Grand Prix Rejects

Ferrim wrote:BTW does Mark Webber know that he is allowed to finish a race in a position different from 4th?

Ferrim wrote:BTW does Mark Webber know that he is allowed to finish a race in a position different from 4th?

James1978 wrote:Has anything happened with the post-race investigations? Even it was no action taken then surely that would be announced?

No penalty for Rosberg

..That's on the Hamilton move. Stewards felt Rosberg was enough ahead of Hamilton. Alonso one was more extreme. Awaiting that decision

Domenicali also paid tribute to a Ferrari engineer, Matteo Vignali, who died over the weekend: "Honestly, what happened on the track today is only of secondary importance for us."

"We are very sad to learn of the death of Matteo Vignali, a young man who worked in the gearbox department, who suffered a heart attack," he said. "He lost his life at just thirty two years of age, something that leaves us in a state of dismay."

GwilymJJames wrote:

James1978 wrote:Has anything happened with the post-race investigations? Even it was no action taken then surely that would be announced?

Nothing for Rosberg v. Hamilton, still waiting on Rosberg v. Alonso but unlikely to be different.

E: nothing for Rosberg v. Alonso either.

In relation to the incident involving Car 8 Nico Rosberg and Car 4 Lewis Hamilton the Stewards, having heard from both drivers and team representatives Messrs R Meadows and S Michael, and having examined the video and telemetry evidence, unanimously decide to take no further action.
In accordance with Article 16.1 (last paragraph) the matter was investigated after the Race.
Reasons
1. The driver of Car 8 commenced his move to the right after the exit from T3 and moved to the right in a constant and continuous straight line manner, not making any sudden movements (as evidenced by telemetry and video evidence) and;
2. At the time he commenced his move, Car 4 was behind him and no part of his car was alongside Car 8 and;
3. The driver of Car 8 made the move to the right prior to the driver of Car 4 making the same move and;
4. For more than half of the distance travelled by Car 8 in moving in a straight line towards the right hand edge of the track, Car 4 remained behind Car 8 and;
5. Because the delta speed between the two cars was quite significant it was difficult for Car 8 to detect the exact position of Car 4 in relation to his own car;
6. Had a significant portion of Car 4 been alongside that of Car 8 whilst Car 4 still remained within the confines of the track, then the actions of Car 8 may not have been considered legitimate.

QuickYoda41 wrote:Podium after returning - didn't take too long for Raikkonen , especially comparing to a certain 7-times...

Frenchman on the podium - last one was Spa '98 (?)

Ed24 wrote:Like I said in the RotR thread, I don't think this weekend was really a success for Bahrain. The media just highlighted the problems and instability in the country, and it wasn't just F1 media but mainstream media.

CoopsII wrote:

Ed24 wrote:Like I said in the RotR thread, I don't think this weekend was really a success for Bahrain. The media just highlighted the problems and instability in the country, and it wasn't just F1 media but mainstream media.

At least we're all more aware of Bahrains problems now, perhaps thats a positive?

AdrianSutil wrote:To be honest, unless you've lived the past year in a cave, you'd have known about Bahrain's problems before the weekend.

AdrianSutil wrote:To be honest, unless you've lived the past year in a cave, you'd have known about Bahrain's problems before the weekend. The motorsport media have just highlighted it as it's the Formula 1 race. As there was no signs of protesting during the race and especially the podium ceremony, plus loads of on track action throughout the race, the Bahrain GP was a bit of a success, politics aside.

Sublime_FA11C wrote:I'm pissed off at the stewards declaring Rosbergs antics legal and not reprimanding him. It's technically legal yeah, but both Hamilton and Alonso had every reason to belive they could attack there. When fighting for position it's important that both drivers give the other guy room (to avoid contact or crash, not neccesarily room to pass) regardless of how the rules are written down on paper. Block all you want, choose whatever line you wish and brake when it suits you, it's the guy behind who has to find a way around, just give enough room when he does go for it.

WeirdKerr wrote:if it was Hamilton that pushed Rosberg off the track.....