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At an extraordinary meeting of the World Motor Sport Council held in Paris on 29 April 2009, Vodafone McLaren Mercedes admitted five charges of breaching article 151c of the International Sporting Code relating to events at the Australian and Malaysian Grands Prix.
I don't think anyone was at fault, it just proves how scared McLaren are of being penalised. They should have just penalised Trulli by 1 place, not 25seconds!Kester wrote:So if Hamilton was apparently told by his team to let Trulli retake him (http://www.f1technical.net/news/11984), surely that puts McLaren/Hamilton at fault, and not Trulli?
JamesS wrote:The whole punishment should fit the crime thing reminds of Lewis at Spa last year ...
He was awarded exactly the same punishment (lets not get into the "was it right" debate, it was last season).
lol, true. But the funny thing is the other Toyota did almost the same thing right after Jarno, anyways....Paul wrote:If I was a driver, next time the race ends under SC I would try to stick to the tarmac.
Source = http://www.jamesallenonf1.com/Hamilton could be in trouble in Malaysia
April 1, 2009 by James Allen
A story has just appeared on the Auto Motor und Sport website in Germany, which could have explosive consequences for Lewis Hamilton and McLaren this weekend.
It is written by Michael Schmidt, who is one of the most respected journalists in F1.
The gist of the article is that Lewis Hamilton may have some explaining to do to the stewards, for what he said to them in Melbourne, which led to him deposing Jarno Trulli for third place.
The story is headlined “Did Hamilton tell the truth?”.
“Possibly the exclusion of Jarno Trulli in the season opener in Melbourne must be reopened. Doubts have emerged whether the beneficiary Lewis Hamilton told the truth to the hearing.
“Trulli drove past Hamilton between the turns 4 and 5. The Toyota driver said that Hamilton so strongly deviated from the racing line that he thought Hamilton had a problem. Under these circumstances passing him would be permitted. Hamilton denied the allegation of intentionally slow driving. He changed line, because he was busy reading off the Safety Car instructions on the dashboard display.”
But after examining this, the stewards have apparently discovered that at that point in time and on the circuit, the dash display would have been cleared and there was nothing more on the display, which could have diverted Hamilton.
The story continues: “The central issue however to be gleaned is whether the team instructed Hamilton to drive intentionally slowly. Hamilton answered in the negative. However after the race the following story circulated: Hamilton is said to have told a reporter that the team told him over radio to let Trulli through again,”
The story then develops: “This contradiction brought the FIA officials to listen once again to the recordings of the radio traffic. Although there is no statement from official sources, speculation increases that the stewards from Melbourne will be reconvened in Malaysia.
“There are two scenarios. If Hamilton, from ignorance of the rules, let Trulli by, then Trulli would be given back his points and could be restored to third place. Hamilton would then be fourth. But if it should turn out that he did not tell the truth to the stewards, then there could be serious consequences, possibly exclusion from the results. Also in this case Trulli would be again third.”
It sounds like Lewis will either end up losing a point, or all of his points. If the stewards find that he misled them, he may face carrying a suspended ban over his head for a while, or worse….
i dont think there is much doubt that mclaren told him to give the place back, but it kind of depends how h did it...if he virtually stopped as trulli says, then hamilton is in trouble. if hamilton just made it obvious he was prepared to let trulli retake if he had a mind to, by slowing some and moving off line, then that was fine. but i guess this is about what he said to the stewards more than anything now. if he really did say that he didnt let him past, then he coud be in big troublejason.parker.86 wrote:Typical - the off track politics are destroying the sport!
Personally I think McLaren were so scared they asked Hamilton to give Yarno the place back but they shouldnt have given Trulli the penalty he got, but then Hamilton shouldnt have got the penalty he did in Spa 2008!