10-21-2007, 05:45 PM
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WaterDog
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it's not over yet:
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McLaren have informed the FIA of their intent to appeal the stewards' decision not to penalise the BMW and Williams teams.
A report from Jo Bauer, the FIA technical delegate, stated that temperatures of fuel samples taken from both cars of each team were outside the regulations.
Article 6.5.5 of the Formula One technical regulations states: "No fuel on board the car may be more than ten degrees centigrade below ambient temperature."
The International Court of Appeal would have to accept the appeal, and then a date would be set. If then, should the Court of Appeal overturn the stewards' decision and disqualify the BMW and Williams drivers, the new results would elevate Lewis Hamilton to fourth. This would give him enough points to beat Kimi Raikkonen and take the championship.
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..... and alonso wants in on the game:
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Oct.6 (GMM) Fernando Alonso has openly questioned the stewards' decision not to penalise his teammate Lewis Hamilton for driving erratically behind the safety car last Sunday.
The 22-year-old's bitter title challenger told the Spanish newspaper Diario As on Friday: "I am sure that if it was me (under investigation), I would have gone to sleep with a penalty."
The Spaniard is probably recalling his famous Monza penalty last year, applied after stewards ruled that he impeded Felipe Massa's qualifying lap.
Alonso said of the Hamilton investigation: "But I do not know, because I did not see it (the YouTube clip of the Vettel-Webber crash)."
Reigning world champion Alonso, who is 12 points behind Hamilton after his Fuji Speedway crash, said Hamilton had been warned by race director Charlie Whiting about his driving behind the safety car at Monza last month, after "some drivers complained".
"The race director reminded us before Fuji what you can do -- warm up your tyres, zig-zag, but with a constant speed.
"He said 'you can move, but not change your speed all the time'."
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Last edited by AquaFox; 10-21-2007 at 05:47 PM..
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