SoliD said:bloody hell, didnt think it was anywhere near that bad. Hope he gets better asap. Good driver is lapierre.
Westyfield2 said:Think this bit of the rule sheet might be of interest... Rule 116 at the bottom says it all.... come on stewards do your stuff!!
Just waiting for the stewards, must be soon...
I don't understand how that is meant to help or anything?Stormrider said:Someones put some effort into recreating the "incident":
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j0rnxJdb9_o&search=monaco f1
Duke said:I don't understand how that is meant to help or anything?![]()
Westyfield2 said:(or I've missed their official decision)
Westyfield2 said:Stewards taking a long time to decide... (or I've missed their official decision)
What? Still no decision
Formula 1 qualifying in Monaco ended at just after three o'clock local time but at nine thirty - around six and a half hours later, the three FIA Stewards had yet to rule on whether or not Michael Schumacher deliberately impeded other drivers in the final minute of qualifying by staging a false accident at Rascasse. The incident meant that Schumacher held on to pole position and the F1 paddock was almost unanimous (a rare thing indeed) in the belief that the move had been a tactical one rather than a amateur screw-up - as it appeared to be.
The FIA Stewards first ruled on Giancarlo Fisichella getting in the way of David Coulthard and that took only until ten past six, but three hours and 20 minutes later there is still nothing on the Schumacher case.
Such delays can only add to the impression that the decision involves more than three men sitting in a room by themselves.
Schumacher hits back at detractors
Michael Schumacher has responded to his detractor at Monaco, insisting he did not deliberately cause the yellow flags in the dying moments of qualifying today.
Schumacher, who met with the stewards shortly after the session, remained in his motorhome all afternoon, avoiding the normal post-qualifying media interviews. He emerged in the evening, however, to meet some of the media members that are still waiting at the track for the stewards' decision.
"I've explained to the stewards what I've already said in the [FIA] press conference," the German said. "We've shown them the data they wanted to see. The FIA had its own data, and they fitted each other.
"Now everybody is waiting for their decision."
Schumacher said his car was difficult to drive and developed problems before coming to a halt at Rascasse.
"It starts to get more difficult to drive, already earlier it was getting difficult to hold the car," he said. "In corner 6, I had to work harder at the wheel, and also at corner 10 and at the chicane.
"The car was more unbalanced, but I still knew I could have made up the time. I think I was only 1.5 to 2 tenths [of a second] slower than my fastest lap. I knew the last sector is really decisive, so that's why I was pushing. But it didn't work out.
"If somebody wants to make a complaint, it's because I was too fast. By then making a mistake, I get the complaints I've seen. That is hard to understand."
Schumacher dismissed harsh criticism made by drivers like Jacques Villeneuve, who described Schumacher's driving as "embarrassing".
"They are not really my friends, and over the years it is always the same ones who say these things," Schumacher responded.
"Only the man who is sitting in the car knows. I don't think they have the information to make a valid judgement.
"But I've been long enough in this business to know how to deal with complaints; after a while, it calms down."
Asked if he at all felt guilty, Schumacher replied: "If I do, it's for being too fast, that's all I'm guilty of, nothing else. "
Flibster said:They'd better bloody hurry up...
I'm off to see XmenIII soon...
Still heard nothing though. FFS!!
Stellios said:You might have missed it, but im sure Flibster wouldnt. Im sure itll be on here within 30 seconds of it being announced, just keep checking back.
Stormrider said:Late night screening to avoid the kiddies is it?
Over Clocker said:Right, lets place bets!!
I think Schumacher did this deliberately, but I think the race stewards will rule in his and Ferrari's favour.
Mal
Flibster said:Not commenting as I've already had threats from people via email ** about the way I/we talk about their love interest....
Sadly - people do seem to take these threads FAR too seriously...no doubt one of the little self abusers ** is currently composing an email to send me on the subject of what I can do to my love spuds as people have been abusing the focus of their love juice....
Simon/~Flibster