Hamilton Stripped of Win - Official

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Originally Posted by Daniel

So the racing line was off the track was it? :confused:

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I mend before goin into the corner...

They just have to wade into everything dont they. I don't see why they can't just let things lie from time to time, especially in this case as it turned out to be a victimless crime.

What a way to disillussion F1 fans who have just witnessed a great race, only to find out hours later the result has been altered.

They get one of probably about five decent races this year and then they go and mess it up after the flag.

I think Hamilton did gain an advantage but on a wet track trying to quantify that advantage is extremely difficult. IMO if you take the whole chicane incident out of the equation I think Lewis would have passed Kimi regardless. The stewards are being incredibly harsh on Lewis but to be honest I can say that I'm at all suprised.

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Originally Posted by BTCC2

Well after Hamiltons immunity from rule breaking last year I think this is fair. Personal crane service anyone?

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"Crane service" wasn't forbidden by the rules during the time of the European GP, that's why it was possible to use this option.

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Originally Posted by Tonieke

I mend before goin into the corner...

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You do realise that you have to go through corners and be on the racing line in the corners to be fast don't you? :)

This is 100% about the FIA and local stewards favouring Ferrari over Mclaren, and nothing to do with the rights and wrongs of Lewis's on-track moves.

An indication of the Belgians' distaste for anyone beating the red cars came on the podium, where the crowd loudly booed Hamilton, and roared with enthusiasm when Massa got his second place trophy.

He drove brilliantly, and was the only driver to control his car for the last 2 laps at any sort of pace. This was a thoroughly deserved win!

If this ludicrous penalty stands, and Lewis loses the championship by 6 points or less, I for one will be scratching the result out of my copy of Autocourse and writing the real one in with a crayon.

McLaren's view:

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"We looked at all our data and also made it available to the FIA stewards. It showed that, having lifted, Lewis was 6km/h slower than Kimi as they crossed the start/finish line.

"Having passed the lead back to Kimi, Lewis repositioned his car, moving across and behind Kimi to the right-hand line and then outbraked him into the hairpin. Based on this data, we have no option other than to register our intention to appeal."

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http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/70404

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Originally Posted by Sleeper

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.

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:up:

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Originally Posted by Viktory

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-w1NlY

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so much closer ? before the corner he was next to Kimi..lewis even being on the racing line..after the corner he was behind Kimi not ?

+ found Kimi's weaving also pretty dangerous just before Lewis made the pass..not to speak about Kimi hitting Lewis on the rear tire just after that..what about those moves ? Did the marchals noticed those to ?

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Originally Posted by F1boat

I am a Ferrari fan, but that's humiliating for Formula 1. I am saddened. It was a great victory for Hamilton.

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lose some, win some. That is reality. Stop being a cry baby and accept the decision. :o

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Originally Posted by ArrowsFA1

McLaren's view:

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/70404


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Man I hate stupid n00bish stuff like that. Screw the data. In situations like this judgments should be made on what we can see rather than what some datalogging software says.