F1 » Hamilton's move 'arrogant', admits Stewart

To Assume that Massa was thinking logically when he shortcutted across the grass and dive bombed hamilton is a grave misjudgement, he had clearly lost the plot completely and could have been thinking anything. What it showed me was that he feels threatened by Hamilton and is aware that Hamilton has regularly passed him for fun...

i agree with Jackie, but he is usually lewis biggest supporter and as so should be trying to stick up for him a bit. cos he needs it.

tho everyone word is correct.

If you see the in-car footage of Hamilton's mistake here:
www.formula1.com/news/headlines/2008/10/8530.html
then you can see he was not "weaving", just made one move. The other cars all had to move too, and yes it was Hiekki that was the closest to running Kimi off...

So why did he get the penalty?? Surely the stewards have access to all the bleedin camera footage????

Mucking Fuddle - 100% agree... I watched the race still drunk from the night before, I though it was me getting the cars mixed up (Hekki & Lewis). It certainly wasn't.... *Hekki* ran Kimi wide, not Lewis, and personally I don't think Hekki should have been penalised either. A racing incident on the first corner... that's all it was, and it happens nearly all the time with no pentalities being handed out. So why now? = MaFIA.

True, and incident between Massa and Hamilton was a racing incident too. They touched mid corner and one of them spun. Right?

It was "fortunate" that quick thinking and mature drivers took evasive action to avoid any pile up at the first corner due to LH's arrogant move. People here tend to feel that "oh, whats wrong for being aggressive" since no major accident happened. If the others could not react in time to avoid collision resulting in many cars taken out, would you still feel "it was a racing incident" and no penalty should be given.

Deterrence prevents accidents and as such we shld not close one eye to such dangerous move. It will be too late to wait till accident happens then decide on penalizing.If every1 was allowed to behave like LH at the first corner, only a couple of them would be racing after that.

mucking fuddle (good name) and richy richy, agree 100%

m, no, a deserved penalty for massa.

john, as has been already pointed out it was heikki that pushed kimi wide. so, lewis went in hot and locked up, how many others have done that over the years causing other drivers to take evasive action? LOADS! were penalties handed out? NO.

Metalsteve, no we don't all think we could do better, but we do expect a guy who has been driving since he was able to talk, is paid millions of pounds to do something he loves and who constantly reminds us how good he is, to deliver the goods under pressure.
I thank you.

Sir JYS was quite correct - and it is an indication of a true SUPPORTER, rather than just a "Yes-Man" that he will criticise, when necessary, rather than just sucking up and telling LH that he's always right. Hamilton needs people like JYS counselling him right now. And remember that a certain MS, before he won his first Ferrari championship messed up several years in a row at the final 'hurdle' - so why don't we all - supporters and detractors alike - cut him a little slack. He's there doing it. We couldn't even come close.

metalsteve, no, it was not. (i like your style)

I'd very much like to see Hamilton racing in the mid-field team. Then he'd have the time to grow up as a racing driver. And being in an average team lets you stand out much more when you are extraordinary because nobody can say "he's in the best car". Now he's been thrown into the best team with all the preasure and stuff on him. Which i don't think is that good.