Comments on: Fuji 2008: Felipe Massa & Lewis Hamilton Receive Penalties

By: Shanghai 2008: Lewis Hamilton Wins To Take Title To Wire » BlogF1

Shanghai 2008: Lewis Hamilton Wins To Take Title To Wire » BlogF1 — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 13:59:38 +0000

[...] start of the race was full of tension after the previous grand prix at Fuji last weekend. But despite all the theories of drivers running each other off the road, the main [...]

By: Are The Stewards Ruining Formula One? » BlogF1

Are The Stewards Ruining Formula One? » BlogF1 — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 16:44:26 +0000

[...] then earlier today in Fuji, three drivers received penalties that have once again divided opinion the world over, and potentially ruined what could have been a [...]

By: Gusto

Gusto — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 16:29:24 +0000

Like what Lewis said ” its the name of the game”, only someone returning from outer space will think that the game is not fixed for Ferrari. the only positive i can get from this season is when Bam Bam says I was 2008 WDC people will just laugh at him and say “yeah right”

By: Steven Roy

Steven Roy — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 16:04:32 +0000

Lewis’s penalty is a joke. You have to ask why Massa did not try to avoid a collision after he put four wheels off the track. I forgot since Spa you are not allowed to leave the track to avoid a collision.

By: F1Punter

F1Punter — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 10:19:19 +0000

I think that the Hamilton penalty is interesting as there are not many precedents that spring to mind from first corner incidents. I suppose what could be argued is that he entered the corner behind Raikkonen and then emerged ahead of him after having left the racetrack (we can just see this at 0:12 in the video above). I guess given what has gone before this season that entitles him to a penalty?

What is more interesting I think is that once he had had a poor getaway the next few seconds/minutes were the biggest test of Hamilton’s bottle since the climax to last season. Interesting trait.