LH says he made FM do that fault

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Originally Posted by wmcot

But part of me wonders if LH was told to change his story to a more corporate-management-pleasing one? Could be the start of RD micro-managing LH. If so, how long will LH take it?

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You're speculating on what isn't there.

I'd say he just looked at it and thought of a more succint way he could've explained it.

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Originally Posted by ioan

<<"Felipe had a couple of moves but fortunately I was able to trick him into outbraking himself. I apologise for that, but at the end of the day we got the points so it doesn't really matter.">>

I know he is happy with his deserved result, but making someone outbrake himself? A driver does outbrake himself because he misjudges the situation, but to claim that you made him do that is a bit over the top.

http://www.planet-f1.com/story/0,189...045953,00.html

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For once i agreed with IOAN. LH doesn't derserve the half the credit he claimed. Massa was just being unlucky. I believed the real reason why Massa counldn't make that corner has more to do with the longer wheel base (4 inch to be exact) of the new car. A car designed by an ex-Mclaren Designer by the name of Nicholas Tombazis. The wheel base is too long it has to do a 3 point turn to over take a Mclaren and aero design that sucked up all the dirty air from the rear of a Mclaren not even Kimi can do anything about it. Wait a minute, Kimi's from Mclaren too. That means Massa & team red is realy facing and uphill battle. One against three on the grid. What an ingenious move by the ronster

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Originally Posted by wmcot

But part of me wonders if LH was told to change his story to a more corporate-management-pleasing one? Could be the start of RD micro-managing LH. If so, how long will LH take it?

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No, he is a kid, no matter how fast. He said stupid thing than he apologized. That's all.
And RD loves to bash Ferrari. Can't see his influence over Lewis.

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Originally Posted by Malllen

I'd say he just looked at it and thought of a more succint way he could've explained it.

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he made massa look ordinary thats for sure considering that a few of the forumers were harping on massa as a potential WDC,it doesn't look like that now does it....the sad part of FM's race was not the mistake with lewis,it's rather the lack of pace throughout the reminder of the race which he should have really been in the podium

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Originally Posted by F1boat

No, he is a kid, no matter how fast. He said stupid thing than he apologized. That's all.
And RD loves to bash Ferrari. Can't see his influence over Lewis.

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RD and LH have known each other since LH was a young boy who wanted to race in F1 for him one day. They are more than just Boss and Driver and I see LH taking as much advise from RD as he can, both on and off the race track.

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Originally Posted by 555-04Q2

I see LH taking as much advise from RD as he can, both on and off the race track.

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Ron deserves enormous credit for 1) supporting LH's career the way he did for many years and 2) giving him the opportunity he has this year, particularly as it's not like McLaren to take a rookie on as a race driver. The last time they did was with Jan Magnussen back in '95.

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Originally Posted by RJL25

Seems to me that theres a few people on here who dont like mclaren so are trying to FIND reasons to not like hamilton

You CAN trick someone into out-braking themselves, you simply leave your braking as late as possible, knowing that your rival is on the dirty line and to make the pass he will have to brake ATLEAST as late as you, therefore creating the very high possibility that he will out-brake himself

Rather then focusing on what LH said maybe people should be focusing more on how badly massa drove! it was almost like he was back in his sauber

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There is an infinite number of mind games that leaders/followers partake in - giving someone a little room to pass in the hope that they overcook the corner is hardly a novel tactic. I've been on the track with touring cars that have altered brake light actuators - in both directions: the brake light comes on before the brakes actually engage, forcing the trailing car to brake early - or the opposite, the light comes on late which can sometimes cause the trailing car to come in to the corner too hot.

although you can't classify Raikkonen as a Rookie when he came to Mclaren,think Rakka learnt a lot from his time in Mclaren with RD though

also i was amused cause judging by lewis hamilton's reply,he was suprised to see Massa make that error