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It does seem a storm in a tea cup. He spun on the damp track, was stuck in the middle and performed a spin on the spot to point in the right direction and clear the danger for other competitors. Paul took avoiding action which was OK and no collision occurred.
It's debatable whether a penalty was justified but most people accept that it was a 50/50 call and aren't too happy. He apologised to Paul after and said he didn't see him.
What's the big problem?
The problem is that as soon as Lewis is mentioned some people, instead of seeing Black, they see red. If any of the other top drivers on the grid did what Lewis did on Sunday we'd have all but forgotten about it by now.Quote:
Originally Posted by Retro Formula 1
It's easy to throw a comment out there to try to discount opposing opinions by speculating , isn't it ?Quote:
Originally Posted by The Black Knight
Sorry to disappoint , but anyone out there pulling a move like that will get just as hard a time over it from me .
If any of the other top drivers out there did what Lewis did on Sunday , we'd have all forgotten about it by now , as Lewis fans only see red when he is attacked and will defend him for days .
It kinda works both ways , doesn't it ?
I do understand that you guys don't think what Lewis did was a big deal .
He's a good driver . It took a good driver to pull off that move .
But , in my eyes , the move was dangerous , and he should have stayed stationary while the others ran by , and then performed the same move without others in close proximity .
There are folks here who don't think it was worthy of punishment at all , some who believe the penalty was apt , and those like me who think it should have been harsher .
There is room for all of us .
i only scanned through some of the pages but I didn't see anyone say that there should have been no penalty, only some who said it was close call and on balance a penalty was probably deserved.
You may indeed be one of the few that would actually criticise any other driver for the same move but, since I can only ever remember seeing you criticise Lewis, I'll not buy into that 100%, just yet.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bagwan
I don't see a "Why no penalty for Perez pass on Trulli?" thread. Do you?
That was far worse an incident and a total display of cheating by Perez. I can only imagine the uproar from members here if Lewis did that.
Well, if you read through the thread, you'll see some were calling for a race ban for Lewis which, obviously, is ridiculous. For such a non event in a race some forum members sure would like to give out race bans lightly. In reality, it's simply because it's Lewis.Quote:
Originally Posted by Robinho
Perhaps there should be a Trulli/Perez thread .Quote:
Originally Posted by The Black Knight
You should start one , if you think it's far worse .
Maybe it was cheating , but was it dangerous ? In my opinion , no .
I'll keep my opinion on Perez for your thread .
Just three posts back , Knockie said "It's debatable whether a penalty was justifed" .Quote:
Originally Posted by Robinho
Wouldn't that be a debate between penalty and no penalty ?
Same. Mark my words.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bagwan
Couldn't agree more. People are putting words in people's mouths. Who the hell is black knight to tell either of us whether we would care or not about another driver doing what Lewis did? :confused: There seems to be a hardcore group of fanboi's who thing that anyone who is saying something not nice about Lewis MUST be anti-Lewis and would happily allow others to get away with things that Lewis does and gets criticised for.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bagwan