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[lordflashhart]

Below is a video of Ayrton at a press conference in 1991 talking about PROPER racing, and how he made his own decisions and stuck to them. There is also indications of how much respect all the drivers have for each other evan when racing.

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=Fef6blfYvrw

Lewis never caused an accident or hit anybody, but he still got penalised. What decisions would todays FIA have made of the 80's/early 90's of F1, or indeed the the racing drivers from that era made on todays FIA. A mega difference me thinks?

[bud]

well lately they seem to punish you if you(Lewis mainly) make the slightest mistake.... thats really going to help a driver want to try and make a pass knowing if he gets it wrong he is 25 seconds backwards!
its almost like all this talk of making the cars able to overtake contradicts the stewarding of late

[scotty]

But when Senna was talking about the start of the race he said he wanted to avoid incidents, because he had the sense to know the title was on the line.

As for the FIA in those days, well, they just let Senna finish the race in '89 before letting him know he was disqualified.

[McLaren Fan]

The FIA has always been corrupt. When Balestre was running the show all things French were favoured, i.e. Renault and Prost.

It's funny this thread came up, for I was saying the same thing to my brother not so long ago. Senna - and, to a lesser extent, Prost - would not tolerate the sort of bias and corruption we are seeing at the minute. I would love to hear what Senna would say about all of these shenanigans if he were alive today.

[Gaz]

Lewis needs to stand up like Senna did and say somthing

[McLaren Fan]

Lewis needs to stand up like Senna did and say somthing

Aye, and then he would be banned from racing, fined, made to make an embarrassing, groveling apology face-to-face with Mosley etc. He's best keeping his mouth shut and doing his best.

[jsonf1]

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TIMES CHANGE



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[Gaz]

Lewis needs to stand up like Senna did and say somthing

Aye, and then he would be banned from racing, fined, made to make an embarrassing, groveling apology face-to-face with Mosley etc. He's best keeping his mouth shut and doing his best.

Is he though i mean its not done him any good so far?

it would be no use doing it over japan, but spa would of been a great opportunity

[McLaren Fan]

Lewis needs to stand up like Senna did and say somthing

Aye, and then he would be banned from racing, fined, made to make an embarrassing, groveling apology face-to-face with Mosley etc. He's best keeping his mouth shut and doing his best.

Is he though i mean its not done him any good so far?

it would be no use doing it over japan, but spa would of been a great opportunity

The FIA can make things a hell of a lot worse than they are now for McLaren and Hamilton. Unless you have the backing of most of the teams or something similar, you're better shutting your mouth and saying nothing.

[scotty]

The FIA can make things a hell of a lot worse than they are now for McLaren and Hamilton. Unless you have the backing of most of the teams or something similar, you're better shutting your mouth and saying nothing.

Yep, maybe he should wait until he's won his 3rd title and therefore commanded the respect of pretty much everyone before he says such things, like Senna did. Hamilton doesn't really appear to be in a position to pass judgement on the standard of driving in F1 right now, going off his escapades this season.

[McLaren Fan]

The FIA can make things a hell of a lot worse than they are now for McLaren and Hamilton. Unless you have the backing of most of the teams or something similar, you're better shutting your mouth and saying nothing.

Yep, maybe he should wait until he's won his 3rd title and therefore commanded the respect of pretty much everyone before he says such things, like Senna did. Hamilton doesn't really appear to be in a position to pass judgement on the standard of driving in F1 right now, going off his escapades this season.

In terms of the levels of bias and corruption in Formula One, Hamilton should be able to say something, but Formula One is run by the FIA. Also, to be honest, I don't think it matters how many titles you have in terms of commenting on driving standards, the drivers' remarks are biased and not worth listening to.

[scotty]

In terms of the levels of bias and corruption in Formula One, Hamilton should be able to say something, but Formula One is run by the FIA.

Surely everyone has picked up on Hamilton's thinly-veiled comments on this season's penalties though...

Also, to be honest, I don't think it matters how many titles you have in terms of commenting on driving standards, the drivers' remarks are biased and not worth listening to.

Hmm, you may have a point actually, i have edited this post because some things Massa has said today and yesterday have come to mind. And he's a total fool really. I still think experience stands for a lot in these cases, and sense would dictate that you at least hear what the best drivers have to say.

[Hanwombat]

Sneeze
Thats what I think of the FIA

I actually did sneeze

[7UpJordan]

Sneeze
Thats what I think of the FIA

I actually did sneeze

Bless you.