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I'm sure we all have our own opinions of the Hamilton/Raikkonen incident from the GP at Spa.

However, there is a petition that could embaress the FIA which is never a bad thing.....

So get signing: http://www.petitiononline.com/mod_perl/signed.cgi?belgp08 (http://www.petitiononline.com/mod_perl/signed.cgi?belgp08)

If I get hold of got their postal address, I could send them a shoebox full of freshly laid dogs eggs,

Petition signed.

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Shall we have a whip round for the postage? and loads of dog food!

What puzzles me is that motorsport officials are usually pretty decent chaps, although they do tend to get a bit big headed, and of course their word is final.  One habit I have seen is that if they have to make a difficult decision, they will often refer it "up".  So did the Spa stewards speak to Max, or even Bernie, on a "we're not quite sure what to do" basis, only to be told to follow orders.  A drive through penalty is unappealable, so they've dressed it up as that too.

In any event they are wrong.  LH clearly surrendered any advantage, and at the end of the day would have passed KR within the lap.

Petition now at 50,500

signed

I dont even like F1 much but anyone racing has enough to do driving the car, beating the opposition and signing autographs

having to fight errant corruption too is beyond the pale

FIA STINK

Nice one, petition sent to 35 non CA members.

Log in name?!

I thought it meant R U Up!

Should it be Rupe?

or Nordy

>Martini...LB

Signed. Lets hope it helps.

Signed and posted on another forum, spread the word.

Well here's one if you think cheaters should be punished  ;D

http://www.petitiononline.com/teflon1/petition.html

I think the figures sum it up pretty well Bas.

Hamilton is innocent = 61,500 signatures

Hamilton is guilty = 500 signatures

But then again, who ever though the FIA was democratic!  ;)

I think you will find the FIA is totally neutral, Mad Max said so ;D ;D

Of course they are. Take a look at this month's Sniff Petrol: www.sniffpetrol.com

McLaren lose appeal over Hamilton


http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsport/formula_one/7627941.stm


Oh well what did we expect, F1 ( where the F stands for f**k 1)

Not quite - the appeal wasn't allowed. Same diff at the end fo the day.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/motorsport/formula_one/7631230.stm

Another great piece of BBC journalism here. Just about spot on.

Forza Ferrari

"What a farce"

Steve in Wigan

 :o

I suppose as long as Mad Max keeps to ruining F1 then he can't ruin sportscars like his predecessor.

Petition signed, hope it helps.

What kind of soap opera do you think the FIA can write for this weekend?

Lights, Cameras, Inaction!

After watching practice today on itv.com, when did tracks become so sterile?? Modern F1 drivers are so pampered! There shouldn't be an option to cut a chicane or run wide in a corner, if you mess it up, there should be a big gravel trap or brick wall to eat you up - out the race and leaving you to explain to the team why your a cock!

Whatever happened to Motorsport is dangerous, don't get me wrong, I cried like a baby when Senna was killed but surely the danger element is being somewhat diluted. Surely our road-going vehicles benefit from better car safety not better track safety?

I think the reason teams battle for 1/10ths of seconds is because the penalty for over-stepping the mark is to simply run wide onto more tarmac not writing off a car, wheres the skill in that?

Being a modern car person, only now do I look back and think what men the likes of Hill, Moss, Stewart & the rest were!

Another piece of crazy judgement, Massa has gained a place after Sebastian Bourdais was penalised for colliding with the Ferrari while racing for position.

For the life of me its hard to see what Bourdais could have done to avoid hitting him short of stopping his car and getting out to wave him thru.

I was under the impression that cars exiting the pits were not allowed to cross the white line which marks the pitlane exit. If that is the case then surely a car already on the racetrack,as Massa was, is not allowed to cross the line the other way as it would put that car in the pitlane exit.

Another case of the FIA favouring Ferrari methinks.

Maybe it's time to start another one of those successful online petitions then  ;D