Hamilton's Driving

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Originally Posted by markabilly

after another one of his pit exits and into vettel again, he derserved nothing and that is what he got

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Yes, it was almost an exact repeat of the pit exit incident at the last race, wasn't it......

......uncanny.

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Originally Posted by ioan

The tire didn't blew, something else broke on that front suspension/wheel.

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Rim failure, probably caused by trapped debris.

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Originally Posted by SGWilko

Rim failure, probably caused by trapped debris.

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Thanks for the info.
I don't know why the haters came to the conclusion that Lewis had tire problems when it was obvious that it was a mechanical failure.

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Originally Posted by henners88

The left front wheel takes the most punishment around Barcelona, and its looking more like rim failure was the problem on Hamiltons car. Oh well, a very disappointing result for a very well driven race IMO.

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http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/83481

Have a look at the pic in the article above.

Tyre is not shredded, nor does it appear unduly worn. All that has happened is the tyre has effectively slipped off the damaged rim. This is component failure in the wheel, not the tyre or a cause of excessive wear.

Anybody watching could see it was a puncture which* caused him to go off. But no our media plus Hamilton bashing idiots have to have a* bash at him. "Hamilton crashes out because he has been hurting the tyres". Small minded and even* smaller talented hacks! .. also stupid spanish fans glorifying Hamiltons exit was distasteful..

so it WAS a rim failure-good, nothing to do with Hamilton's aggresive driving like I first feared it might have been. really unfortunate in that case for him.

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Originally Posted by rohanweb

also stupid spanish fans glorifying Hamiltons exit was distasteful..

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distasteful for sure...but I've always wondered if something similar would happen if Alonso retired from a race at Silverstone.

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Originally Posted by rohanweb

.. also stupid spanish fans glorifying Hamiltons exit was distasteful..

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I wouldn't expect anything more from them given that a few years ago they were only footie fans, now they are footie and F1 fans, sadly.

i thought the pit exit was inspired. he exited ahead of Vettel so was right to hold his place, and managed to squeeze past the Virgin without crossing the white line - full marks to Lewis on that occasion - he certainly deserved far more than a trip to the wall today

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Originally Posted by ioan

I wouldn't expect anything more from them given that a few years ago they were only footie fans, now they are footie and F1 fans, sadly.

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what's wrong with that? F1 gets some more fans in a country that wasn't really big in the public's mind, and get's bigger attendances on race day than before, because of a great driver who is a national hero, and they add a great atmosphere to the stands at the spanish grand prix?

To me the fans in spain seem passionate and enthusiastic, which is just what F1 needs.