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Brawn said this :
"I didn't like having to give the orders I gave in Malaysia, it's not in my sporting nature and I think the team have demonstrated many times in the past that we are very happy to let our drivers race each other," .
"From a technical perspective, we would have looked extremely foolish if we'd run both cars out of fuel,".
Read: Blah, Blah, yadda, yadda...Quote:
Originally Posted by Bagwan
Though that was a very technical perspective , and thus , a very well-reasoned argument , I must disagree .Quote:
Originally Posted by dj_bytedisaster
Given that there were reportedly also fuel issues involved with the pair of drivers just ahead of them , and also given that there were no laps spent under full yellows , even though this race started wet , it's entirely possible that Ross isn't being the lying ******* to which you "Blah, Blah, yadda, yadda..." .
When Ross told Nico that Lewis could go faster , too , perhaps he didn't want to say "but , don't , you ninny , because you'll run yourself out of fuel !" .
Isn't it better , after all , to not have your opponent know you're hobbled by fuel , and think it's just a pre-race agreement ?
Nah , maybe you're right .
He said to Lewis that he needs "max fuel save" just moments after telling Nico that Lewis could go faster if needed. So what's left there to guess? And if I can hear it on TV, what's the chance that their rival somehow miss this little detail?Quote:
Originally Posted by Bagwan
To me it still looks like Brawn is a lying pr*ck.
furthermore, he has the evidence to back this up. I remember quite a few tangles between Rosberg and Schumi in the past 2 seasons.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bagwan
But, hey, why let the truth and reasoned arguments get in the way of some nationalistic crusade
me thinks that if the roles were reverse that same poster would be applauding the decision and lambasting anybody who has the audacity to complain about it
Well then , perhaps he was talking about the fuel , but to save telling them about another issue that may have been hobbling them .Quote:
Originally Posted by dj_bytedisaster
The real point is that we don't know .
You of all people accusing me of nationalism, that really takes the cake. LOLQuote:
Originally Posted by truefan72
I would be just as apalled if the roles were reversed, because I actually started to like Lewis, once he got his head out of his arse after the shambles of a season in 2011. As I wrote on more than one occasion it's not the fact that Nico was on the receiving end - it's the useless team order itself that po's me. Many of us, myself included, lambasted Ferrari for Austria 2002 and suddenly team orders become acceptable in just the second race. That's just wrong.
http://i.imgur.com/Tu1E6jE.jpgQuote:
Originally Posted by Zako85
:s tareup:
I think that is partly because you have on occasion accused others of nationalism here on various topics yet are the first to bring it up. Now we have a situation on track where a German owned team favours a British driver over a German one and you are 'appalled' by it. You even brought up the fact the German press and people you know are annoyed that a German wasn't favoured instead. Don't be at all surprised if your past accusations get returned every once in a while.Quote:
Originally Posted by dj_bytedisaster
As far as this particular topic goes, its old news now and has been done to death. I think we all know where one another stands by now.
I do think that Lewis is just a bit more highly effective --can power a team to achieve just a bit more than NR. It will be interesting to see how this functions out . . . . . .