Lauda says Spa decision will harm F1

Lauda thinks the Stewards have made a stupid decision.

Lauda: Lewis penalty will harm F1 - F1 | ITV Sport

 

Yawn..... did someone say something. Oh it was only Niki!

 

Is Niki the village idiot? I must have missed something.

 

No it was you Yawn

 

Yes. On one of the two German TV stations broadcasting the races, he's one of the pre/post race reporters. You're really lucky you don't have to listen to him watching the races.

 

Thanks for posting. I needed the inspiration before I went to the WC

 

Despite their on track accomplishments, I do not think too many people really care what these retired race drivers say to get their name in print.

From watching on my little TV, I can say I don't understand the penalty. But I wasn't there, I did not have access to the telemetry or the corner workers that the stewards used to make their decision. Even Timo Glock also got a 25 second penalty.

Right or wrong, this event will have no long term effect on the sport of F1. People were upset when Schumacher got thrown out of the WDC in 1997, but the sport survived and he came back and won the WDC a couple of times.

 

This is true - but it was still wrong.

 

Nikki was a great driver. I'll love to ber a fly on the wall when he gets together with Jackie Stewart, maybe we can invite Mike Tyson to the battle of the wits.

 

"Just think about it: if Lewis had stayed behind Kimi through the chicane, he would have passed him in front of the pits, because Lewis and the McLaren, at that time in the race in the wet, were so much quicker."

Uh... then why not do just that?