Comments on: Nobody has confidence in the FIA http://doctorvee.co.uk/2007/10/22/nobody-has-confidence-in-the-fia/ Not a real vee Sat, 20 Mar 2010 21:51:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Brazil final scorcher, with a twist! - Somefoolwit_habari http://doctorvee.co.uk/2007/10/22/nobody-has-confidence-in-the-fia/comment-page-1/#comment-869665 Brazil final scorcher, with a twist! - Somefoolwit_habari Thu, 04 Dec 2008 00:53:13 +0000 http://doctorvee.co.uk/2007/10/22/nobody-has-confidence-in-the-fia/#comment-869665 [...] down to 1:12.5 in the final 10 or so laps.Then to cap it all, the BMW Saubers and Williams are then found to have fuel irregularities for which McLaren have appealed the decision not to take it any further by the stewards. 2007 [...] [...] down to 1:12.5 in the final 10 or so laps.Then to cap it all, the BMW Saubers and Williams are then found to have fuel irregularities for which McLaren have appealed the decision not to take it any further by the stewards. 2007 [...]

]]> By: Brazil final scorcher, with a twist! - Somefoolwith_ahabari http://doctorvee.co.uk/2007/10/22/nobody-has-confidence-in-the-fia/comment-page-1/#comment-695241 Brazil final scorcher, with a twist! - Somefoolwith_ahabari Mon, 01 Sep 2008 19:11:09 +0000 http://doctorvee.co.uk/2007/10/22/nobody-has-confidence-in-the-fia/#comment-695241 [...] down to 1:12.5 in the final 10 or so laps.Then to cap it all, the BMW Saubers and Williams are then found to have fuel irregularities for which McLaren have appealed the decision not to take it any further by the stewards. 2007 [...] [...] down to 1:12.5 in the final 10 or so laps.Then to cap it all, the BMW Saubers and Williams are then found to have fuel irregularities for which McLaren have appealed the decision not to take it any further by the stewards. 2007 [...]

]]> By: Sam Wrexham http://doctorvee.co.uk/2007/10/22/nobody-has-confidence-in-the-fia/comment-page-1/#comment-187168 Sam Wrexham Fri, 02 Nov 2007 21:45:59 +0000 http://doctorvee.co.uk/2007/10/22/nobody-has-confidence-in-the-fia/#comment-187168 In reality the BMW and Williams teams should not be DSQ'd. However people have been DSQ'd over smaller issues before when its bin for the benefit of moving a Ferrari up the field. I believe that the FIA do earn the name Ferrari, International, Assistance 1. Cast your mind back to Hungary 06 Robert Kubica was 4 kgs underweight he got DSQ'd which enabled Schumacher to score a point even though he retired from the race. Now I personally think that running illegal fuel is worse then being under weight. You know for a fact that if the shoe was on the other foot and it was a Ferrari driver that needed 5th position they would not hesitate about disqualifying the illegal cars 2. and why dither around just because its is the finale the rules should be the rules why change them you know if it was round 1 they would have been DSQ’d no offence meant but from what I can see they don’t want to change the result for Raikkonens sake , not being funny but Mclaren are not cheating its not Hamiltons fault that he had more points then Raikkonen going into Brazil In a perfect world no penalties would be issued but due to the fact that the FIA have been so overly harsh on other teams I see it only fair that the penalise the BMW’s and the William drivers in the interest of equality and fairness to all the teams In reality the BMW and Williams teams should not be DSQ’d. However people have been DSQ’d over smaller issues before when its bin for the benefit of moving a Ferrari up the field. I believe that the FIA do earn the name Ferrari, International, Assistance

1. Cast your mind back to Hungary 06 Robert Kubica was 4 kgs underweight he got DSQ’d which enabled Schumacher to score a point even though he retired from the race. Now I personally think that running illegal fuel is worse then being under weight. You know for a fact that if the shoe was on the other foot and it was a Ferrari driver that needed 5th position they would not hesitate about disqualifying the illegal cars
2. and why dither around just because its is the finale the rules should be the rules why change them you know if it was round 1 they would have been DSQ’d no offence meant but from what I can see they don’t want to change the result for Raikkonens sake , not being funny but Mclaren are not cheating its not Hamiltons fault that he had more points then Raikkonen going into Brazil

In a perfect world no penalties would be issued but due to the fact that the FIA have been so overly harsh on other teams I see it only fair that the penalise the BMW’s and the William drivers in the interest of equality and fairness to all the teams

]]> By: sidepodcast.com http://doctorvee.co.uk/2007/10/22/nobody-has-confidence-in-the-fia/comment-page-1/#comment-174763 sidepodcast.com Fri, 26 Oct 2007 19:18:50 +0000 http://doctorvee.co.uk/2007/10/22/nobody-has-confidence-in-the-fia/#comment-174763 back on topic, it appears the FIA can even screw up the appeal announcement: http://www.sidepodcast.com/2007/10/26/f1-fuel-appeal-date-set/ back on topic, it appears the FIA can even screw up the appeal announcement:

http://www.sidepodcast.com/2007/10/26/f1-fuel-appeal-date-set/

]]> By: doctorvee http://doctorvee.co.uk/2007/10/22/nobody-has-confidence-in-the-fia/comment-page-1/#comment-168742 doctorvee Tue, 23 Oct 2007 12:22:04 +0000 http://doctorvee.co.uk/2007/10/22/nobody-has-confidence-in-the-fia/#comment-168742 Thanks Sidepodcast, I've now <a href="http://doctorvee.co.uk/2007/10/23/mclaren-unreliability-not-to-blame-for-hamiltons-problem/">written a post about it</a>. Thanks Sidepodcast, I’ve now written a post about it.

]]> By: sidepodcast.com http://doctorvee.co.uk/2007/10/22/nobody-has-confidence-in-the-fia/comment-page-1/#comment-168682 sidepodcast.com Tue, 23 Oct 2007 11:42:56 +0000 http://doctorvee.co.uk/2007/10/22/nobody-has-confidence-in-the-fia/#comment-168682 now you can see it, as it happens: http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2007/10/23/video-did-hamilton-cause-his-gearbox-problem/ now you can see it, as it happens:

http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2007/10/23/video-did-hamilton-cause-his-gearbox-problem/

]]> By: doctorvee http://doctorvee.co.uk/2007/10/22/nobody-has-confidence-in-the-fia/comment-page-1/#comment-168652 doctorvee Tue, 23 Oct 2007 11:20:11 +0000 http://doctorvee.co.uk/2007/10/22/nobody-has-confidence-in-the-fia/#comment-168652 No mention of the <a href="http://www.pitpass.com/fes_php/pitpass_news_item.php?fes_art_id=33292">start button</a>? I wanted to see that on the steering wheel diagram... Still, not nearly as bad as the ITV-F1 article I reckon. Mark Hughes has a book to sell. It used to be called <i>Lewis Hamilton: Champion of the World</i>. Oh dear! No mention of the start button? I wanted to see that on the steering wheel diagram…

Still, not nearly as bad as the ITV-F1 article I reckon. Mark Hughes has a book to sell. It used to be called Lewis Hamilton: Champion of the World. Oh dear!

]]> By: sidepodcast.com http://doctorvee.co.uk/2007/10/22/nobody-has-confidence-in-the-fia/comment-page-1/#comment-168341 sidepodcast.com Tue, 23 Oct 2007 07:01:32 +0000 http://doctorvee.co.uk/2007/10/22/nobody-has-confidence-in-the-fia/#comment-168341 sorry, off-topic but... if you thought his last article was bad, you have to read this: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/main.jhtml?xml=/sport/2007/10/23/smgear123.xml sorry, off-topic but… if you thought his last article was bad, you have to read this:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/main.jhtml?xml=/sport/2007/10/23/smgear123.xml

]]> By: Onebrow http://doctorvee.co.uk/2007/10/22/nobody-has-confidence-in-the-fia/comment-page-1/#comment-167766 Onebrow Mon, 22 Oct 2007 23:21:14 +0000 http://doctorvee.co.uk/2007/10/22/nobody-has-confidence-in-the-fia/#comment-167766 Just a quick comment regarding the Ferrari boys as Alvin put it. I don't think an awful lot of fiddling happened in the second pit stop, rather it happened before qualifying. Massa was sent out as a hare, with low fuel, I'm willing to bet Kimi had more than the one extra lap of fuel before the race. Essentially, I believe Ferrari brought Kimi in early at the first stops so as to give Massa the best chance of winning the race if the championship win was impossible. That is at least my read on the situation. Obviously Massa would have been under instructions to not go much faster than Kimi, if at all, but as I say I feel the switching of places was built into the strategies pre-qualifying. Just a quick comment regarding the Ferrari boys as Alvin put it. I don’t think an awful lot of fiddling happened in the second pit stop, rather it happened before qualifying. Massa was sent out as a hare, with low fuel, I’m willing to bet Kimi had more than the one extra lap of fuel before the race. Essentially, I believe Ferrari brought Kimi in early at the first stops so as to give Massa the best chance of winning the race if the championship win was impossible. That is at least my read on the situation.

Obviously Massa would have been under instructions to not go much faster than Kimi, if at all, but as I say I feel the switching of places was built into the strategies pre-qualifying.

]]> By: doctorvee http://doctorvee.co.uk/2007/10/22/nobody-has-confidence-in-the-fia/comment-page-1/#comment-167655 doctorvee Mon, 22 Oct 2007 21:26:02 +0000 http://doctorvee.co.uk/2007/10/22/nobody-has-confidence-in-the-fia/#comment-167655 Osmo, you are correct about the stewards. There is one permanent FIA steward who attends all of the races, Tony Scott Andrews. But two other stewards also work during a race, and these two others are amateurs and change from race to race. The introduction of a permanent steward a few years ago was supposed to help bring more consistency to the decisions, but if anything they seem to have become even worse! Thanks for all of the comments, and welcome if you are new -- especially Alvin. What an in-depth comment! Osmo, you are correct about the stewards. There is one permanent FIA steward who attends all of the races, Tony Scott Andrews. But two other stewards also work during a race, and these two others are amateurs and change from race to race.

The introduction of a permanent steward a few years ago was supposed to help bring more consistency to the decisions, but if anything they seem to have become even worse!

Thanks for all of the comments, and welcome if you are new — especially Alvin. What an in-depth comment!

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