Saturday, September 13, 2008

LEWIS PENALTY AT SPA

This is getting tiring, commenting about this issue. This will be my last comment on it, well at least until the appeal is done.

Now suddenly after the GPDA asked the FIA"T" for clarification on the rules of chicane cutting, the FIA"T" have come out with a statement clearing the air. Funny, it was made by Charlie Whiting, the race director. The stupid thing is this rule is not written in the FIA"T" rule book, nobody can find it anywhere. We'll see how they implement this next time there's an incident. Somehow, I see the red cars benefiting again.

And finally, the Lewis comment that has everybody stirred up. He said that Kimi did not have the balls to fight him or brake late at that corner. First and foremost, I have to agree. Kimi was invincible 90% of the race but when it started to rain and Lewis made his move, Kimi just crumbled. Why? Because he doesn;t have the balls to drive aggressively in the wet. We've all seen it, everybody now knows how Kimi is with wet tracks. So the statement was correct.

But it doesn't mean that the statement was nice. I agree with Lewis but maybe making that kind of statement in a charged environment is not very smart. I've always believed that Lewis should break the mold, he should be the first NICE and HUMBLE world champion. He should have the respect of the Tifosi even. That's the only way to put FIArrari and their fans in their place.

But sadly, he's too compulsive. I was compulsive when I was 23, still am today. So, no point arguing about it now. Competitive racing drivers need to be super confident of themselves if they are going to make it to the top. Most people perceive it as arrogance. I believe sooner or later Lewis will learn to balance it.

1 comment:

JH, the son, the father, the husband, the designer, and the die-hard f1 fan! said...

We all know you need a bit of luck to win the world championship and when others said Lewis had some run of bad luck, I would have to say otherwise:
1) The wet Monaco race that saw the early pit stop turn in favour of his strategy.
2) The disappointing quali at Silverstone meant nothing when rain hit the track on Sunday, do you think he could come close to race win had it not rained?
3) He took out main rival Kimi at Montreal when he was behind after the pit stop
4) Following week, rival Kimi was rob of the race win with some exhaust problem.
5) SPA was Kimi's race to win before the rain came with 2 laps remaining, what is the timing of all this?

Again, just my two cents.