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After watching it again, I am actually siding with the people who said it was deserved (thought it was pretty extreme when first heard of it). He raced alongside him down the stright, backing off just a little bit, cutting right across the back of Kimi and diving down the inside. He would not have been able to have that run on him if he had got through the chicane legally. This is my opinion and I tried not to be too biased.
Surely Hamilton easing off to let Raikkonen past negated any advantage he had from cutting the chicane - Raikkonen then had the momentum going into the first corner.
I'll wait and see what the results of any appeal may be but I'm pretty disappointed it has come to this
now amuses me when I remeber those images where Hamilton was explaining to Heidfeld and Massa just how smart he is and how he overtook Kimi.
it's really a shame Kimi wasn't there to take advantage of this decision.
So completely corrupt.
Hamilton cut through the bus stop chikane to avoid colliding with Raikkonen. Hamilton's front wheels where clearly in front of Raikkonen's rear wheels, so Raikkonen forcing Hamilton off the track was an illegal move.
On top of that Hamilton lets Raikkonen pass him down the straight. Raikkonen does a zig-zag manoeuvre and loses speed and Hamilton overtakes him again.
Then Raikkonen makes contact with Hamilton's tire in the corner after the straight. Similar situation caused a puncture on Heikki Kovalainen's car in the Turkey gran prix.
If anyone should be penalized it should be Raikkonen
Last three laps here
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Viktory..what you say is pretty contradictory..you say he took advantage....but you also say he backed of a little to have Kimi pass him again ? so what's left of the advantage ?..and the reason why Lewis passed Kimi again so easaly was simply because he was a lot faster in the condtions of that moment..simple as that !Quote:
Originally Posted by Viktory
I've just rewatched the replay on ITV's website and I was wrong, they didnt touch in the chicane, Hamilton just dodged going over what were foot high concrete kerbing, just behind the red and white kerbing, that would have undoubtedly launched his car into Kimi's.
However, at no point down the straight into La Source was Hamilton in Kimi's slipstream, they were close to being side-by-side with Kimi definitely ahead and pulling away because Lewis had to back off to let him past. Hamilton got him under braking fair and square because Kimi was braking so much earlier in the slick conditions. As I said earlier, the only advantage Hamilton had was that he is much better on the brakes at overtacking than most in the field.
Besides I recall seing this kind of thing before, possibly with Schumacher, were a car would cut the chicane and give the place back but in such a way that they can immidiately line up for an overtacking move into the next corner without any penalties being given. Cant remember when or exactly where (possibly Monza) or even exactly who, but I definitely remember seeing it happen before.
Yeah, that is a shame. Say, why wasn't Kimi there? :pQuote:
Originally Posted by eu
the advantage is that he was so much closer than he would have been, just cutting across the back of Kimi and diving down the inside. Look at the video and you will understand what I mean. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wfLs2-w1NlYQuote:
Originally Posted by Tonieke
So the racing line was off the track was it? :confused:Quote:
Originally Posted by Tonieke
What makes you assume that in those conditions Raikkonen would have been able to accelerate out of the corner quickly and not have Hamilton over the back of him, given that he was so much slower in the wet anyway (the chicane looked considerably wetter than Le Fagnia (sp?) were he spun). Pure speculation given how those last 3 laps went anyway.Quote:
Originally Posted by Viktory