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

Obviously the best way to punish the Spanish authorities for the repeated racist incidents involving Spanish fans that have blighted F1 over the past year or so would be to strip Spain of both of thier GPs! Lets face it, from a racing perspective it would be no great loss, both Barcelona and Valencia being pretty poor for actual racing, both races were precessions this season. Then the Spanish fans would time to reflect on how they are responsible for them not being able to follow thier hero on the track in thier own country.

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Originally Posted by philipbain

Obviously the best way to punish the Spanish authorities for the repeated racist incidents involving Spanish fans that have blighted F1 over the past year or so would be to strip Spain of both of thier GPs! .

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That would be a massive over-reaction to a tiny minority of bigots. The Spanish authorities and the circuit management acted quickly on the incident in testing, and we've not seen a repeat.

To paint the whole of Spain as racists due to the actions of maybe half a dozen "fans" is simply not fair.

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Originally Posted by Mark

A driver being disliked is nothing new just look at MS one of the most hated drivers ever by some and that was nothing to with race. Nor is some Spanish fans hurling abuse. They don't hate him because he is black but because he is opposition to thier favourite driver.

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Yes I agree. The Schumacher (and Senna) comparisons are down to an entirely different aspect of Lewis Hamilton.

Unfortunately the incident in Spain is just a tiny part of it, but let's not dwell on that. Maybe I shouldn't have brought up that particular subject, but it's very difficult to ignore.

Regarding Spain as a whole, and what should be done about things that happened there, let's look to the most prominent Spaniard in all of this, Fernando Alonso.

He went as far as to say that he didn't want Lewis Hamilton to win the world championship, which sounded like a case of sour grapes at the time, but in the post-race interviews at Interlagos he congratulated Lewis on his victory, which was a nice gesture and very much to Alonso's credit.

There's a bit of envy amongst drivers, but none of the overt hate that prevails in the outside world.

Actually I happen to know that Glock got hit by an unusually powerful cosmic ray in that last corner! :eek:

I'd be happy to give an exclusive interview to the Daily Fish-Wrap!

You don't have to resort to creating news for your own paper! :)

I will insist on a sizable cash retainer of course! ;)

Why is this thread still going? No one in F1 has questioned Glock over the last few laps, yet a load of muppets on a forum drag out 7 pages making up absolute rubbish!

Tazio: Will you take your retainer in Zimbawean currency? :D

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Originally Posted by Easy Drifter

Tazio: Will you take your retainer in Zimbawean currency? :D

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SIZE MATTERS!!!!!! :eek:

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Originally Posted by Allyc85

Why is this thread still going? No one in F1 has questioned Glock over the last few laps, yet a load of muppets on a forum drag out 7 pages making up absolute rubbish!

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Because we read it in the Star, so it must be true :p

Let's see. 1,000,000. Zimdawean = about 50 cent Cdn. or 41.23 US. Oops 45 no 41 cents Cdn. Oh gosh now 39 cents.