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[vaptin]

Hulkenburg and Alonso said Hamilton gave enough room.. what do you think of that?

I think they'll make great stewards when they retire.

Can you imagine Alonso as a Steward

[smokin]

Hulkenburg and Alonso said Hamilton gave enough room.. what do you think of that?

I think they'll make great stewards when they retire.

Can you imagine Alonso as a Steward

Bar Steward, maybe.

[vaptin]

Seriously, he knows his racing, but drivers would be quaking in their boots when called up to face the Stewards

[Robert12010]

alonso as a steward? now that would be funny...he would probaly be the harshest steward ever

[nish2280]

Mark Webber as a steward: "Nah, he could have made that EASILY", "so what if he would have to have gone off the track? he could have just stuck it into the inside and given him a little bit of a nudge".

[The Ram]

Hulkenburg and Alonso said Hamilton gave enough room.. what do you think of that?

Could we please see a link?
Otherwise i can just state now that Martin Whitmarsh himself said that Lewis deserved a penalty.

It's on f1.com.. Hulkenburg interview. I think I got the alonso interview from planet f1. Why would I lie? I got it originally form another forum.

Q. If you come in the last few races into a similar situation to what Lewis Hamilton and Mark Webber found in Singapore, where you fight side-by-side, do you take risks at all costs or play it safe?

FA: I don't know – it depends on the situation. All situations are unique and difficult to compare to any other one. If you see clearly that you have an advantage into the corner and think you are okay then you go for it. If you are at a disadvantage in that corner then maybe you go off the throttle because you need to finish races. [Mark] Webber was very lucky in Singapore. I saw the picture of the tyre, and that was luck!

It was okay, but 99 per cent of time during incidents like that both cars would be off. And if both cars were off then maybe now there would be different talks the week after – because now it seems that it was bad for Lewis [Hamilton], and if both cars were off then maybe it was not so much on Lewis. I think Hamilton was unlucky in that incident and Mark was lucky, but no-one was at fault.

Q: McLaren’s Lewis Hamilton has been criticised a lot recently for his mistakes. If you take a look at the incidents he was embroiled in at Monza and Singapore, how do you see it?

NH: I would say that he risked a little too much there. The chance to pass Felipe (Massa) may not have been good at that point. So there I would say that it was his mistake. In Singapore I would say that this was an accident, as I think that he gave Mark Webber enough space. He had to take the chance to be in a good position, so it was not a mistake but rather bad luck. These things happen in racing. If two drivers are heading for the same turn and both want to have the best line, then contact might happen. Webber came into the whole situation as he had to pass one of the Virgins, which caused Lewis to be in a good position. He was ahead for a couple of metres, then Mark braked very late so as not to lose his position. Lewis gave him some space, but then they touched. This is what makes racing exciting. For me this was a pure racing accident.

[vaptin]

Can't see Alonso said Lewis gave him space,

Hulkenburg thinks Lewis gave him space, but also said it was a racing incident. . .

[billindenver]

Why would I lie?

No idea. But where exactly did Alonso say what you quoted him as?