[BrokenVert]

Only goes to reenforce my previous opinion...Maldonado is shit.

[escobar929]

great race, awesome drive for Alonso

disappointing for Lewis but he prob should have gave up the spot knowing their history and sucks the pit issues continue

that gif is hilarious

[xbook]

In the MAL HAM incident, I think both were to blame, and HAM should have had a penalty had he been able to continue. He gave ZERO room to MAL in the first par tof the turn, and pushed him off of the track. As MAL tried to rejoin HAM gave zero room again, and pinched the apex of the turn, this forced MAL's car into the read of HAM's car. The result being HAM being pushed into the wall and being unable to go on.

this was NOT the smart racer move, and will cost him big as the championship goes on. The smarter move would have been to give way a bit and still bring home some points.

[E90SLAM]

Originally Posted by xbook

In the MAL HAM incident, I think both were to blame, and HAM should have had a penalty had he been able to continue. He gave ZERO room to MAL in the first par tof the turn, and pushed him off of the track. As MAL tried to rejoin HAM gave zero room again, and pinched the apex of the turn, this forced MAL's car into the read of HAM's car. The result being HAM being pushed into the wall and being unable to go on.

this was NOT the smart racer move, and will cost him big as the championship goes on. The smarter move would have been to give way a bit and still bring home some points.

HAM had been driving quite sensible and not in anger in previous races. Hope this is just a one time thing recently.

In contrary, we've seen a few anger moves by MAL, cutting cars across and intentionally crash his own car into others by anger.

[gary88]

Maldonado is like a crappier version of Montoya.

[UltimateBMW]

Originally Posted by xbook

and pushed him off of the track. As MAL tried to rejoin HAM gave zero room again,

Here is an excerpt from the sporting regulations. I interpret it as meaning that it is the full responsibility of the driver rejoining the track to make sure it is safe. Which means Hamilton was under no obligation to make room from a legal context.

FIA Sporting Regulation 20.2:
...Should a car leave the track the driver may rejoin, however, this may only be done when it is
safe to do so and without gaining any advantage...

http://argent.fia.com/web/fia-public...09-03-2012.pdf

[Echo M3]

Originally Posted by gary88

Maldonado is like a crappier version of Montoya.

There's no comparing the two of them. Montoya was very, very talented in race trim, and pulled off some spectacular overtakes; remember him going around Schumacher at Interlagos?

Maldonado, on the other hand, has made some glaring mistakes in racing conditions, and has really only showed his ability when presented with a clear track, much like Vettel.

[xbook]

Originally Posted by UltimateBMW

Here is an excerpt from the sporting regulations. I interpret it as meaning that it is the full responsibility of the driver rejoining the track to make sure it is safe. Which means Hamilton was under no obligation to make room from a legal context.

http://argent.fia.com/web/fia-public...09-03-2012.pdf

Yeah sure from the rulebook, MAL should have stayed put and not rejoined, yes I totally agree with that statement. But, from the perspective of reality, HAM made a really bed decision to not give any room. What is better, being right or getting points?

Yay yay look at me, I am right. ... yeah dude, but you got stuffed into the barrier and are now 23 points behind the championship leader, good thing you were right.

[BrokenVert]

The sites been on all day. Weird. Here's the report. Tell me what you guys think - I'm still not great at this and am open to criticism

http://sports-at-work.com/2012062423...rix-recap.html

[E90SLAM]

Originally Posted by xbook

Yeah sure from the rulebook, MAL should have stayed put and not rejoined, yes I totally agree with that statement. But, from the perspective of reality, HAM made a really bed decision to not give any room. What is better, being right or getting points?

Yay yay look at me, I am right. ... yeah dude, but you got stuffed into the barrier and are now 23 points behind the championship leader, good thing you were right.

That's why I said both are responsible for the collision.
In hindsight, losing a podium and 3 points (P3 vs P4) still beats 15 points at any given day. And he "was" determined to drive "smarter" and "calmer" this season, and kind of achieved until yesterday.

Well, good to see drivers race wheels to wheels, but if they can do that and using their brains is another question.

[UltimateBMW]

Originally Posted by xbook

Yay yay look at me, I am right. ... yeah dude, but you got stuffed into the barrier and are now 23 points behind the championship leader, good thing you were right.

This is a good point. I guess the grid just needs to anticipate Maldonado's red mist. You can't always account for everything though.

[johanness]

Originally Posted by Echo M3

Maldonado, on the other hand, has made some glaring mistakes in racing conditions, and has really only showed his ability when presented with a clear track, much like Vettel.

Hilarious

[E90SLAM]

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[BrokenVert]

If you want a fun dichotomy for Hamilton look at when, early in the race, grojean made the same move as Maldonado to move into 2nd. A much more professional drive by Hamilton in that case

[UltimateBMW]

This has got to be the most awkward of conversations.

[UltimateBMW]

Originally Posted by BrokenVert

If you want a fun dichotomy for Hamilton look at when, early in the race, grojean made the same move as Maldonado to move into 2nd. A much more professional drive by Hamilton in that case

I think the biggest difference is that they aren't 1 lap from completing full race distance then.

[BrokenVert]

Originally Posted by UltimateBMW

I think the biggest difference is that they aren't 1 lap from completing full race distance then.

Ohh absolutely. I'm not making a point. That's why I called it fun!

[UltimateBMW]

Mark Gillan, Williams Chief Operations Engineer, had this to say when asked for his thoughts on Maldonado's incident with Hamilton.
http://pitpass.com/46660-Williams-European-GP-debrief

Obviously the team were disappointed to see one of our cars sustain damage so close to the end of the race when we were showing good pace, but we respect the decision taken by the stewards. Both Pastor and the team have moved on and the focus is now on achieving a good result at Silverstone.

I interpret that as, "We got lucky with only a 20s penalty."

[E90SLAM]

Originally Posted by UltimateBMW

Mark Gillan, Williams Chief Operations Engineer, had this to say when asked for his thoughts on Maldonado's incident with Hamilton.
http://pitpass.com/46660-Williams-European-GP-debrief



I interpret that as, "We got lucky with only a 20s penalty."

Also interpret as, fine, we'll give Maldonado another chance since he gave Williams a race win this season. Even though he damaged the car for God knows how many times for no reason!

hint: Maldonado crash on Hamilton after Q2 in Belgium 2011, and crash on Perez just a last month in Monaco during P3 practice session.

[UltimateBMW]

Originally Posted by E90SLAM

Also interpret as, fine, we'll give Maldonado another chance since he gave Williams a race win this season. Even though he damaged the car for God knows how many times for no reason!

hint: Maldonado crash on Hamilton after Q2 in Belgium 2011, and crash on Perez just a last month in Monaco during P3 practice session.

Don't forget Melbourne, and Q2 in Montreal.

If you watch his car even at the start of Valencia, you'll see that he is swerving all over the place.

[BrokenVert]

Reenforcing my opinion that Maldonado has always been shit

[E90SLAM]

Originally Posted by BrokenVert

Reenforcing my opinion that Maldonado has always been shit

Yep! For now he's in my "one time wonder" list.
one race win doesn't mean a lot.