Schumi might be getting a grid place penalty. Blocking Hamilton on his hot lap.
You say that with such authority, yet no action was taken whatsoever because it wasn't necessary. Don't think Hamilton even complained about it... Which has got to be a first for him. Occasionally, you are just going to get blocked. It's not as if it harmed Hamilton in any way. He still made it easily through to the next session and had plenty of time left.
Rich S
It does not matter if the FIA IS CORRUPT. If they are CORRUPT (taking money from RBR/Renault/Red Bull/whomever else) then it does not matter they can fail the checks and officially pass every time.
I'm not saying that the RBR cars are illegal, they may not be. The FIA may not be corrupt. But if the FIA is taking money from the top team then you cant say the car is legal either.
Need a hand opening that can of worms???
If you're going to start claiming that the fia is corrupt, you should find some evidence. Otherwise, this is just a ludicrous claim.
akmuq
I'm just getting sick of the Red Bull flexi-wing stuff. There is no way that it should be allowed to touch the ground on the straights. It's somehow getting pass the tests though which is plain annnoying.
I too am getting sick of the Red Bull front wing story. It's not a trick. They've passed every test that the FIA has levied at it. Therefore it is legal. They have a very competent team of scrutineers. You only have to look at the reason for both Sauber's getting dq'd in australia to see that. Adrian Newey has cleverly performed a masterstroke that the other teams can't figure out. The worst culprit is Mclaren. I used to like Martin Whitmarsh, but now I'm getting fed up seeing him time and time again implying that Red Bull are breaking the rules. This is Adrian Newey we're talking about here. Look at the cars he's designed in the past. This is no fluke, it's ingenuity.
Rossticles
Here we go with the conspiracy theories again. The rules have been changed and the weight placed on the wing in testing has been nearly doubled. The RBR chassis is legal. Get over it.
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Rich S
I think all the drivers should have to swap cars. For example, vettel after his Australia win would have to drive the Virgin, Webber the Lotus.
What a ridiculous idea. Were you serious?
Rossticles
Good job on the double post and that's a horrible idea. Vettel is a great qualifier and his pace over Webber in an identical car proves it. He shouldn't be penalized for the hard work of Newey and the rest of the technical gurus.
Technically Webber had the updates as Vettel destroyed his in fp1. Would be interesting to see how well Seb would have done with the same parts.
Rich S
Vettel wouldnt be penalized because he'd still drive the RBR in every other race. Along with the other very talented drivers who normally only get the Virgin's, HRT's & Lotus'.
What do you think the teams would have to say about this stupid idea?
The Outlaw
I bet even someone like Di Resta would think otherwise, being that he out pole'd Vettel by 5/1 when they were team mates in the 06 Euro F3 series Now I won't mention how he got owned in 05 by 4 other drivers (like Hamilton, Sutil, di Grassi) in Euro F3, in equal machinery as well.
Just putting some ice on the hype train...
He was younger than all of them. Have you every heard of people maturing with age? I forgot, that if you were to put an 18 year old alonso in the Renault he would have been world champion straight away... His two championships were based on consistency and maturity. Both of which come with age (i.e experience).
So sad to see yet another race thread descend into Vettel bashing... Maybe the mods will actually do something about this... Or at least not warn me for being off topic despite the fact that I was only replying to the bashing...
It was a great effort from Vettel and Rosberg today. I can see Rosberg getting his first win soon, but I think Vettel has this in the bag. Kobayashi will be fun to watch.
