Felipe, destroy Hamilton's race

This is not a big deal, Smedley is constantly on the radio telling this and that to Massa who obviously needs coaching. I don't think that message should be taken literally.

the link i seen had the the video has been edited and the radio transmission was from later on

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Originally Posted by truefan72

amazing the lack of interest or responses to this story from this board.

It would have been 10 pages long by now if the story were reversed, with folks on hear screaming and ranting about Hamilton. Many stating it isn't about him just the facts
I remember when he had his situation in Australia 09 with the team radio and we got plenty of pages about that and some calling for race bans etc.

The silence here is telling and simply justifies why I post less on this board. Its quite obvious how many are less interested in facts and fairness and more about going on a witch hunt.

oh well

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Actually I don't think there would be a reaction if the roles were reversed.

Talking about destroying another driver's race is perfectly normal. Schumi did exactly the same to Lewis back at Monza though there wasn't a collision.

What Smedley said can only be controversial if you interprete it to mean 'hit Lewis' and anyone with the faintest idea of F1 would know that simply wasn't the case.

If this is true ,then action needs to be taken against Ferrari,and massa,who is a pawn.
Its all about racing in a fair and safe manner,not blocking just one particular driver as Shumi also did,these guys are frightened of him !

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Originally Posted by N4D13

Joe Saward has an interesting article about this quote, albeit its name isn't quite imaginative: What a load of rubbish

It also contains his opinion on Hamilton's driving, which I find rather interesting.

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Well written piece.

I think this says more about Massa, Smedley and the rather strange relationship they have. Most drivers would expect a message about holding a driver behind but it sounds rather churlish for an engineer to be instructing a driver to "destroy" another drivers race.

Still, unless there is telemetry otherwise, then this just a childish statement and nothing more.

Action needs to be taken against Massa alright...he needs to learn how to race without constantly being told to by his engineer, baby. I like Felipe I think he's a talented, gracious guy who enjoys what he does. But his pace seems to be lacking...whether that's since his comeback or not I don't know but there's something not right with him this season.

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Originally Posted by truefan72

amazing the lack of interest or responses to this story from this board.

It would have been 10 pages long by now if the story were reversed, with folks on hear screaming and ranting about Hamilton. Many stating it isn't about him just the facts
I remember when he had his situation in Australia 09 with the team radio and we got plenty of pages about that and some calling for race bans etc.

The silence here is telling and simply justifies why I post less on this board. Its quite obvious how many are less interested in facts and fairness and more about going on a witch hunt.

oh well

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Because there's nothing malicious about it.

That sort of language is used all the time in the everyday world. It may not be literally but you get the gist.

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Originally Posted by Knock-on

Well written piece.

I think this says more about Massa, Smedley and the rather strange relationship they have. Most drivers would expect a message about holding a driver behind but it sounds rather churlish for an engineer to be instructing a driver to "destroy" another drivers race.

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What's wrong with a race engineer 'pumping up' his driver?

A race driver should be pumped up to perform - he shouldn't need reminding that his pace isn't good enough. He should know that by his position relative to the others cars and his team mate.

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Originally Posted by I am evil Homer

A race driver should be pumped up to perform - he shouldn't need reminding that his pace isn't good enough. He should know that by his position relative to the others cars and his team mate.

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True but what's wrong with the race engineer getting on the act.

Fisi used to get an earful at Renault telling him to overtake cars left, right and centre.

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Originally Posted by wedge

True but what's wrong with the race engineer getting on the act.

Fisi used to get an earful at Renault telling him to overtake cars left, right and centre.

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Didn't do him any good either!