[elp_jc]

Originally Posted by E90SLAM

Was it just me...or I feel like Schumi is getting more and more desperate and pathetic....

I'm with you. He should have stayed retired, when he got out on top. I think he's done. There're several drivers better than him (even in his best days IMO), including his young teammate (ouch!). But most importantly, his car is not dominating anymore, so that huge advantage he had for 7 seasons is gone now.

Originally Posted by E90SLAM

Who's the kid? Hamilton and Nicole's secret child??

I don't think so; he wouldn't look like that . Plus the guy seems gay; looks too girly to me .

[KingOfJericho]

Originally Posted by elp_jc

I don't think so; he wouldn't look like that . Plus the guy seems gay; looks too girly to me .

He does seem a bit light in the loafers and it takes a certain type of man to date that complete airhead.

[G-Mach1]

Originally Posted by KingOfJericho

He does seem a bit light in the loafers and it takes a certain type of man to date that complete airhead.

Really. So the hate has gone to a new level here. This is pathetic.

[KingOfJericho]

Originally Posted by G-Mach1

Really. So the hate has gone to a new level here. This is pathetic.

Exhibit A:

[Ramos]

This is too funny... Can't attack his driving anymore after two wins in a row..
So now you guys are calling him gay !!!

I would happilly be gay if I could date Nicole

[KingOfJericho]

Originally Posted by Ramos

This is too funny... Can't attack his driving anymore after two wins in a row..
So now you guys are calling him gay !!!

The guy ran a great race and I'm not denying that and I don't think anyone is attacking him. It was simply an observation. Are you his brother or something!?

Originally Posted by Ramos

I would happilly be gay if I could date Nicole

On second thought you guys might be a match made in heaven...

[E90SLAM]

Cheeky move by McLaren by running Lewis car down to dead empty fuel....but well paid off....good "investment" to McLaren....
Paid 10K Euro fine to get on pole and a race 1-2.....money well spent!

Montreal just proved Bahrain GP is shit and needs to be removed from calender....
and 2010 doesn't need Safety Car or Rain to have an awesome race....we just need the event to be held in a proper track like Montreal.....

[E90SLAM]

[KingOfJericho]

They were fined?

[E90SLAM]

Originally Posted by KingOfJericho

They were fined?

yah...something like 10K Euro....and a reprimand....

[KingOfJericho]

Originally Posted by E90SLAM

yah...something like 10K Euro....and a reprimand....

I've been scouring bloomberg and the F1 website and have seen nothing on it. Do you have a link?

[E90SLAM]

Originally Posted by KingOfJericho

I've been scouring bloomberg and the F1 website and have seen nothing on it. Do you have a link?

let me find it....because I only heard when I re-watch the BBC pre-race show....

[E90SLAM]

here

Lewis Hamilton have been fined $10,000 and given a reprimand after he stopped on the track after securing pole position for the Canadian GP.

The Englishman's car was so short of fuel after his pole position lap that his McLaren team ordered him to stop on the circuit.

Team principle Martin Whitmarsh was concerned there would not be enough petrol left in the tank to provide a sample, as required by the International Automobile Federation.

In a bizarre finale to the qualifying session, Hamilton switched off the engine but continued to coast around the track, seated on top of his car before finally climbing out of the cockpit and pushing his car before hitching a lift with the safety car.

The celebrations, though, ended with a fine after the stewards deemed Hamilton had exceeded the maximum time set to return to the pits after the end of qualifying. He was fined USD10,000 and given a reprimand.

"We've accepted it, we'll pay it, and we'll move on," Whitmarsh said. "We have complied with the regulations, we didn't set out to do this.

"It wasn't Lewis's fault. We had a choice, we could have come back to the garage but having done so we would have been short of fuel on our sample so we chose the decision that the regulation requires us.

"We thought that was the dominant requirement rather than an FIA memo."

http://planet-f1.com/news/3213/62040...nded-and-fined

[E90SLAM]

Based on what I've heard from BBC (David Couthard and Eddie Jordan). There's only an memo from Charlie Whiting from the FIA stating the cars MUST return to parc-ferme under their own power. However this never went into the FIA's sporting regulation.

However, providing fuel sample was clearly written in the regulation. So McLaren went for the loop-hole and ordered Hamilton to stop the car, just to provide enough fuel sample to clear parc-ferme. Written regulation > issued memo.

[G-Mach1]

Here comes all the excuses....
Let me tell you this Mclaren will not be first and the last team to bend the rules where ever they can.
End of the day LH drove an excellent race and he won fair and square.

[E90SLAM]

Originally Posted by G-Mach1

Here comes all the excuses....
Let me tell you this Mclaren will not be first and the last team to bend the rules where ever they can.
End of the day LH drove an excellent race and he won fair and square.

"excuses"? those are plain facts...i'd say even with a bit more enough fuel in the tank...hamilton will still be on the pole...just 1/10 sec faster instead of 2/10 now....

they timed that lewis will be the last one doing hot lap...and well calculated fuel amount to dead minimum....

these are all well calculated risk...10000 euro fine vs P2 on the grid.....
i don't see anything wrong....FIA didn't make the rules clear....team took the advantage (like DDD, F-duct...etc)....

i never said Hamilton "cheated" or watever.....
Hamilton and McLaren did a well executed race, starting from qualifying, to tire strategy (even the SC they hoped never happen...they adjusted accordingly)....every thing works like clockwork....

its a well deserved win by McLaren....

[E90SLAM]

Now the teams would've bang their head saying....why didn't I think of that....

and none of the teams are able to pull the same trick again....i'm not sure but i believe FIA will penalize who's doing again with grid penalty next time.....

[KingOfJericho]

Originally Posted by G-Mach1

Here comes all the excuses....
Let me tell you this Mclaren will not be first and the last team to bend the rules where ever they can.
End of the day LH drove an excellent race and he won fair and square.

Who is making up excuses or denying that he ran a great race? Geez... you Hamilton fans are a sensitive bunch...

[E90SLAM]

Originally Posted by KingOfJericho

Who is making up excuses or denying that he ran a great race? Geez... you Hamilton fans are a sensitive bunch...

Hamilton fans need to calm down....I was just relaying news and what happened on the track....what was the potential reason behind it (as I heard from BBC)....not denying his great race....just saying how Formula 1 is all about weight and calculated to the last drop of fuel...nothing is wasted....

[Easternedge]

Few Videos from my trip, will update this link with pics shortly... Hope you all had a great time! I know I did...

http://www.e90post.com/forums/showthread.php?t=398227

[E90SLAM]

Originally Posted by Easternedge

Few Videos from my trip, will update this link with pics shortly... Hope you all had a great time! I know I did...

http://www.e90post.com/forums/showthread.php?t=398227

[KingOfJericho]

Very cool. I'll be going next year... fo sho.