Alonso, it seems has taken the role Schumi did for years i.e. employ unfair tactics.
It was appaling that after wining the race in Nurburgring he was still complaining to Massa about banging wheels, when he should be happy about the win and gracefully accepting it as a racing incident. Infact it would have been alright had Massa felt bitter about the incident but he took it on the chin.
This time around, Alonso was balatantly unsporting-like. If he can do this to his team-mate God only knows what he can do to drivers from other teams.
RE:Boring Game
by Super User on Aug 05, 2007 02:32 PM Permalink
C. Anon, Seems like you have a very narrow view of the world and do not have enough knowledge to appreciate talent. You would have a different opinion if you had even driven a Go-Kart.
The level of committment and skill required to race a car around a track for about 90 mins is very high and it requires extremely professional individuals.
RE:Boring Game
by jd on Aug 05, 2007 02:35 PM Permalink
U don't know the amount of efforts go in this RACING , so u think its boring...its not as simple as cars going round and round...Don't compare urself with the F1 drivers... People who don't know the Technicality of this game shouldn't comment on it...
RE:Boring Game
by tanmoy on Aug 05, 2007 02:55 PM Permalink
Anon, Did u ever drive a car with speed greater than 200km.1st learn how to control the car at that speed.Its not easy to control that in that narrow road in F1.Its the talent which can make a driver to drive in F1
Ever driven a normal car from Mumbai to Pune and came back in 75 minutes ????? That is what a sort of a thing happens in F1. The world's best people drive more than 300 kms in a span of few minutes above an hour .... Even I was not a fan of F1 till recently but when u understand the rules of the game it is 10000 times better than cricket. b conversant with the rules and watch F1 and u will love it ....
RE:Boring Game
by Lakshman Valiveti on Aug 05, 2007 03:17 PM Permalink
Guys, you forgot to remind the lazy guy about the fitness required to race an F1 car and the "G" forces. Well don't even try to tell him about G forces which may be 1.00001G in street cars
The FIA maintains double standards.It has always been Anti Ferrari.When they were winning races they changed the rules to stop them winning.Last year Schumi was demoted to last on the grid at Monte Carlo for seemingly obstructing Alonso.This time Alonso does the same & gets demoted 5 places.Macclaren were caught with Documents & they get no punishment.Last year Renault had a Illegal Dumper & then to nothing happened.Mcclaren were struggling all these years & suddenly their cars are fast.They say its because of all testing & work.Does it mean that before 2007 they used to not work & test out or is it because of the 780 pages of Ferrari.Kind of co incedence but nobody complains.Instead Ron Dennis now says Ferrari cheated in Australia.Why did he keep quite?How did he know about Ferraris new flooring & then ask FIA to change rules which has affected Ferrari performance.Ferari along with the otherrs leaving Renault & Mcclaren must leave F1 & start their own Racing.A fitting reply to FIA & Bernie Ecleston.This is Mcclarengate ...
RE:FIA BIASED & GUTLESS
by Anandh on Aug 05, 2007 03:51 PM Permalink
very true man.. at present the only guy i have any respect for is raikkonen. he is one guy who races with his heart and pushes very hard. when he was in mclaren he used to be given a car which failed every race( he hardly completed 2 or 3 races and still gave a fight to both alonso and schumi) and now suddenly they are winning everything.. seriously there is something fishy going on.. i think the main reason for anti ferarri rules is that they have bridgestone tyres unlike the other main cars which run on michelin..
RE:FIA BIASED & GUTLESS
by Vivek Krishna on Aug 05, 2007 04:31 PM Permalink
Get the stats right.. No more Michelin this year.. All cars run on Bridgestone. McLaren struggled last year but they could have worked with the car which had to race the 2007 season very well and they are now reaping benefits. I am a ferrari fan and love Schumi but you cant take such a claim on them...
Leave Mclaren alone, as they have two ego maniacal drivers to deal with.
Of course rules were placed to control Ferrari dominance but a true victor mustn't be whining and instead should have improved their game above the others and won, which Ferrari failed to do for the past two years.they don't have the reliabilty which had once been their speciality when schumi won 15 races in a season. Work on it guys and you could again be on top of the podium...Way to go Ferrari...We Will Win...
RE:FIA BIASED & GUTLESS
by Anil Umarji on Aug 05, 2007 02:23 PM Permalink
Very true Leslie! Just to add one more note - When Schumi was dominating, FIA brought out rule of Traction Control thats when/why today's kids (Alonso & Co) find it easy to control the car! Get the traction control out of F1....then it will be fun! Mclaren has many times accused Ferrari being favs with FIA & FIA never punishes Ferrari!!!
It is pity that alonso has been demoted by five places for obstructing the hamilton from racing.i feel sorry for alonso as he is in very good position to win this year campionship.this pentalty would severely affect his dream of winning championship three times in a row.but this not the end of road for alonso.he still has 6 races to go this year.even he fails to win this week race.i hope he will the forth comlmg races.and will the championship.but blaming alonso alone would not make any sense whole mclaren team should be punished for the mistake.this incident also shows how the things are going in the mclaren.i wonder how mclaren boss going to slove this quarrel between alonso and lewis.it would be interesting to see how lewis respond to this incident.i hope he wont take this incident seriously .
RE:alonso mistake
by Lakshman Valiveti on Aug 05, 2007 03:22 PM Permalink
Dont pity the loosers like alonso. Alonso won world championships because his team mates were not upto the mark. Remember that Trulli was shunted out of renault because flavio was sure that trulli will win races and ruin his protege alonso's chances of championship. Alonso is beaten badly by lewis and would have been beaten by heiki if he were at renault.
RE:alonso mistake
by karthik on Aug 07, 2007 02:24 PM Permalink
what a joke!!!!! Flavio knows that trulli can beat Alonso and so he was taken out of team ..Ha ha ha ha. Tell me more jokes my friend ..You can even try at Laughter challenge. No team wants to loose their best drivers and Renault has won the championship because of Alonso and his skill
Last year when Schumi was given penalty for stalling on the grid and obstructing Alonso during Qualifying he was given a 10 position penalty, why does Alonso get to get away with a 5 position penalty when even he was obstructing Hamilton. Why this 2 different standards by FIA.
RE:McLaren Lucky
by Leslie Mascarenhas on Aug 05, 2007 01:57 PM Permalink
He was demoted till the end of the Grid not 10 Places.He stormed from the back to finish 5th that to @ Monte Carlo where u cannot overtake. FIA Did its best to limit him but Schumi is Schumi
As if the ferrari-McLaren espionage controversy involving the latter team illegaly aquiring ferrari team secrets wasnt enough....they go ahead and pull this unncessary and shocking move. What i dont understand is that why would a team restrict one of their own cars to qualify...thus showing partiallity towards a single driver(read-alonso). Hamilton could have perfected his timing i am sure and sould have pipped his teammate for the pole . The incident will only fuel an already bitter relationship between the two McLaren treammates.
