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Its not FIA'r - the Chinese Grand Prixview
The Formula one circus rumbles onto China and Shanghai this weekend with Lewis Hamilton leading the championship by 5 points from Felipe Massa after a controversy filled Japanese grand prix. The FIA do them selves no favours with the conspiracy theorists out there. Massa received a deserved penalty for driving into Hamilton, Hamilton received a penalty for forcing Raikonnen off the track at the first corner, while this was probably deserved as he left him no where to go, it's a bit strange that I've never seen anyone else given a penalty for doing this which happens at a lot of grand prix every season, I'll watch this weekend closely should the same thing happen whether the FIA will impose the same penalty.
What was very strange was the decision to give Bourdais a penalty for coming out of the pit in front of Massa, defending his line and being drove into by Massa, somehow that was his fault and got him a 25 second penalty and just happened to promote Felipe Massa up the standings by one place. This was never a penalty and if anything should have been the other way around.
Then there's the Ferrari pit crew releasing Massa into the path of Poor Adrian Sutil, this should have been a time penalty in the first incident and not the paltry fine they received. Adrian Sutil must think the Team of the prancing horse, twice they have released Massa in front of him and Raikonnen took him out (not deliberately of course) from 4th in Monaco.
I find myself wondering had BMW continued to develop the 2008 car instead of throwing development into 2009 whether Robert Kubica would be even closer to the lead of the championship than 12 points behind, I wonder if Kubica is wondering the same
Still it all makes for an interesting championship, I'm myself going Karting this weekend for a friend's 30th Birthday, hopefully he isn't reading this beforehand or I'll have spoiled the surprise, I'll let you know how it goes but between you and me I don't expect to be challenging Lewis Hamilton or even Giovanni Amati (I wonder how many remember that name) anytime soon.
What was very strange was the decision to give Bourdais a penalty for coming out of the pit in front of Massa, defending his line and being drove into by Massa, somehow that was his fault and got him a 25 second penalty and just happened to promote Felipe Massa up the standings by one place. This was never a penalty and if anything should have been the other way around.
Then there's the Ferrari pit crew releasing Massa into the path of Poor Adrian Sutil, this should have been a time penalty in the first incident and not the paltry fine they received. Adrian Sutil must think the Team of the prancing horse, twice they have released Massa in front of him and Raikonnen took him out (not deliberately of course) from 4th in Monaco.
I find myself wondering had BMW continued to develop the 2008 car instead of throwing development into 2009 whether Robert Kubica would be even closer to the lead of the championship than 12 points behind, I wonder if Kubica is wondering the same
Still it all makes for an interesting championship, I'm myself going Karting this weekend for a friend's 30th Birthday, hopefully he isn't reading this beforehand or I'll have spoiled the surprise, I'll let you know how it goes but between you and me I don't expect to be challenging Lewis Hamilton or even Giovanni Amati (I wonder how many remember that name) anytime soon.
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