th, 2008 at 5:42pm

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I V+ed (like Sky+ but the poor man's version) the race, and watched it "as live" after work (had the radio off on the journey home, to avoid any mention of the result.. ).
Great race, great track and a surprising result.

Singapore is here to stay on the calendar.

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Little thing. but the V+ is actually better in pretty much every area to the Sky+ box. It's a little slower but you can record far more, and more channels. I like to watch quali the same way, you can fast forward all the waffle and crap before hand, avoid the commercial breaks, and fast forward the first couple of minutes of the session to avoid that bore. I come home from work in my lunch break to catch it, and you can cut an almost 2 hour program into 40 minutes at most and miss nothing. You know all the pre show stuff will be repeated anyway sundays.

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Reply #41 - Sep 28^th, 2008 at 6:40pm

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Mushroom_Farmer wrote on Sep 27^th, 2008 at 2:25pm:

It looks like stupid SPEED TV is showing the race on tape-delay. Angry

I'm not really surprised. That station is dedicated only to NASCAR and their own stupid little shows.
I used to watch a tape-delay on CBC after getting home from work, but they showed the WHOLE race. When they went to commercial they stopped the tape. When they came back the race was picked up a bit before from where it left off, so it actually made it a little better IMO.
I could maybe watch on the internet, but the quality would stink.

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I watched the start of the race at 6:30am CDT from work. I don't think it was tape delayed.

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Reply #42 - Sep 28^th, 2008 at 6:46pm

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Well I am thinking Alonso called the Ferrari team after this and asked: "you picked HIM over me?"

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Reply #43 - Sep 29^th, 2008 at 9:57am

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The Ruptured Duck wrote on Sep 28^th, 2008 at 6:46pm:

Well I am thinking Alonso called the Ferrari team after this and asked: "you picked HIM over me?"

And they replied, "yes, he does not publicly throw his teddy out of the cot when he does not get his own way and knows how to play a supporting role when required even when he is the current world champion" Grin

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Reply #44 - Sep 30^th, 2008 at 7:16am

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Is it just me, but on the first lap, first corner I think? didn't Alonso cut the corner, gained two or three places and not give them back? Shocked

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