It would have been nice to see it resolved in a more adult fashion. I think both drivers behaved a little childishly.

But then, both are a fair bit younger than i am, and I wouldn’t say i behave all that maturely!

And given that the the finger has been pointed at LH for starting this whole debacle my ignoring a team-internal order intended to maintain fair-play/equality, why not elect to redress the problem by applying a team-internal ‘penalty’ on LH?

My reading of the situation was that the team brought Alonso in for his pitstop before Hamilton in order to penalise Hamilton. The problem was that Alonso over egged it.

The possibility you suggest had occurred to me as well. I suppose the problem is that if Hamilton ignored the instruction once, what’s so say he wouldn’t ignore it again and again?

LH ignored an internal team plan/order/request to allow FA to lead Q3. Perhaps not the best decision but, as the article in F1Fanatic highlights, if FA was meant to be leading Q3, why was he not first at the pitlane exit ready to go?

I’m sure it would have been easier to hold LH in the garage until FA had exited and then follow out in convoy.

It’s been suggested that LH’s actions justified FA’s decision (or his engineers, or whatever) to hold in the pit just that bit longer, thereby preventing LH to complete a final qualy lap. Someone in McLaren (perhaps even FA himself) must have realised that this course of action could be deemed ‘illegal’ (or whatever term you care to apply) and therefore subject to a penalty?

And given that the the finger has been pointed at LH for starting this whole debacle my ignoring a team-internal order intended to maintain fair-play/equality, why not elect to redress the problem by applying a team-internal ‘penalty’ on LH?

For example, McLaren could have prevented LH from leading the subsequent Q3s at the next two GPs?

An internal problem solved, internally…….

Just a thought.

He isn’t bigger than the team, but apparently he thinks he is. He seems to think that Mclaren and F1 need him more than he needs them.

Having said all that, Alonso is no better. Two great racers, but both arrogant tossers nonethless.

Kimi raikonnen for world champ.

Priceless!!

Like Craig said, you put into words what some people feel about Hamilton, only better than they can themselves. Ever since Bahrain, I’ve been hoping for some bad luck to knock the rookie down a notch or so, but the circus just kept on building, and we got the entire bandwagon going – not unlike Man Utd in the 90s and Chelsea in the Mourinho era.

First off I’d like to say the kid is good – there’s just no two ways about it. But few people seem to mention at all how lucky he’s been: 1. driving a McLaren when they finally got some reliability into their cars; 2. given personal guidance by Ron Dennis since young. Hamilton supporters will say he earned the guidance because he merited it, but no one seems to mention how unlucky Kimi has been with McLaren.

The worst thing about the whole thing is listening to (perhaps only British?) “experts” creaming themselves over the kid, and almost never failing to find something good to say about him when a neutral fan might go “eh?”. Johnny-come-latelys who support sport like they do because Federer-rules-tennis or Tiger-rules-golf or Mourinho-is-better-than-Fergie, I understand if they feel that way. For seasoned pundits to worship him so not only bestows legitimacy to the newbies’ (and even veterans’) view of F1, it insults the intelligence of the viewing public.

That said, I hope Hamilton is NOT punished for that incident at Fuji Speedway. It pains me to see the kid romp away with the title, but docking points would make him a victim, and in this day and age, nobody can say anything bad (in public anyway) about a fighter who overcame his oppressors to become a champion.

Even at cadet Karting the competition is intense, go to any Kart meet and you will see scores of (babies) knocking each other from pillar to post, and the prize, a tin cup. this boy has raced at the top of each formula for longer than he has been alive, like it or not he is predatory animal when it comes to racing, he didnt get out of the car and throw a tantrum when he span off, he used cunning, just the sort of cunning that makes champions, Schumacher would employ the same tactic to secure points yet he is a national hero in Germany.

I have a great deal of respect for Fernando but bitching over Lewis isn’t the action of a double world champion, he should be the one who draws from his experience and rise above infighting, oh no, he brought 5 tenths to the team so they should have been greatful, if that isn’t arrogant then what is? prepare to step aside Fernando you are tomorrows chip paper.

We have been blessed with a god given talent, one that started from humble beginings, I have a lump in my throat when I see Anthony look at his boy on the podium, I stand and applaude him during our national anthem, for once we are not the “never mind there’s always next time” competitors, so wind your necks in, rid the envy from your bodys and watch our new superstar with pride.