Massa wants Lewis' title
Massa wants Lewis' title
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bullies180

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1,833 posts

223 months

Thursday 1st October 2009
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http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/formula_1/a...

Tough luck FlipFlop for once the FIA rules side with Lewis!! Personally i still think Lewis was unfairly robbed at spa, especially considering what Magnum did on the first lap at spa this year.

Plus Mclaren didn't appeal the 2007 result when it appeared that the williams were illegal cars in brazil and their disqualification would have bumped lewis to champ. They just let Magnum enjoy his championship like proper sportsmen!

groomi

9,331 posts

272 months

Thursday 1st October 2009
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He knows that was his only chance at the title.

Mojocvh

16,837 posts

291 months

Thursday 1st October 2009
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He needs to concentrate on getting better and back to driving fitness rather than pontificate about what could have been...IMO.

bullies180

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1,833 posts

223 months

Thursday 1st October 2009
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Mojocvh said:
He needs to concentrate on getting better and back to driving fitness rather than pontificate about what could have been...IMO.
I agree, its not that i don't like him or anything but that championship has been and gone, dust settle, time to move on.

Good luck next year tho flipflop, i hope you spank teflonso!

Derek Smith

49,745 posts

277 months

Thursday 1st October 2009
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Massa's 13th place had nothing to do with the safety car and more to do with the introduction of the Ferrrari signalling system.

It is a shame after the way he coped with the last corner vicotry of Lewis in Brazil.

It is a shame that he's got no chance of winning the WDC now that Santander wants Alonso to win and they've paid lots of £millions for that so Massa is the new Ferrari Rubino.

Project 644

37,069 posts

217 months

Thursday 1st October 2009
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Maybe he should tell that to whoever authorised the Ferrari lights system. That is what lost him that race and the championship.

Mr_Thyroid

1,995 posts

256 months

Thursday 1st October 2009
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bullies180 said:
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/formula_1/a...

Tough luck FlipFlop for once the FIA rules side with Lewis!! Personally i still think Lewis was unfairly robbed at spa, especially considering what Magnum did on the first lap at spa this year.

Plus Mclaren didn't appeal the 2007 result when it appeared that the williams were illegal cars in brazil and their disqualification would have bumped lewis to champ. They just let Magnum enjoy his championship like proper sportsmen!
From watching the highlights of the 2005 Japanese GP on BBC Sport I discovered that there was actually a precedent for Lewis' penalty involving Alonso and Christian Klien.

sjn2004

4,051 posts

266 months

Thursday 1st October 2009
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Typical spoilt upper middle class Brazilian brat. Why doesn't he mention that if Alonso was disqualified Lewis would have gained another 2 points?

..and the doctors said there was no brain damage???

andyps

7,819 posts

311 months

Thursday 1st October 2009
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Really disappointing to read that Massa has said this. There are far too many other things that would have changed had the result for the Singapore race been different. One thing for certain, McLaren would have had a very different strategy in Brazil. But it would not have included a traffic light system for pit-stops.

sjn2004

4,051 posts

266 months

Thursday 1st October 2009
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Mojocvh said:
He needs to concentrate on getting better and back to driving fitness rather than pontificate about what could have been...IMO.
whats the point, Ferrari have just got their new "daddy" and Massa knows it.

bullies180

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1,833 posts

223 months

Thursday 1st October 2009
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Mr_Thyroid said:
bullies180 said:
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/formula_1/a...

Tough luck FlipFlop for once the FIA rules side with Lewis!! Personally i still think Lewis was unfairly robbed at spa, especially considering what Magnum did on the first lap at spa this year.

Plus Mclaren didn't appeal the 2007 result when it appeared that the williams were illegal cars in brazil and their disqualification would have bumped lewis to champ. They just let Magnum enjoy his championship like proper sportsmen!
From watching the highlights of the 2005 Japanese GP on BBC Sport I discovered that there was actually a precedent for Lewis' penalty involving Alonso and Christian Klien.
That would be interesting to see but then there also precedents for the decision going the other way, schumi overtaking pedrosa in 06 (sorry i forget which race, maybe hungary, can look it up)

Ecurie Ecosse

4,812 posts

247 months

Thursday 1st October 2009
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To the OP - IIRC McLaren did complain about Williams in the last race of 2007.

bullies180

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223 months

Thursday 1st October 2009
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Ecurie Ecosse said:
To the OP - IIRC McLaren did complain about Williams in the last race of 2007.
My memory might be letting me down, but then if that is the case i think it might have been hamilton that said he didn't want to win the championship that way, one or tother

Marcia

5,099 posts

219 months

Thursday 1st October 2009
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What an idiot,he thinks he should be WDC,sorry felipe baby you dragged your fuel hose down the pitlane and what else....oh yeah you put your car in the wall,i feel sorry for the guy after hungary but if he's going to behave like a brat then i am going to feel less sorry for him by the second irked
And if anybody got robbed it was Lewis at spa!

Edited by Marcia on Thursday 1st October 22:34

RJB_666

1,677 posts

224 months

Thursday 1st October 2009
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His race in Singapore was over when he drove off with the fuel hose surely. I like Felipe but this taking things a bit far. Lewis won at Spa fair and square, funny Felipe didn't mention that. Too much of the past is being dragged up again, less politics more racing.

SmoothCriminal

5,939 posts

228 months

Thursday 1st October 2009
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Silly tt suppose he was going to drive through the whole race with a fuel hose attached and still win, didn't like him before the crash and still don't like him.

Alex97

1,121 posts

217 months

Thursday 1st October 2009
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Marcia said:
And if anybody got robbed it was Lewis at spa!

Edited by Marcia on Thursday 1st October 22:34
Watch the classic grand prixs on the BBC Sport website, specifically the 2005 race. Alonso has to let through Klien in the same style of incident as at Spa. Sets a solid precedent imo.

sirtyro

1,824 posts

227 months

Thursday 1st October 2009
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Who would want to win a WDC 11 months after the last race?! He needs to let it go and focus on next year.

lucky777

86 posts

212 months

Thursday 1st October 2009
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Mr_Thyroid said:
bullies180 said:
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/formula_1/a...

Tough luck FlipFlop for once the FIA rules side with Lewis!! Personally i still think Lewis was unfairly robbed at spa, especially considering what Magnum did on the first lap at spa this year.

Plus Mclaren didn't appeal the 2007 result when it appeared that the williams were illegal cars in brazil and their disqualification would have bumped lewis to champ. They just let Magnum enjoy his championship like proper sportsmen!
From watching the highlights of the 2005 Japanese GP on BBC Sport I discovered that there was actually a precedent for Lewis' penalty involving Alonso and Christian Klien.
Have seen it since but didn't the stewards change their minds and made them shuffle back, ie Alonso initially had to let Klien through and then Klien had to let Alonso back through? So, it's not a precedent?

LDNrevs

9,313 posts

232 months

Thursday 1st October 2009
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Oh dear Massa... I think the prospect of Alonso is looming and there's some clutching at straws: I really wonder how well those two will get on as team mates.