Lewis Hamilton of the race

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Originally Posted by Daniel

Yes, but this time the overreaction is regarding Massa's brutal assault on Hamilton ;)

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Far from it Daniel. Looking at the number of threads with Hamilton in the title then it's obvious who has the target on his back, and looking at the incidents themselves Hamilton is far from being a danger to anyone. He's certainly having a poor year compared to his standards but looking at some comments it's as if he sets out at every race to have accidents with people which is patently absurd.

That said, Massa's "assault" was no such thing. While his frustration was understandable his reaction, in front of the press pack, was childish.

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Originally Posted by ArrowsFA1

Another race. Another Hamilton thread. Another overreaction :p

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Another crash...

What 'assault'? All I saw was Massa lobbing his rattle out of his pram.

Lewis did what he should have done which was ignore it.

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Originally Posted by F1boat

Another crash...

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I know. that Schumacher has been involved in these kind of things for more than 20yrs, but today...what was he thinking :p

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Originally Posted by Knock-on

What 'assault'? All I saw was Massa lobbing his rattle out of his pram.

Lewis did what he should have done which was ignore it.

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To be fair he did say "If you touch me again" :p

It really was a nothing incident in all honesty.

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Originally Posted by ArrowsFA1

I know. that Schumacher has been involved in these kind of things for more than 20yrs, but today...what was he thinking :p

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He was wishing he was Webber.....

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Originally Posted by wedge

He's a racer.

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Never have bought this excuse. A driver can be a racer without losing his concentration and clipping other drivers needlessly. I don't think he can argue with the penalty, he turned in to early and ruined Massa's race. If hadn't damaged his wing he could have run on and finished 3rd while Massa fell to 20th. So those calling for no penalty would be happy with Hamilton gaining a position through shreading Massa's tyre and seeing Massa at the back. Is that fair?

If you cause even a minor collision that ruins anothers race then a penalty is a must, like Brundle said if no puncture had occured then Hamilton would have been penalized by losing his front wing and Massa would carry on. So no penalty needs to be given

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Originally Posted by wedge

How was LH well behind FM if they were wheel to wheel in the braking zone?

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They weren't wheel to wheel or side by side. Massa was into the corner and Lewis turned in way to early and shreaded a rear tyre.

MS saved Lewis today by taking the donkey award away from him.
Huge brain fade by MS. :down:

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Originally Posted by aki13

If you cause even a minor collision that ruins anothers race then a penalty is a must, like Brundle said if no puncture had occured then Hamilton would have been penalized by losing his front wing and Massa would carry on. So no penalty needs to be given

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Well, that certainly used to be the way, before the modern-day desire for retribution in the form of endless penalties, without which the sport seemed to survive for years.

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Originally Posted by wedge

How was LH well behind FM if they were wheel to wheel in the braking zone?

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How was LH wheel to wheel when he cut Massa's rear tire with the front wing?!