The Crane and Lewis

Any car in a dangerous place can get a push start, well its been done for Schumi in the past, and no one complained.

As much as Lewis was pleased to be lifted out so quickly, what on earth was the big tractor doing in the gravel trap when the road was so dangerous and cars were still spinning off????? Why was the red not called sooner??? I just think the Marshalls were running about in a dangerous spot, and the big yellow tractor was a serious cause for concern. I really feel it should have been made to wait until the safety car had slowed everyone up.

Too much politics with F1 and it proves that it needs something like this to make it worth watching. The race should not have been stopped, Lewis shouldn't have been unlapped or put back on the track and they shouldn't be allowed to alter the cars in anyway for the restart. I still wonder why F1 is still called as the best motorsport. It's not sporting for all the help he was given.
All the FIA is intrested in is money and they always will be. In my opinion money ruins sports, it should be about pride and not how much you get paid.

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Originally Posted by F1MAN2007

Do you think if Lewis could manage to score points, would have some teams stayed silent like they are today? I don't think so..

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Do you seriously think that McLaren's rivals would have stayed silent had they witnessed the rules being broken? You can just hear Jean Todt thinking, "Ah well, let's wait an hour or so and see if he can get into the points". Rubbish - if McLaren had been in the wrong you can bet that a protest would have been lodged within minutes.

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Originally Posted by MAX_THRUST

Any car in a dangerous place can get a push start, well its been done for Schumi in the past, and no one complained.

As much as Lewis was pleased to be lifted out so quickly, what on earth was the big tractor doing in the gravel trap when the road was so dangerous and cars were still spinning off????? Why was the red not called sooner??? I just think the Marshalls were running about in a dangerous spot, and the big yellow tractor was a serious cause for concern. I really feel it should have been made to wait until the safety car had slowed everyone up.

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I agree with you. If I remember very well, already one Red Bull car (If I am not mistaken) slipped in the same corner and touched the rear wheel of the yellow tractor.

Like you said, the yellow tractor was more dangerous than Lewis which means it should have removed first and wait or sliding finish and come back to give that little help to the rookie.

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Originally Posted by Dave Brockman

Do you seriously think that McLaren's rivals would have stayed silent had they witnessed the rules being broken? You can just hear Jean Todt thinking, "Ah well, let's wait an hour or so and see if he can get into the points". Rubbish - if McLaren had been in the wrong you can bet that a protest would have been lodged within minutes.

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It can't suprise me for Ferrari because this happened in the past for Schumi, so yesterday they didn't have another option unless to stay silent. Otherwise it would have been seen like a cheating by them in that time with MS.

But like you said, if no one did protest, let us say it is allowed so next time the monkeys have to keep their engine running and wait the little help from the crane as the rookie showed them how to cheat intelligently. :D

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Originally Posted by thetrooper_uk

......All the FIA is intrested in is money and they always will be. In my opinion money ruins sports, it should be about pride and not how much you get paid.

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One day, a WDC said : " The F1 is business 24/24 and 7/7, and it is a sport only 2 hours on sunday"

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Originally Posted by BDunnell

Clearly, this was proved to be correct.

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I posted a link in another thread proving the opposite.

Can you, please, post a link proven what you say?

This is my link (it's official, not press stuff):

http://www.fia.com/resources/documen...p_Chart_07.pdf

Just watching the replay, Button and Sutil were straight out of their cars - so obviously there engines had stopped.

Hamilton was alone in keeping his engine running, and staying in the car. That's why he got help and nobody else did.

It does ask the question of how cars would be prioritised in the event of two or more drivers being in the same position, but as we're talking about such a rare event I doubt it's a major issue.

And Lewis did indeed lose a lap waiting for the crane to arrive.

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Originally Posted by Flat.tyres

the rules state that you can be assisted back onto the track if your car is in a dangerous position. I think we can all agree that his car was in a dangerous position. so, Lewis had thye prescence of mind to keep the engine going and get back on track.

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It's kinda silly if you think about it.

Lewis remaining in the car was risky and dangerous itself because cars were aquaplaning off left, right and centre. Lewis could've been hurt or caused more carnage eg. an STR luckily brushed against a JCB's wheel.

I actually agree with wedge. Hamilton's car was far closer to the barrier (almost touching!) than the track, therefore it would have been safer for him to jump out.

That's an issue for the rulemakers, though, if it's a stupid rule. You can't blame Lewis or any other competitive sportsperson for using the rules to their advantage.