Know matter what you people think, our what you may think it looks like, there is now connection to Ferrari and the FIA. Please, that would be a conspiracy, and we all know a conspiracy falls apart when more than 3 people
are involved, and this would probably have at least 50 people involved. Including people from McLaren, and if nobody form McLaren were involved, everybody knows Ron Dennis would be crying the loudest, as he does so terribly well. Not to many years ago, when Alonso won he's two championships, you didn't here all this complaining from Ferrari or others, on how Ferrari at the start of those 2 seasons had to use last years car, while all the front running teams got to use there new and improved cars. That was at the time when many people, including Bernie, wanted Schumacher to retire. They were complaining that the fans were tired of seeing Michael
win so many races, and championships, that it was starting to hurt the sport, and it's popularity. They said that not as many people were tuning in to watch the races anymore, because he was winning just about everything.
Even the old editor and chief of F1 Racing Magazine, Matt Bishop, was quoted several times in his magazine, that Michael had nothing else to prove, and that he should get out and let someone else win races. I still have those issues of that magazine. Oh and by the way do any of you pin heads know where Matt Bishop is now. In case you don't I'll let you know, HE WORKS FOR McLAREN. Nooo that sounds to much like a coincidence, WRONG. If you dig deep enough you are going to find that this stuff has been going on for YEARS. I can't believe that true die hard F1 fans, I mean people that have been fans for 20-30yrs+., would believe all this conspiracy crap. This is just another example of how stupid the FIA and Bernie is. And by the way, for you Hamilton fans, all he had to do was finish ahead of, or right behind Masa the last 3 races, and the championship would be his. Oh know he has to go for it at the very beginning of the the race, and nearly take out almost all the top of the field. Isn't he the one that said he needs to race smart for the big picture. Wow reality what a concept.

raceboy71 - 13 October 2008 01:09 AM

Again, the rules are clear, a car leaving the pits must yield. So all you Whamilton fanboys need to take off your foil hats and get back to piloting your couches because you have obviously never raced anything in your lives.

The term "yield" means that you cannot impede the progress of oncoming cars by pulling out infront of quicker traffic, ie. pulling out into the racing line when you are going 20+ mph slower than those on track. It does NOT mean you ahve to let anyone by, especially when you have position before and halfway through the corner on the approaching car.

I understand what you are trying to say, but you are missing the interpretation and spirit of the rule.

f1longbeach - 13 October 2008 07:18 AM

Know matter what you people think, our what you may think it looks like, there is now connection to Ferrari and the FIA. Please, that would be a conspiracy, and we all know a conspiracy falls apart when more than 3 people
are involved, and this would probably have at least 50 people involved. Including people from McLaren, and if nobody form McLaren were involved, everybody knows Ron Dennis would be crying the loudest, as he does so terribly well. Not to many years ago, when Alonso won he's two championships, you didn't here all this complaining from Ferrari or others, on how Ferrari at the start of those 2 seasons had to use last years car, while all the front running teams got to use there new and improved cars. That was at the time when many people, including Bernie, wanted Schumacher to retire. They were complaining that the fans were tired of seeing Michael
win so many races, and championships, that it was starting to hurt the sport, and it's popularity. They said that not as many people were tuning in to watch the races anymore, because he was winning just about everything.
Even the old editor and chief of F1 Racing Magazine, Matt Bishop, was quoted several times in his magazine, that Michael had nothing else to prove, and that he should get out and let someone else win races. I still have those issues of that magazine. Oh and by the way do any of you pin heads know where Matt Bishop is now. In case you don't I'll let you know, HE WORKS FOR McLAREN. Nooo that sounds to much like a coincidence, WRONG. If you dig deep enough you are going to find that this stuff has been going on for YEARS. I can't believe that true die hard F1 fans, I mean people that have been fans for 20-30yrs+., would believe all this conspiracy crap. This is just another example of how stupid the FIA and Bernie is. And by the way, for you Hamilton fans, all he had to do was finish ahead of, or right behind Masa the last 3 races, and the championship would be his. Oh know he has to go for it at the very beginning of the the race, and nearly take out almost all the top of the field. Isn't he the one that said he needs to race smart for the big picture. Wow reality what a concept.

1) I completely agree that all the conspiracy theroies are over the top and really have no weight when discussed in reality instead of in an internet forum.

2) As for Hamilton attacking at the first corner, we don't really know what his strategy was or how much fuel he had on board, so he might have needed to be out front if he was on a light fuel load. Not just that, but if you are fighting for a championship you should NEVER play the "points game" by trying to just finish behind your opponent. You should ALWAYS be fighting to get as many points as you can within reason (ie. you shouldn't try a risky pass with 2 laps to go if more likely than not you'll end up taking yourself out). Who knows, Hamilton's engine could blow in China, and he'd then need every point he could get. Fighting for that last point would then make a huge difference. There are way to many variables in motor racing to where you race to be safe; you should almost always try to get as many as you can wihtin reason.