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what do you read in to this?
http://motoring.asiaone.com/Motoring...103-97970.html
Glock almost caught us high and dry: Dennis
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Team chief Ron Dennis admitted Sunday that McLaren were caught out by Timo Glock's decision to stay on dry tyres at the end of the Brazilian Grand Prix
Stupid rumour, stupid thread.
If Glock hadn't gambled on drys then Massa had no chance in the last 5 laps.
No chance.
Anti-McLaren conspirators (whoever they are on this occasion) should be holding Glock in high praise for giving Massa at least half a chance of the title up until the final corners.
And giving us a brilliant conclusion to the title.
http://www.toyota-f1.com/public/en/g...azil/race.htmlQuote:
"I was on dry tyres at the end of the race when it was raining quite badly and it was just impossible on the last lap. I was fighting as hard as I could but it was so difficult to just keep the car on the track and I lost positions right at the end of the lap. Finishing in the top six is a decent result for me because I'd been struggling with the car earlier in the weekend but we were very close to fourth place so I am a bit disappointed. It's the end of my first season with Toyota and I'm happy with it as a whole. It was not easy for me early on but we improved the car a lot and I also improved myself during the year. Since Hockenheim it's been positive for me; beating my target of 20 points and finishing on the podium as well is a good achievement. Now we have to work even harder for next year to make another step forward."
Is someone going to accuse Toyota themselves of bias?
I don't think that it matters much to Toyota who wins the driver's title - they don't buy customer engines off of anyone and they don't supply Toyota engines/engineering to either Ferrari or McLaren.
This was a case of a gamble that very nearly came off for them... and failed.
To me it is clear. They expected Glock (and Trulli) to do what everyone else did. Come in for tires. If the rain had held off for another lap or not come down quite so hard the gamble would have paid off and Glock would have finished in front of Hamilton AND Vettel. That would have increased Toyota's funding for next year by several million.
F1 Breaking News - Glock Was HighQuote:
Originally Posted by Malllen
http://www.thespoof.com/news/spoof.c...dline=s6i43164
...and actually worked out for Glock, who finished 1 place higher than he would have if he came in and changed to wets. This stupid insinuation of conspiracy is simply absurd and is born out of frustration rather than reality.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rollo
http://s1.subirimagenes.com/imagen/1...amilton-f1.gif
Made me laugh.
Lolz.
There was a mention that Glock wanted to come for a tyre change for the last lap, but the team told him not to because there were already people on the pit lane. ;)
ROFL!Quote:
Originally Posted by Powered by Cosworth
But even if it is true, it's part of the game.
Of all the things that could be said about that race, I never thought this would be one of them! McLaren paid off Toyota? Got a bank transfer done on the final lap did they? You can see why the world's largest car manufacturer would be strapped for cash and accept bailouts :p
OK, how about this baseless rumour. Ferrari paid Kubica to unlap himself and mess up Hamilton's race :rolleyes: