Comments on: Smoke and Mirrors - Was Hamilton Punished? http://f1jam.com/2007/08/05/smoke-and-mirrors-was-hamilton-punished/ Jamming F1 Style... Tue, 07 Oct 2008 00:27:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1.2 By: Simona http://f1jam.com/2007/08/05/smoke-and-mirrors-was-hamilton-punished/#comment-1629 Simona Sun, 05 Aug 2007 14:26:21 +0000 http://f1jam.com/2007/08/05/smoke-and-mirrors-was-hamilton-punished/#comment-1629 I completely agree with Haas, the whole event was most unfortunate, but I feel that Alonso got the bad end of the deal. Lewis ignited the whole conflict and as a consequence McLaren was stripped of constructor points. I fear that Ron Dennis will not be able to control the two drivers, Alonso aims to maintain his title and Hamilton is under much pressure to become the 1st rookie champion in F1. I hope that this taking sides does not escalate any further... I completely agree with Haas, the whole event was most unfortunate, but I feel that Alonso got the bad end of the deal. Lewis ignited the whole conflict and as a consequence McLaren was stripped of constructor points.
I fear that Ron Dennis will not be able to control the two drivers, Alonso aims to maintain his title and Hamilton is under much pressure to become the 1st rookie champion in F1. I hope that this taking sides does not escalate any further…

]]> By: Sreejith http://f1jam.com/2007/08/05/smoke-and-mirrors-was-hamilton-punished/#comment-1631 Sreejith Tue, 07 Aug 2007 21:46:42 +0000 http://f1jam.com/2007/08/05/smoke-and-mirrors-was-hamilton-punished/#comment-1631 Though i am not sure what exactly transpired in the pits but i am sure i did see Ron Dennis throw away his headphones in a fury at the end of Q3 and pace down to Alonso's part of the team where he did grab Alonso's physio and tear away his headphone before realizing he was being watched by the whole world. To my interpretation, that implies that the physio or alonso's part of the team was helping Alonso get back at Lewis. Leads me to believe Version 2 of your theory. Whatever be the case Hamilton made it really obvious that he isn't averse to gamesmanship as well... not really a good sign for his squeaky clean image. Though i am not sure what exactly transpired in the pits but i am sure i did see Ron Dennis throw away his headphones in a fury at the end of Q3 and pace down to Alonso’s part of the team where he did grab Alonso’s physio and tear away his headphone before realizing he was being watched by the whole world. To my interpretation, that implies that the physio or alonso’s part of the team was helping Alonso get back at Lewis. Leads me to believe Version 2 of your theory.

Whatever be the case Hamilton made it really obvious that he isn’t averse to gamesmanship as well… not really a good sign for his squeaky clean image.

]]> By: Haas http://f1jam.com/2007/08/05/smoke-and-mirrors-was-hamilton-punished/#comment-1632 Haas Wed, 08 Aug 2007 05:16:55 +0000 http://f1jam.com/2007/08/05/smoke-and-mirrors-was-hamilton-punished/#comment-1632 @Sreejith: It was speculated in the media later that the headphones incident was related to Lewis' outburst on Ron via the radio. The thing with the Alonso's Physio is debatable as it would be hard for him to signal Alonso during quali, let alone when he was in the box! Again its like opening a can of worms... We would rather wait and watch what will happen. @Sreejith: It was speculated in the media later that the headphones incident was related to Lewis’ outburst on Ron via the radio. The thing with the Alonso’s Physio is debatable as it would be hard for him to signal Alonso during quali, let alone when he was in the box!

Again its like opening a can of worms… We would rather wait and watch what will happen.

]]> By: verasaki http://f1jam.com/2007/08/05/smoke-and-mirrors-was-hamilton-punished/#comment-1635 verasaki Mon, 13 Aug 2007 00:35:16 +0000 http://f1jam.com/2007/08/05/smoke-and-mirrors-was-hamilton-punished/#comment-1635 I saw this post earlier and thought it was one of the more, er, balanced I'd seen and decided to come back to it later. I'm surprised...or maybe not... that more people haven't responded, but you seem to have found three of the more rational fans out there. Good job! At first I also thought Dennis had shown that reactionary moment as a result of Alonso holding up Hamilton but, after reading what he had to say and what the stewards had to say, wondered if it wasn't just him throwing headphones because the whole day had just gone pear shaped...and realizing that he had two irate talents on his hands and instead of a 1 2 at Hungary, where quali counts like nowhere else, he now had an escalation of they rivalry hype everyone has been dining out on. Bottom line, I'm just hanging out waiting for the rest of this very bizarre season to unfold. I saw this post earlier and thought it was one of the more, er, balanced I’d seen and decided to come back to it later. I’m surprised…or maybe not… that more people haven’t responded, but you seem to have found three of the more rational fans out there. Good job!

At first I also thought Dennis had shown that reactionary moment as a result of Alonso holding up Hamilton but, after reading what he had to say and what the stewards had to say, wondered if it wasn’t just him throwing headphones because the whole day had just gone pear shaped…and realizing that he had two irate talents on his hands and instead of a 1 2 at Hungary, where quali counts like nowhere else, he now had an escalation of they rivalry hype everyone has been dining out on.

Bottom line, I’m just hanging out waiting for the rest of this very bizarre season to unfold.

]]> By: Alfredo http://f1jam.com/2007/08/05/smoke-and-mirrors-was-hamilton-punished/#comment-1651 Alfredo Sat, 25 Aug 2007 20:06:39 +0000 http://f1jam.com/2007/08/05/smoke-and-mirrors-was-hamilton-punished/#comment-1651 I found your comments very rational, something difficult to find out there. I agree with your second hipotesis because seems to fit the most with the situation. I imagine that Alonso's team was very upset by the attitude ol Lewis and they decide to arrange the things as it would must be. What I see as more dangerous is the attitude of Ron Dennis who clearly lost his role and did not take any action to punish Lewis unfair behaviour. Everybody saw by the TV what are his preferences. Another final point is about the role of Lewis's fhater inside McLaren; Don't you think that there are too many people commanding in McLaren? I found your comments very rational, something difficult to find out there. I agree with your second hipotesis because seems to fit the most with the situation. I imagine that Alonso’s team was very upset by the attitude ol Lewis and they decide to arrange the things as it would must be.
What I see as more dangerous is the attitude of Ron Dennis who clearly lost his role and did not take any action to punish Lewis unfair behaviour. Everybody saw by the TV what are his preferences.
Another final point is about the role of Lewis’s fhater inside McLaren; Don’t you think that there are too many people commanding in McLaren?

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