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'Hamilton And British Press vs Alonso'

Monday 7th April 2008

The British press are in hot water with the PF1 readers after questioning whether Alonso was at fault for Hamilton hitting him. Also a few other Bahrain related mails...

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Hamilton Blew It
Interesting PF1 made a point of quoting ITV regarding Hamilton hitting Alonso from behind. Hamilton had one of his "I've blown it" spasms, the same as the "bad tyre beaching", and the championship choke "where are my gears". Hamilton blew his start, ending up midfield with a bunch of cars 2 seconds per lap slower, he was onto the gas faster and accelerated faster, misjudged and hit Alonso.

Bahrain may be the first sign of McLaren not having the driver development input they need to challenge for the top. Unless Hamilton has the fastest car on the track he will not win, he has never won unless he started on the front row and McLaren's front row hopes are fading.
Brent McMaster, Ontario, Canada

A Touch Of Traction Control For Lewis?
Was Alonso really so slow out of the corner or was LH just so quick out of the corner? I guess it's just me wondering if Ron and his merry men have forgotten to remove ALL of the traction control software out of Hamilton's McLaren!!!
Victor, Australia

FIA Needs To Act
I think it's fair to say that the three blind mice would have noticed how odd it was for Hamilton to ram Alonso from behind.

I mean, Alonso is an experienced driver and he took the corner really well so I don't see how he could have possibly been going slower than his McLaren counterpart. I think the FIA needs to take a further look into this!
Farai Chitsa

Those On The Other Side
Alonso is a dirty driver. If he was not guilty, why then would Renault feel the need to show the data and defend their man?

McLaren said they wouldn't bother and Hamilton raised his hand to say he was to blame for his poor race. He said nothing about Alonso. I may not be a Hamilton fan, but he acted very professionally under those circumstances.
Hans Athmaram

Six Tenths Close To A Clio
Does anyone remember the infamous six tenths Alonso claimed he took to McLaren last year with his 'expertise' input?

I wonder if he gave them to BMW this year by mistake?

If he did take them to Renault, imagine how slow it would be without those special six tenths! It's practically a Clio!

Come on Alonso, if you're going to be cocky enough to claim you can bring six tenths to a team in the first place, you really need to be able to take them everywhere you go otherwise it come across like you're full of s**t!
Lee Grant, Milton Keynes

...I am a regular visitor to the site and felt the need to write about the ITV commentators on yesterday's race. Mark Blundell (post race) and Martin Brundle have become so obsessed with Lewis Hamilton they seem to have lost all reason.

From the moment Hamilton hit the back of Alonso's car there were constant allegations of brake-testing. Why are they incapable of accepting that the guy made a mistake, he'd already made one to put himself in that position.