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sbl on tour said 2 years, 9 months ago:

katy, when did you find out about the race fixing, we didnt know anything about it until we watched german eurosport about midnight, spoiled a good day somewhat
also were you in the stand at the hairpin, (that was the only stand we didnt get into) as we hadnt figured out all the tickets you got when leaving the stand were all the same!
sbl on tour

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Katy said 2 years, 9 months ago:

I realised during the race, it was pretty obvious Massa slowed to let him through, I thought it might happen as Massa was leading Alonso. He had pulled ahead but the couple of laps before it happened Alonso was gaining, then it showed the Ferrari pit wall and we knew what was coming. Plus the move happened right near us. It was obvious watching in front of us and all the replays on the big screens that it wasn’t an overtake. I booed loudly and booed again when he won and again when he got his trophy. It was awful, can’t believe anyone could cheer him, if I was a fan of his I’d feel embarrassed and wouldn’t celebrate a win like that. We were stood near some Massa fans who left the stand before the end of the race :( woeful outcome of the race.

I didn’t find out about the team radio messages and the outrage from other fans about the team orders until I checked Twitter on the way out of the circuit.

Yeah I was in the stand on the hairpin but we were only there for FP1 and the race. There’s no seats there, it’s literally a stand haha.

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TommyB said 2 years, 9 months ago:

Even in the stands everyone knew, apart from a few Alonso fans…

They showed the Ferrari guy on the pitwall just before he did it, it was clear as day in my opinion.

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sbl on tour said 2 years, 9 months ago:

i wouldnt say everyone knew the extent of the skulldudgery, certainly not at the sachs curve anyway,must have missed some of the screen shots as I was watching the race,
anyways was routing for alonso from lap 1 plus I had my money on him too ,so I was right and chuffed he won and I left the circuit on a high

the unfair advantage/ skuldudgery has been ripe in F1 for years
eg ferrari not letting irvine be champion in 1999 and mansells tyre being blown out by a blow dart in austrailia, come to mind!!!

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Katy said 2 years, 9 months ago:

I thought it was pretty obvious, they replayed the ‘overtake’ about 5 or 6 times. Anyway, just because it’s happened in the past doesn’t mean I have to be ok with it. Especially considering how much of the season is left! The absolute worst thing though is Alonso’s behaviour, he obviously has no respect for his team mate or the fans of the sport.

This thread is monumentally off topic now think it’s time to end it, not much left to say about Toro Rosso is there haha. They’re firmly at the back of the mid field and their update they bought this weekend doesn’t seem to have pushed them forwards so I just hope by 2011 they’ve managed to be back with the midfield.

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