2008 Chinese GP - Race 17/18

JRS · 18 Oct 2008 at 13:38

NathanE said:
Eh? Another penalty for Hamilton? Surely no?

Not yet. Give it time, I'm sure either he'll do something stupid or the stewards will cook up something preposterous

NathanE · 18 Oct 2008 at 13:40

BTW has a 3 slot grid penalty ever happened before? Seems like the FIA just plucked that rule from thin air for Heidfeld :confused:

JRS · 18 Oct 2008 at 13:43

NathanE said:
BTW has a 3 slot grid penalty ever happened before? Seems like the FIA just plucked that rule from thin air for Heidfeld

Pretty sure it has. Fisi in Turkey, Heidfeld in Singapore.

***edit***

And I'm pretty sure that same question was asked in the Singapore thread when Heidfeld copped the penalty there!

utajoker · 18 Oct 2008 at 13:44

i just thougth there were set penalties, like 5 or 10 place grid drops, not what they choose.

Sparky · 18 Oct 2008 at 13:44

JRS said:
Not yet. Give it time, I'm sure either he'll do something stupid or the stewards will cook up something preposterous

Drive through penalty for breathing air

Mad_Jay · 18 Oct 2008 at 14:08

http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/18102008/13/penalties-possible-practice.html

Championship leader Lewis Hamilton could be fined by stewards for an incident during Saturday morning practice in China.

During the last hour of practice before qualifying, the McLaren driver made a mistake on the pit entry road - as he famously did one year ago at the Shanghai International Circuit.

This time, however, the 23-year-old avoided the infamous gravel trap, instead running up an escape road.

But when he then selected reverse gear and backed into the pit entry before continuing into the pits, he may have contravened a fundamental rule.

Last month in Singapore, Toyota's Jarno Trulli was fined 10,000 Euros after he drove the wrong way up the pit straight following a spin.

Article 30.2 of F1's sporting regulations says drivers are 'strictly forbidden' from driving the wrong way around a circuit, 'unless this is absolutely necessary in order to move the car from a dangerous position.'

As well as the fine, Trulli was also officially reprimanded.

Meanwhile, Red Bull's Mark Webber will drop ten places down the Chinese Grand Prix grid, after his Renault V8 failed in practice.

Lets hope its just a fine

NathanE · 18 Oct 2008 at 14:14

Hahahaha

.:MBK:. · 18 Oct 2008 at 14:14

well if he gets anything else then FIA are going to really raise some eyebrows

JRS · 18 Oct 2008 at 14:17

Mad_Jay said:
http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/18102008/13/penalties-possible-practice.html.

Disqualify him and ban him from the championship!

utajoker · 18 Oct 2008 at 14:18

they would fine him if he rolled backwards even an inch on the track

Thomas. PLease. · 18 Oct 2008 at 14:18

Knowing the stewards and everybody else hate for hamilton at the moment it will probably end up being blown ridiculously out of proportion and he'll be moved down the grid or something silly like that.

NathanE · 18 Oct 2008 at 14:36

You couldn't make this **** up could you?

Mad_Jay · 18 Oct 2008 at 14:49

The BBC should hire that lot, they would write better storylines for EastEnders than the current tripe.

orderoftheflame · 18 Oct 2008 at 15:39

Mad_Jay said:
http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/18102008/13/penalties-possible-practice.html

Lets hope its just a fine

There's a huuuuuge difference between that, and what Trulli did.

psychas · 18 Oct 2008 at 15:43

would it be legal if raikonen crashed in hamilton to make massa win ?

utajoker · 18 Oct 2008 at 15:51

psychas said:
would it be legal if raikonen crashed in hamilton to make massa win ?

10,000 euro fine for raikonen

JRS · 18 Oct 2008 at 15:52

psychas said:
would it be legal if raikonen crashed in hamilton to make massa win ?

The stewards would have a hard time penalising Massa for it, even leaving aside their profound love for Massa and Ferrari and their intense hatred of Hamilton and McLaren.

PinkFloyd · 18 Oct 2008 at 15:53

Odds that Lewis would get penalised if Heikki took Massa out though.....

utajoker · 18 Oct 2008 at 15:58

they would prob strip maclaren and drivers of all points or something

Cosimo · 18 Oct 2008 at 15:58

My little bit of fiction:

Raikkonen will beat Hamilton to the first corner, Massa will let Alonso into third place. Alonso will drive into the back of Hamilton. If Hamilton gets back into the race, Weber will do for him. Massa will pass Raikkonen after the first pit stop and go on to win the race. Raikkonen will be second and Kubica will finish third.