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yep, i heard that as well. but yknow thats probably a good thing that teams cant appeal... i mean if mclaren did, and im sure they will try to, the desicion will go on long after the end of the season... in to the new year even.
thinking about it, this could easily give lewis the upper hand. he is a strong willed determined person and im sure his attitude tomorrow will be "fuck em, we will go and beat them anyway"!!!!!
and i hope so too........ its all about consistent applications of the rule book, and never has formula one had that.. i mean they ley brabham back in 78 run with the "fan car" in sweden. it basically was a car with a huge turbine on the end that sucked, literally sucked the car to the road. it was blindingly fast but it spat out stones and all shit out of the back onto oncoming cars.... it was banned but it still was allowed to keep the points it scored and hold its place in the record books as having won one g.p.
in 1977 tyrrell prototyped the amazingly beautiful p34, the only 6 wheeled car ever to race in f1. it lasted 2 seasons, did fairly welll, won a couple of races with patrick depallier and then was discontinued due to the advent of ground effect cars.... in 1982 williams pioneered a 6 wheeled car. in testing it blew everyone away, it was fats.... the f.i.a. (then f.o.c.a. with jean marie balestre at the helm and their opposing camp f.i.s.a.with one berie ecclestone at the helm) decided to ban it 3 weeks before the season started, rewrote the rule book stating f1 cars must have 4 wheels, 2 of which be driven, outlawing any 6 wheeled or 4x4 drive cars immediatly. williams started the season with a year old car, they won the drivers championship that year with keke rosberg (nicos da).
my point is this... they, being the governing body, seem free to manipulate the ruleboook when they see fit, a rebellion is on the cards very soon if power doesnt change!
latest interview and report from the f1 jounalist group
Ferrari’s Felipe Massa has been declared the winner of Sunday’s Belgian Grand Prix after McLaren’ Lewis Hamilton was handed a 25-second time penalty following the race. Hamilton drops to third place as a result, with BMW Sauber’s Nick Heidfeld moving up to second. McLaren plan to appeal the decision.
Hamilton was penalised after stewards decided he had gained an advantage by cutting the final chicane in his late-race battle with Ferrari’s Kimi Raikkonen. Raikkonen crashed out shortly after the incident, having the led the bulk of the race up to that point.
"I have often said that the race is not over until the official results are published and that was the case today," said Ferrari team principal Stefano Domenicali. "As usual, Ferrari will not comment on the stewards' decision. After the race, we were called to the stewards and we explained our position.
"We are very disappointed for Kimi, who had driven a great race and deserved the win, especially at this rather difficult time. This result is obviously very important for our championship hopes: now we must maintain maximum concentration and prepare as well as possible for the forthcoming races."
McLaren insisted they had little choice but to appeal the stewards' decision, given that Hamilton had immediately surrendered the lead back to Raikkonen on the start-finish straight, before then passing the Finn going into the La Source hairpin.
"We looked at all our data and also made it available to the FIA stewards," said the team. "It showed that, having lifted, Lewis was 6km/h slower than Kimi as they crossed the start-finish line. Having passed the lead back to Kimi, Lewis repositioned his car, moving across and behind Kimi to the right-hand line and then out-braked him into the hairpin. Based on this data, we have no option other than to register our intention to appeal."
The revised result means that rather than extending his championship lead over Massa, Hamilton now sees it cut, with the Briton heading the Brazilian by just two points, 76 to 74, with five races remaining.
Assuming their right to appeal is accepted, McLaren's case against Hamilton's penalty will be heard by the FIA's International Court of Appeal at a date to be determined.
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