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[bud]

FAILepe Massa.

When I first joined here, a Moddy got stuck into me, which I accepted, for not respecting driver's names.
As this is from a moddy, does it mean the shackles are off me, and everyone else now?

Scotty wont use that to refer to Felipe in everyone of his posts unlike some other pathetic posts ive seen from others...

[spankyham]

FAILepe Massa.

When I first joined here, a Moddy got stuck into me, which I accepted, for not respecting driver's names.
As this is from a moddy, does it mean the shackles are off me, and everyone else now?

Scotty wont use that to refer to Felipe in everyone of his posts unlike some other pathetic posts ive seen from others...

Fair enough, but either you respect the driver or not?

You can't be partly pregnant can you? So you can't be partly respectful!

Does Scotty qualify for "Attempted Respect"? Do they give Nobel prizes for "Attempted Chemistry"?

[spankyham]

Charlie and the Steward Gods have again shined of Lewis, no penalty.
I guess he's had enough bad things happen recently, so I don't begrudge them "turning a blind eye" to this one.
Still, I think he and Nico will be side by side and he will have to deal with a raging "Hulk" at the start - could be interesting.

[bud]

No need to go off on some weird tangant about pregnancy! Fact is Scotty made a statement on Felipes qualifying performance!
You got warned for referring to a driver in every post about him where there was no relevance other than your hate of him.

[myownalias]

No need to go off on some weird tangant about pregnancy! Fact is Scotty made a statement on Felipes qualifying performance!
You got warned for referring to a driver in every post about him where there was no relevance other than your hate of him.

It's been dealt with in PM; let's get back to the small matter of the Japanese Grand Prix, thanks

[smokin]

Charlie and the Steward Gods have again shined of Lewis, no penalty.
I guess he's had enough bad things happen recently, so I don't begrudge them "turning a blind eye" to this one.

Yeah, I saw that. He was lucky.

[Hammer278]

It is Mark's championship to lose now. People talk about 5 contenders, but it's really down to 2 now, Lewis is clearly out of it barring some miracle today in his favour

It's Webber and Alonso, but the Redbull is simply pure class in terms of downforce and grip, the McLaren and Ferrari are clear 2nd to Newey's latest genius. Tracks coming up, maybe Ferrari have a chance to win in Brazil but that's it.

I hope Mark holds it together and gets his first WDC, a good bloke and a very very good driver too.

[spankyham]

I raised the question earlier as to why the heck McLaren didn't change Lewis's gearbox after Singapore, when he would have been allowed to change it without penalty - because of his DNF there. As I said earlier, it seemed a no-brainer to me, he got hit in the rear by Mark and why not change it then as there would be no penalty or downside and it would be a reasonable precaution. They didn't.
If you read the article below Martin confirms the gearbox was damaged in Singapore! Here's the quote.
"Whitmarsh said that the gearbox problem was a legacy of the collision Hamilton suffered with Mark Webber at the Singapore Grand Prix."
A bad non-decision by McLaren and Lewis is saddled with the repercussions.

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/87359

[myownalias]

I raised the question earlier as to why the heck McLaren didn't change Lewis's gearbox after Singapore, when he would have been allowed to change it without penalty - because of his DNF there. As I said earlier, it seemed a no-brainer to me, he got hit in the rear by Mark and why not change it then as there would be no penalty or downside and it would be a reasonable precaution. They didn't.
If you read the article below Martin confirms the gearbox was damaged in Singapore! Here's the quote.
"Whitmarsh said that the gearbox problem was a legacy of the collision Hamilton suffered with Mark Webber at the Singapore Grand Prix."
A bad non-decision by McLaren and Lewis is saddled with the repercussions.

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/87359

It does seem like an odd decision to not change the gearbox; I don't know; maybe McLaren are strapped for cash and didn't want to change gearboxes to save cash!

[bud]

"We could have changed it but we wanted a fresh gearbox for the last three races," McLaren team principal Martin Whitmarsh told AUTOSPORT.

fair enough reason and worth the chance.

[XpectDaUnxpectd]

Poor Massa? Beached on the Gravel

Smart move by Kubica on the opening lap.

EDIT UPDATE: Kubica out of the race at last count; Are we gonna see an old Schumi, passes Barrichello and hunts Hamilton..

[oaba09]

Bad luck for lewis again...He lost his 3rd gear...

[oaba09]

Kobayashi is driving like he's possessed!!!

[hounddub]

Bad luck for lewis again...He lost his 3rd gear...

Another grid penalty for the next GP?

[Hammer278]

Kobayashi was FANTASTIC!!!!!

I was looking forward to Lewis closing in on Alonso and beat him again on track, notch up another McLaren reliability issue to spoil it for me.

Forget the WDC Lewis...just make sure to finish ahead of Jenson, believe it or not he's only THREE points behind!!! Luck is powerful.