[Jazz 16]

jaysus only 2 points seperate the top 4
Its going to go to the wire like last season.

[Jazz 16]

Lewis Hamilton just won in Germany. Back to back wins...fair play to him.

[Lawbreaker1944]

It was a great and well deserved win for Lewis and his team! Yesterday, he was the fastest pilot, without any doubt.

I felt a little bit sorry because of Kimi Raikkonen's result ... .... nah, he is no more McLaren driver. I don't give a damn.

[Jazz 16]

So why did Hamilton get demoted from first to third place?
What did I miss?

[reddwarf]

I kept nodding off during the race but I'm glad I was awake for the last couple of laps because that's when it really got interesting!

The rain started falling and with the drivers all on dry tyres they started slipping and sliding all over the place. It's dangerous to stay on dry tyres in those conditions but with just 2 laps to go what can you do?

Hamilton pulled off a briliant overtaking manouveur but he and Raikonnen were really struggling to stay on the track. Raikkonen crashing out after leading for the majority of the race was unfortunate and his World title hopes are probably over now.

I think it was the events just prior to Hamilton overtaking Raikonnen that caused him to be given a penalty. He had to abort one attempt and in doing so cut across a corner and also forced Raikkonen to take evasive action, which resulted in him going off the track at one stage.

[andersons_left_foot]

Originally Posted by reddwarf

I kept nodding off during the race but I'm glad I was awake for the last couple of laps because that's when it really got interesting!

The rain started falling and with the drivers all on dry tyres they started slipping and sliding all over the place. It's dangerous to stay on dry tyres in those conditions but with just 2 laps to go what can you do?

Hamilton pulled off a briliant overtaking manouveur but he and Raikonnen were really struggling to stay on the track. Raikkonen crashing out after leading for the majority of the race was unfortunate and his World title hopes are probably over now.

I think it was the events just prior to Hamilton overtaking Raikonnen that caused him to be given a penalty. He had to abort one attempt and in doing so cut across a corner and also forced Raikkonen to take evasive action, which resulted in him going off the track at one stage.

hahah me 2 i couldnt keep my eyes open half the time, F1 is really quite boring compared to moto gp

but anyway on to the F1

ending was fantastic we acually had some drama and some overtaking and crashes it was a fantastic bit of entertainment

now im not the biggest fan of hamilton well im more of not a fan of the hype that surronds him and that he clearly beleives fair enough hes good but hes no senna

but the fact he got 25seconds deducted is a JOKE he clearly did nothing wrong at all he let kimi go by then took him later on and anyway he crashed out so no advantage was really ever made

it seems clear to me the FIA have still got a thing for mclaren after last years 'spygate' saga, so i strongly doubt this will be the last time a mclaren driver gets fined or point deducted

[Rahul]

Originally Posted by Jazz 16

So why did Hamilton get demoted from first to third place?
What did I miss?

Well while his tussle was on with Kimi Raikonen in the final laps of the race Louis Hamilton cut a chicane which gave him an advantage over Raikonen. Although he gave the place black to Raikonen by slowing down he overtook him on the same corner thus giving himself an illegal advantage.According to the rules a driver cannot gain an advantage of any kind by taken a different route on the track and Hamilton did that and was penalised with 25 seconds.