Alonso wanted to cut Hamilton's tyre?

[Kingdom Hearts]

Read the complete article here http://joesaward.wordpress.com/2011/...#comment-46625

The other point to consider is that Whiting did not consider the collision to have been sufficiently serious to warrant an investigation during the race, so he must therefore have looked at it again later and decided to report the incident to the Stewards. What was that he saw that led him to take action? Did he, perhaps, suspect that Alonso ran into Hamilton deliberately, hoping to cut the McLaren driver’s rear tyre and that the move backfired and he damaged his front wing?

Who come a serious journalist can rise such a question?

[Ste]

Wow, won't be reading his blog again then.

What a stupid thing to say.

[puto.havana]

The quality of Joe Saward's blog has been declining for sometime now - tbh I gave up reading it months ago. I see from the quote above that it hasn't improved much.

[Stormsearcher]

Obviously he has no idea how fragile F1 cars are. And Nando would have to be mad to even try it.
Who is this journo? needs to change his line of reporting. Conspiracy theories and terrorism comes to mind. Ideal set up for him.

[Greig]

Wow what a terrible comment from a one time good honest blog

[racingbradley]

As if any driver would risk his own and another's life life to do just that!!!!!! These drivers have such respect for one another.
The sad thing is that those who want to believe it will.

[NJB13]

So, Saward's blog hits are down are they?

[prancing horse]

why would have want to cut his tires. he was a sitting duck as it was and also how can you mange to achieve that driving at 150 mph. get a life.

[WRX202]

Alonso's new wheel design for the next race:

[LAROSA SpA]

Theres a lot of bull**** on the internet

[Hornet]

Yeah right, just because our wing doesn't flexes he thinks its made of concrete

Any sane driver knows those wings are fragile and a little contact could shred them to pieces.

[LAROSA SpA]

Alonso's new wheel design for the next race:

Top gear said they would prep Alonso's car for China

[scuderiafan]

this is nothing compared to the mirror's articles on f1. complete joke. amateurs, and knownothings. apparently lewis raged at his team, and Stefano said button was rulebreaker.

we should pay no attention to this rubbish. At least Autosport are quite good, as is Andrew Benson. really enjoy his blogs, and always impartial.

[xpman]

I bet he did Not say same thing when LH ran into Alonso when he was driving the renault (alonsos 2nd stint after mclaren )

[xpman]

you do know ALL the great drivers of the past would have by now been banned under current PC driving rules

[REDARMYSOJA]

Saward must be off his medication.

[Suzie]

I'm surprised that this was on Joe Saward's blog, I always found it a bit more rational than most.
I wouldn't even entertain the notion that this was true.

[Grillo]

That's so stupid, I hope he was a bit sarcastic or something? Alonso always avoid touching other cars, not all drivers can say that, if he hit Hamilton it was a mistake but he knows 99% of the times he would have to change his front wing. It was a bit unlucky that both him and Hamilton moved to the right at the same time and that the DRS didn't work. It was 3rd place so easy, I still feel the pain.

[Ferrarichamp]

Yeah Fernando def did it on purpose. Canada 2008, now that was an accident of course

[Tifosi]

No one could take that seriously as an idea. Must be tongue in cheek otherwise it makes him look rather naive of the sport and he's not.

[Agron]

That's as intelligent as kicking someone's feet with your nuts.
BTW it's pretty obvious from Grillo's images and for anyone who saw the video from that angle that Hamilton moves to the right just when Alonso tries to move alongside him from the right, so it was probably a racing incident and in no way Alonso's fault.

[scuderiafan]

That's as intelligent as kicking someone's feet with your nuts.
BTW it's pretty obvious from Grillo's images and for anyone who saw the video from that angle that Hamilton moves to the right just when Alonso tries to move alongside him from the right, so it was probably a racing incident and in no way Alonso's fault.

if it weren't for this, that would have made my day.

[R Ginart]

Can someone explain to me WHY, Alosnso was charged with a 20 second penalty? I know it did not cost him in the final results but, why? It was IMO a racing incident.

[redsteph]

Stewards are much stricter these days but if they've given a penalty for that then they're gonna have to be consistent and we'll see a lot more. It was useless though really. Alonso had already got his 'penalty' by damaging the car and the 20 seconds did absolutely nothing to his finishing position so what was the point?

[Sianellen]

Alonso's new wheel design for the next race:

hehe, nice one

[Meiga]

The other point to consider is that Whiting did not consider the collision to have been sufficiently serious to warrant an investigation during the race, so he must therefore have looked at it again later and decided to report the incident to the Stewards. What was that he saw that led him to take action? Did he, perhaps, suspect that Alonso ran into Hamilton deliberately, hoping to cut the McLaren driver’s rear tyre and that the move backfired and he damaged his front wing?




Did he, perhaps, want to even up things a little bit after realising that Hamilton was going to be punished?

See, Mr Saward? I can come up with little insidious questions too! And almost as nonsensical as yours...

[luicchi]

the most blind that there is the one who dont wants to see.What stupid thing!

[killer]

...Alonso always avoid touching other cars, not all drivers can say that...

I'd like to think that's a primary objective of every driver unless they are in a demolition derby, so I don't suppose Fernando has exclusive rights to the concept of not hitting other cars.

But yeah I can't imagine why Saward would even suggest that when it was clear that it was just a matter of time before Alonso got Hamilton.

[Hornet]

That's so stupid, I hope he was a bit sarcastic or something? Alonso always avoid touching other cars, not all drivers can say that, if he hit Hamilton it was a mistake but he knows 99% of the times he would have to change his front wing. It was a bit unlucky that both him and Hamilton moved to the right at the same time and that the DRS didn't work. It was 3rd place so easy, I still feel the pain.

Looks like Alonso was taken by surprise as Lewis moved to the right just when Alonso begin pulling to the right.

To be honest, I wouldn't say its Alonso mistake at all, rather it looks like a rough defend by Lewis which was a little too late. Lewis was way off the racing line there which indicates he deliberately moved right to defend, but it was executed too late. Instead of doing it while Alonso was in tow, he moved just when Alonso was already moving to his side.

Notice how Lewis was on the racing line when Alonso was having a tow, and he only moved as Alonso was making his own move.

I can understand why Alonso was furious about it

[Corey]

What a guy...