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Time to do a Schumacher?
Now, I’m not one to suggest that the FIA might be biased towards a certain red-coloured make of Italian car (oh hang on, yes I am), but it is beginning to look somewhat less than fine and dandy if you happen to be driving a silver-coloured make of Anglo-German car.
After a superb effort at the rain-soaked Japanese GP, Lewis Hamilton, champion-elect and Fernando’s besh-mate (really), is now under investigation for erratic driving behind the safety car. Seems a couple of others weren’t paying proper attention and had a crash that ended both their races and now they reckon it’s all Lewis’ fault.
The particular move they are complaining about seems to have been to take a different line into a corner - perhaps to feel for grip - which may have been unexpected but hardly erratic. Lewis is now threatened with losing the points he gained in the race and suffering a 10 place penalty on the grid for this weekend’s Chinese GP.
Who has the most to gain from that? Kimi Raikkonen - Ferrari’s number one driver - who has closed to within five points of Alonso and would be only seven behind Lewis if Lewis was penalised.
My advice to Lewis? Follow the example of another Ferrari driver - a certain Mr Schumacher - and if you can’t beat ‘em fair and square (and let’s face it, the FIA don’t seem to be being even-handed with penalties at the moment) run ‘em off the road!
Update: the FIA decided - rightly - not to penalise Lewis for his driving behind the safety car. Not really sure how they could have made that sound plausible, and I think someone must have made that point to them. So now we can go into this Sunday’s race knowing that all Lewis has to do is finish in front of Fernando and Kimi to win the championship. Go Lewis!
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