Glock/Toyota paid off to slow on the last lap?[merged]

[bowers]

He lost over 15 seconds on that last lap and seemingly slowed down right at the very last corner to a snails pace. Does anyone else find that worthy of some kind of inquest. It smells extremely fishy.

[yodasarmpit]

Yes, that was obviously the only explanation, nothing to do with dry tyres on a wet track.

Damn, it was exciting though.

[Robinho]

check Trullis last lap time (also a 1m44sec) - the toyotas were the only ones to stay on drys, and it gained Glock a couple of places, but was just too wet.

[Mifune]

Gentlemen, start your excuses!

[Knock-on]

Gentlemen, start your excuses!

UFO's. What about the UFO's!!

[Ian McC]

UFO's. What about the UFO's!!

Dammit I was going to blame them as well!

[Daniel]

I personally don't think the track was that wet but who really knows?

[gravity]

Wait 'till the stewards dock Lewis with 25s for not securing his steering wheel after the race!

[ArrowsFA1]

He lost over 15 seconds on that last lap and seemingly slowed down right at the very last corner to a snails pace. Does anyone else find that worthy of some kind of inquest. It smells extremely fishy.

Well, fish live in water and the simple reason was dry tyres on a wet track don't stick :

[bowers]

There was no evidence of it raining harder on that last lap. The Toyota of Glock was pulling faster/equal times than Lewis up until that final lap. How can you deny that there is a possibility of something like that happening? There are millions perhaps billions of dollars at stake, I think it's foolish to think that something like that can not happen until we see some evidence of it not happening. It's a possibility and I expect someone will say something in the press soon, probably Alonso. Obviously you'd need to see the on-board or telemetry of Glock to get a good idea.