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[Diablohead]

SC is out, oh hoh hoh

 

[Goldrusher]

Oh wow.

 

[santi_yo]

SC. so Alonso is going to be in last position.

 

[Kurosaki Ichigo]

Ferrari International Assistance eh? :lol

Good job again stewards, as usual.

 

[Wes]

Fun turn of events.

 

[magnificent83]

drive-thru, shit.

Lmao, if he had no where to go, he should have let Kubica back through and retake him later on.

 

[olore]

What the hell was that about, thats asking for a drive through and then losing even more spots instead of just letting Kubica back and then retaking him later on in the race.

Came to post this

 

[Britprog]

Alonso is double screwed now!! He will have to do his drive trough after safety car, he will be fitting with vettel. :lol

 

[jey_16]

Fuck the FIA....what the fuck is Alonso meant to due when Kubica is out of the race

Fuck this shit, obvious bias

 

[Steroyd]

Ferrari International Assistance eh?

Heheh BBC just mentioned that. :lol

 

[BrokenSymmetry]

That's harsh for Alonso, being send to the back of the field.

 

[Igo]

Is it just me or did I see Vettel or someone else pass the SC past the white line?

 

[Wes]

The marshall falling over :lol :lol

 

[Chris R]

Some of these commentators are fucking dense. Alonso would have avoided the whole situation if he would have given the position back right away instead of hoping the stewards wouldn't care. Cutting the corner wasn't the problem, gaining a spot due to cutting the corner was. Next time, give it back and take the spot away the next corner and guess what?!?!?! NO PENALTY :lol

 

[Road]

Alonso could always overtake the SC now and open a 30s difference, then "drive through" twice and not lose much.

 

[Diablohead]

The marshall falling over :lol :lol

I missed that, was it shown on bbc or another station?

 

[megateto]

Some of these commentators are fucking dense. Alonso would have avoided the whole situation if he would have given the position back right away instead of hoping the stewards wouldn't care. Cutting the corner wasn't the problem, gaining a spot due to cutting the corner was. Next time, give it back and take the spot away the next corner and guess what?!?!?! NO PENALTY :lol

You're absolutely spot on.

If only they had taken the same route as with Lewis SC incident, that is, waiting 20 laps to make a decision... XD

 

[Wes]

I missed that, was it shown on bbc or another station?

On hangar straight, when he ran to get the pieces of the broken rear wing, kinda stumbled on the grass and kind of crawled to the track to pick up pieces.

 

[Salacious Crumb]

Is it just me or did I see Vettel or someone else pass the SC past the white line?

You mean just as it came out?

I guess the green light meant he could pass?

 

[Mush]

Sutil has BALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLS

 

[Goldrusher]

Some of these commentators are fucking dense. Alonso would have avoided the whole situation if he would have given the position back right away instead of hoping the stewards wouldn't care. Cutting the corner wasn't the problem, gaining a spot due to cutting the corner was. Next time, give it back and take the spot away the next corner and guess what?!?!?! NO PENALTY

Alonso overtook Kubica.
Then Kubica tries to overtake Alonso, but pushes him onto the grass.
Alonso gets a penalty for not giving Kubica a place back ?

Doesn't make sense.

 

[Wes]

"No more radio for the race"

Alonso :lol :lol

 

[avaya]

Domenicali should be fired.

 

[Juicy Bob]

:lol @ Alonso telling his team to STFU.

 

[megateto]

Domenicali should be fired.

Why, avaya?

Has Nigel really said on the BBC that the penalty is excessive?

 

[Igo]

Alonso overtook Kubica.
Then Kubica tries to overtake Alonso, but pushes him onto the grass.
Alonso gets a penalty for not giving Kubica a place back ?

Doesn't make sense.

Kubica held his normal line through the corner and Alonso wasn't able to make it stick. He was only able to make it work by cutting the chicane. All he had to do was give the position right back and attack again but he thought he was above that. Ferrari should have explicitly told him to give the position back but they failed. This was all their own making.

 

[Chris R]

Alonso overtook Kubica.
Then Kubica tries to overtake Alonso, but pushes him onto the grass.
Alonso gets a penalty for not giving Kubica a place back ?

Doesn't make sense.

From what I saw, Alonso didn't have the position just yet, and Kubica had the line. Alonso would have lost maybe 5 seconds slowing on the next straight and letting Kubica pass him, and would have been right back on the rear ready to pass again. Instead he just drove away, hoping the stewards would see it his way, but they didn't.

 

[megateto]

Carlos Sainz (WRC winner) has just said that Fernando is paying for his Valencia's outburst XD.

 

[RaySpencer]

Ugh, I gotta stop trying to watch this live, none of the BBC streams last, they all break for me after a few mins, I never used to have issues like this.

 

[santi_yo]

Disproportionate punishment.

 

[Zinga]

The penalty is ridiculously excessive, especially considering what happened there, Alonso had no choice but to go off the track, and they had radioed for Kubica to take the position back when he broke down. They should have just left it there, or applied a 3 second penalty at the end of race.

 

[megateto]

More conspiracy theories from the Spanish commentators: the SC was not deployed in Valencia with two bottles on the road, today, some carbon parts and SC deployed.

 

[Igo]

The penalty is ridiculously excessive, especially considering what happened there, Alonso had no choice but to go off the track, and they had radioed for Kubica to take the position back when he broke down. They should have just left it there, or applied a 3 second penalty at the end of race.

Sorry but no. Kubica's retirement was at least 3 laps after the incident. That's too much I think. Not to mention Lewis still got penalized at Spa 08 after giving the position back and Kimi binned it.

 

[Juicy Bob]

That move is such a metaphor.

 

[avaya]

Alonso's fate this race is his own fault. Had he not shitted up his own start he clearly had the second fastest car today to the Red Bulls.

Alonso deserved some kind of penalty for cutting the corner but a drive-though was excessive. Given the extraordinary precedent set by the stewards in the last race of giving only a 1 second penalty to a number of cars for an infraction which gained them a whole lot more than 1 second is amusing. The FIA need to sort out their penalty decisions.

@megateto
This Ferrari team has no balls. They used to be the biggest baddest bastards in the pitlane. You did not fuck with us. Jean Todt ended Ron Dennis' career. He eviscerated him. Bought Project 4 to their knees. It was fucking beautiful to watch. They were devious. They were scheming. They won first then asked questions later.

Domenicali's new approach of playing nice-nice is pitiful.

 

[Goldrusher]

Kubica held his normal line through the corner and Alonso wasn't able to make it stick.

Normal line my ass. They don't drive on rails.

 

[megateto]

Thank you, avaya!

Thinking more about it, the stewards revenge theory gains weight.

 

[Chris R]

Normal line my ass. They don't drive on rails.

It is the slowest and tightest corner on the track. Not saying the penalty isn't overly harsh, but there wouldn't have been a penalty had Alonso simply given the position back on the straight, setting him up to take it on the back half of the lap in a proper manner.

 

[megateto]

It is the slowest and tightest corner on the track. Not saying the penalty isn't overly harsh, but there wouldn't have been a penalty had Alonso simply given the position back on the straight, setting him up to take it on the back half of the lap in a proper manner.

Seems that Fernando asked his team if the pass was ok and the pit told him that everything was fine. He even let his revs down for a while...

 

[Diablohead]

2nd half of this race has been a real snooze, the general silverstone race is all about speed so only a few cars get ahead and end up keeping it.

lol saying that vittel ate a little mud.

 

[avaya]

HAVE IT WEBBO! HAVE IT!

EAT SHIT HORNER!

 

[Juicy Bob]

I'm ashamed to say that the TV Director was horrible today.

EDIT: Webber just pwned Horner. :lol Love it.

 

[Mush]

Button probably had the drive of the day.

 

[Salacious Crumb]

"Not bad for a number 2 driver"

Fucking champion.

 

[avaya]

"Not bad for a number 2 driver" :lol

Would love it if he won the title. Love it.

 

[HolyCheck]

Not bad for a number 2 driver.

Lol.

 

[Road]

Button probably had the drive of the day.

I'm more impressed by Button this year than last year.

 

[tracky_dacks]

"Not bad for a number 2 driver." :lol

 

[Adam Scott Aukerman]

Holy shit at Webber. Can't see him seeing out his RBR contract at this rate!

 

[Ghost]

"Not bad for a number 2 driver"


amazing, love how much Red Bull hate eachother.