The Offical F1 Thread #2

[beth]

i love alonso; but i do agree that felipe should have won today.

i'm not a massive fan of ferrari: they seem to ignore all rules/boundaries and do whatever they please.

but still, alonso is my main mannn. ahaha!

[CJW93]

Anyone else see that amazing Ayrton Senna piece on top Gear tonight, brilliant footage of the great man in action and Hamilton driving the mp4/4

[Jordy]

Yeah the Senna tribute was pretty good I thought.

As for the passing, that's some what of a grey area in Formula 1, at the end of the day it is a team sport but the rules aren't clear what so ever on team orders.

[Deak]

Surely if Alonso was faster than Massa he would have passed him without being told to by the team... ( of which i think is totally wrong and they should be disqualified from the race )

Decent race still though, especially the first couple of corners

[Ajthedragon]

What Alonso did is disgusting, it was ridiculous and it's dark days for the sport... Massa deserved that win, and as a huge criticizer of Ferrari anyway (I've always dislike the way they played with Schumacher, such as Austria 2002) I think it's terrible. The only way they can enforce this role, is to only allow engineers to say certain things, and make sure all engineers have to say the same things, such as -

-Lewis 0.9 seconds behind, catching
-0.9 off car in front, keep pushing

I can only see such ways as these that they can truly enforce this rule, the only team I can actually don't do this, on-track at least, are Red Bull (the wing was off-track still). I jut hope Massa see's the light of day and maybe discontinues his contract and goes to Renault, and wins a championship he deserves.

[xxMATTGxx]

It was pretty clear what went on when Massa got asked "does he understand that message" or whatever it was. I do not know why they could not just race for it, I'm sure if Alonso was quicker then he would of got it him over the next X amount of laps that was left. It is a great shame this has taken place and I feel sorry for Massa and I believe Ferrari need a kick up the backside and sort themselves out.

I've never been a huge fan of Alonso anyway for always whinging and complaining at silly things.

[CJW93]

He says Valencia was a scandal, what does this incident come under?

[Ajthedragon]

Exactly, and in all fairness to Lewis, it was so bloody close. And I can't stand Alonso, after the British Gran Prix everyone was taking the piss out of him on stage, it was hilarious, shows how unpopular he is.

[Jordy]

Hmm it's not surprising Alonso is unpopular in the UK but I do think he has incredible talent and has an interesting but fair driving style. All too often some moves by Vettel and Hamilton aren't too sportsman like but he's consistently fair. I like to see him do well occasionally anyway (Just more legitimately).

It's Ferrari you have to blame for favouring Alonso and the team orders anyways.

[Rock]

YAY come on Sebastian! 1-2 for Red Bull. The low downforce track really has helped. But I still am worried for tomorrow. He barely converts poles into wins.