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[pilotfriend]

As far as I am concerned, the protest was by a few teams incapable of accepting that another team had a good idea. I am sick and tired was spending two hours watching a race only to discover a couple of days later that it was a complete waste of time as other drivers now have the podium.
It makes a nonsense out of F1 and promotes race winning on rules rather than skill.

Ferrari does seem to like to get it their own way and I suspect they were the driving force behind this latest protest/appeal. I still find it hard to take them seriously when (in my view) they deliberately lost a wheel at an Eddie Irvine pitstop because they could not bear that he became champion.

Teams at the top change. The Ferrari start is probably waning anyway.
pilotfriend

[dant]

Its good news and im glad to hear it, although the only bad thing is that you can 100 % guarentee that, at the end of the season if Brawn GP win one of the championships then this board and many others will be awash with the trolls, and the word "cheats" will be spryed about at an alarming rate.

Actually, it wouldn't suprise me if this happens today

[scotty]

maybe they can, but choose not to until they where legal, just in case they got banned from the first 2 races

If they're THAT paranoid they might as well just stop racing in F1.

Its good news and im glad to hear it, although the only bad thing is that you can 100 % guarentee that, at the end of the season if Brawn GP win one of the championships then this board and many others will be awash with the trolls, and the word "cheats" will be spryed about at an alarming rate.

Actually, it wouldn't suprise me if this happens today

Yeah, well we've already had it with the SC in Australia.

[bud]

Yeah, well we've already had it with the SC in Australia.

we have?

[scotty]

Yeah, well we've already had it with the SC in Australia.

we have?

Yeah, people saying that the SC was deliberately sent out after Button pitted. Bit far fetched if you ask me!

[bud]

Yeah, well we've already had it with the SC in Australia.

we have?

Yeah, people saying that the SC was deliberately sent out after Button pitted. Bit far fetched if you ask me!

can you suggest a logical explanation for its delay?

[scotty]

Yeah, well we've already had it with the SC in Australia.

we have?

Yeah, people saying that the SC was deliberately sent out after Button pitted. Bit far fetched if you ask me!

can you suggest a logical explanation for its delay?

Stewards floundering about trying to decide if it could be covered under waved yellows is the most obvious explaination. Then when it became apparent it couldn't be sorted without using the SC it was sent out.

[bud]

yeah thats very logical

[scotty]

Seems like you think it's some sort of weird conspiracy then, i think i'll just leave you to it in that case.

[csrracer]

Of course it's a conspiracy, all those years that FIA seemed to back Ferrari, were in truth going towards Braun himself. Now that that the ICA have voted for Brawn over Ferrari it proves that point.

[Jabberwocky]

maybe they can, but choose not to until they where legal, just in case they got banned from the first 2 races

If they're THAT paranoid they might as well just stop racing in F1.

I think it is more on the error on the side of caution. OK they might have 2 bad races without the trick diffuser. But what would of happened if Brawn, Toyota, and Williams got disqualified from the first 2 races? then McLaren might of got some points, Just think that could of been a win in Oz.

[MAD MAX]

can you suggest a logical explanation for its delay?

Simple, its called feck-wits

[bud]

Seems like you think it's some sort of weird conspiracy then, i think i'll just leave you to it in that case.

the only so called "logical" explanation has been the stewards were rusty or off their game or now floundering about. the fact remains there were roughly 2 laps after the crash where A. in that section there is no crane there is no run off there is no where for the marshals to move the car. B. there was alot of debris on the track. The stewards would have known this so again why the delay?
History tells you in most situations like this accident the SC is deployed straight away! so anyone with a brain would question that! conspiracy? i never said that but to think for yourself you must question authority and not just accept what you see as being correct or factual all the time! what i saw didnt make sense and i want to know the answers. So yeah you can leave it at that and just brush it aside as nothing. just say yes is what they say in your case....

PS did anyone else see Charlie Whiting hugging Button after the race?

all in all Button was the deserved winner that day no denying that nor am i suggesting Brawn are cheats like you said i did, i just hate BS officialdom.

[scotty]

Of course it's a conspiracy, all those years that FIA seemed to back Ferrari, were in truth going towards Braun himself. Now that that the ICA have voted for Brawn over Ferrari it proves that point.

It all makes sense now!

maybe they can, but choose not to until they where legal, just in case they got banned from the first 2 races

If they're THAT paranoid they might as well just stop racing in F1.

I think it is more on the error on the side of caution. OK they might have 2 bad races without the trick diffuser. But what would of happened if Brawn, Toyota, and Williams got disqualified from the first 2 races? then McLaren might of got some points, Just think that could of been a win in Oz.

Yup. Nevertheless, i really don't think McLaren were running a 'restricted' trick diffuser.

They were never going to disqualify the teams from the first 2 races, that would mean they declare the Australia winner 3 weeks after the race, giving the win to the guy who finished 6th on the day. That would've ruined F1's reputation a lot worse than it is already! Anyway, a moot point seeing as it is no longer a potential situation. I'm glad it's been put to bed now!

[2Del]

I just don't know why they couldn't sort out the diffuser issue in the off-season.

Because that would make too much sense. This is the FIA after all.