Comments on: Debate: 2007 season spoiled by scandal?

By: alex

alex — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 08:13:29 +0000

I feel like this season I just keep getting kicked in the balls. It just doesn’t feel good. Pardon the thought but, everyone has stepped on their ***** and really let the fans down. The FIA made a show out of this whole Stepneygate saga. And didn’t those secrets originally come from a disgruntled Ferrari employee? He’s more or less the person to get this whole thing started. It’s all dour for me.

Gordon Kirby’s recent column reiterates my thoughts. Alonso has been spoiled by F1 and now Hamilton has turned into a similar brat. And Max finally got to taste some of Dennis blood.

I would be satisfied if Kimi won the championship. Nobody on that grid deserves it more.

By: Julian

Julian — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 23:30:36 +0000

Nah, best season for ages. The politics is all part of it. I’d still love to see some better racing though – I’ve been getting my racing fix by watching the 125 MOTOGP bikes instead.

Thanks for pointing out the dodgy redactions in the FIA transcript, it makes much better reading once you can look under the black boxes!

By: Saimeet

Saimeet — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 23:06:38 +0000

1st of all I have to say that Alonso should have been thrown out of teh championship and Mc Laren though a I didnt expect smething like this from Pedro,secondly Ferrari have done this in the past as well always having things changed pointing fingers so that their team is always ahead as Schumi left last season and they seem to be on the back foot to Mc Laren im pretty sure if Renault was leading and Ferrari 2nd they woudl have kept quiet,its Mc Laren thats why all the hulaboo,also FIA has always shown favouritism towards Ferrari always noticed this in the past as well,and last but not the least what do we have 3 drivers out of which 2 have never won the world championship 1 defending his and 1 new guy (lewis) who might just put down a record which would be one of the hardest to equal let alone beat it,im pretty sure we are seeing such a season after a very long time lets just put the scandal behind and enjoy teh rest of the season !!!!!

By: chunter

chunter — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 20:49:56 +0000

I started to want to say, “Yes, of course the season is ruined,” but that’s not true.

For starters, since McLaren haven’t fired Alonso for betraying them, we still have a driver’s championship.

Though, to me, it’s an anticlimax, like the driver that leads the whole race only to run out of fuel or break down in the last laps.

I also have to admit that I have not been able to keep up with the more recent proceedings to notice if McLaren have actually done anything wrong; I do not understand how knowing about the other teams’ cars can provide any competitive advantage whatsoever and don’t really comprehend the secrecy exercised in Formula 1.

By: Spencer

Spencer — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 20:46:18 +0000

How can KB say there is no honesty at Mclaren?? For gods sake Ron Dennis took his company into that court room after shopping in De La Rosa and Alonso. If I ran that team there is no way Alonso would be leaving the garage with a racewinning car!!! He brings his team into disrepute and then is given the oportunity to win races by a team principle that he’s not on speaking terms with. No honesty!!!!! What planet are you on????

By: Obster

Obster — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 20:24:28 +0000

The off track legal activity this season is not as annoying as the back and forth between Ferrari and McLaren throughout 1976.

By: KB

KB — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 19:55:26 +0000

I think Max Mosely got it spot on when he said, that if a Mclaren driver wins the title it will be tainted.
I am hoping Mclaren will appeal the decision, I think if it goes to the appeal the drivers too will be disqualified, and justice will have prevailed.
They have no arguement and have got off lightly. There is no honesty in that team. Wonder what the Italian courts will rule?

By: Vertigo

Vertigo — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 17:56:19 +0000

The season shouldn’t be ruined by this because, considering that McLaren are out of the Constructors, surely they could just let Lewis and Fernando scrap it out for the drivers? That would make Fuji, Shanghai and Interlagos worth watching!

By: Alianora La Canta

Alianora La Canta — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 15:02:54 +0000

If the FIA had had the sense to wait until the civil courts had made their decision before levying declarations and penalties, then at least I could have looked upon this season as tidy, if not particularly exciting.

By: Clive

Clive — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 14:04:35 +0000

Sure, I watch F1 for the politics as much as anything else. But I don’t consider personal vendettas exercised through kangaroo courts to be politics.