why no penalty for Hamilton?

I agree, he deserved a harsher penalty for this.

I think he has done enough this season to warrant a race ban, just to teach him a lesson, which he repeatedly seems to miss with his dangerous driving.

Guys, keep it clean and don't force me to close this too, or many will be sent on vacations for long time !

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Originally Posted by bigunn

I agree, He has been endangering other drivers all year :mad:

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He's not the messiah, he's a vewy naughty boy ! :mad: :devil: :andrea:

Penalty was absolutley the correct thing, it was a careless and dangerous, but he didn't hit anyone and didn't take anyone out. He had to spin the car round at some point, in his haste to get going again he says he didn't see Di Resta in time and then apologised on camera and in person, and accepted the penalty was fair.

Far more professional and reasoned Hamilton we saw at the end of the race today.

Worst anti Hamilton post ever.....

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Originally Posted by Daniel

I'm sorry, but by what standard is Lewis the best driver on the grid? :confused: As a team owner you'd have to look at him as a risk to his team mate (he crashed into Button in rather inexcusable circumstances), he mouths off and if we're honest, Vettel and Alonso are easily his equals. On a good day Webber and Button are there with him too.

I want to be a Lewis fan, I really do, when he beat Alonso in 2007 I really wanted to like him! But since then his mouth has grown in size, he's been unable to take responsibility for most of the incidents he's caused (fair play for what he did today though) and I could go on if I want.

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I guarantee you that any team owner on the grid would be happy to have Hamilton on board. He beat Alonso as a rookie. And make up any excuse that you like but they both had the same equipment throughout the entire year. Alonso admitted that himself. Hamilton is consistent, quick and rarely makes mistakes. I do not rate Vettel to be as good as Hamilton. I'd rather have somone that can overtake when the opportunity arises. He is an aggressive racer. The coming together with his teammate in Canada was a racing incident as ruled by the stewards. Vettel is great when leading out front but as shown today he can't cut it when he's under pressure from the big boys. He showed the same last week. He couldn't even overtake Felipe, he had to do it in the pitstop. There are pros and cons for both drivers but I put Hamilton a cut above him any day. Button is one of the best drivers on the grid and on most days Button leaves him eat his dust.

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Originally Posted by The Black Knight

I guarantee you that any team owner on the grid would be happy to have Hamilton on board. He beat Alonso as a rookie. And make up any excuse that you like but they both had the same equipment throughout the entire year. Alonso admitted that himself. Hamilton is consistent, quick and rarely makes mistakes. I do not rate Vettel to be as good as Hamilton. I'd rather have somone that can overtake when the opportunity arises. He is an aggressive racer. The coming together with his teammate in Canada was a racing incident as ruled by the stewards. Vettel is great when leading out front but as shown today he can't cut it when he's under pressure from the big boys. He showed the same last week. He couldn't even overtake Felipe, he had to do it in the pitstop. There are pros and cons for both drivers but I put Hamilton a cut above him any day. Button is one of the best drivers on the grid and on most days Button leaves him eat his dust.

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Rarely makes mistakes? :confused: Are we talking about the same Lewis Hamilton here? :confused:

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Originally Posted by The Black Knight

I guarantee you that any team owner on the grid would be happy to have Hamilton on board. He beat Alonso as a rookie.

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I did agree with Nigel Roebuck's remarks in the latest Motor Sport when he wrote that possibly Hamilton has never been as consistently impressive as he was in his very first season.

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Originally Posted by BDunnell

I did agree with Nigel Roebuck's remarks in the latest Motor Sport when he wrote that possibly Hamilton has never been as consistently impressive as he was in his very first season.

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I tend to agree somewhat. He has never really been as impressive as he was in that first season.....

I like Hamilton for his style. He's a racer, not someone who is going to sit back and settle for a crap postion. Much like Montoya, he often makes poor judgement while racing, but his actual skill level is up there with the best of the best. I honestly think he drove the best race today and suffered mostly due to him and the team rolling the dice when they thought the rain would stay.

That being said, he made a boneheaded move after the spin and deserved his penalty. I'm not sure if it was lack of seeing the other cars, the red mist of just trying to stay ahead of Jenson, or just pure stupidity. But he made the move and paid a penalty that IMO was fair.