Eddie Irvine tells it like it is!!! (Belgium re-cap)

Irvine...i love that guy. Always have, he always says it like it is.

 

I agree with everything he says minus the part about Lewis being "pure class".

 

Had to stop reading his BS after "For starters Kimi pushed him off the road" Just another opinion from someone who has an axe to grind. Good luck with the booze and the gilrs Eddie.

 

I agree with everything except Kimi pushing him off.

Kimi basically held his line and forced Hami to make a track decision, which he didn't do correctly.

If you remember two races ago. Hami did the same thing, not once, not twice but three times in that race, and I said to all there: "hami seems to have developed a near, fine line skill of forcing his opponents off...cleaver and risky, but gutsy"

I think Hami [Don't flame me] will be a force to recon with in the attitude in that he'll put it to others, very, directly, which is what has been missing to this now, rather, boring road race called F1

But I still record, watch and listen.

 

He is 100% correct. Watch the video Kimi absolutely pushes Lewis wide and I say this as a Ferrari fan. While I cant stand dour Ron Dennis and his fellow humorless drones at Mclaren, Lewis won the race fair and square.

PS wish we had a few more Eddie Irvines on the grid today.

 

There are brakes on the car for a reason. Felipe forced him wide in Hungary and LH didnt cry then - Hard to after you get your a** handed to you by a guy "who didnt defend well" LH doesnt like the taste of his own medicine. Rather give up the position after CUTTING the chicane(penalty is right out of the books 25 sec within 5 laps of finish), he drag races Kimi hoping he wont be caught. RD asked Charlie for a ruling because he knew it simply didnt look good. Law of averages here, he was busted after getting away with it before as posted above by Rik.

If Kimi does this and is not penalized what uproar do you think would ensue from Mclaren. Heck Ferrari didnt even protest this incident. The stewards initiated the whole thing and there is bias? Hardly.

 

Brian, in the video taken from driver's right, BOTH right fronts on BOTH cars were locked up. It was Kim's corner, still.

We teach people all the time in Skip Barber that if you're on the inside, you've "taken the corner" and have prevented the outside car from turning in, unless they want contact. It was LH's decision to stick it in there... It was LH's consequences for toughing it out.

I have no dog in this fight, but from a racing perspective, especially given how strong LH came on in the wet and that the pass was inevitable, it was a low percentage move on his part. Kimi did NOT squeeze him up to turn in, but had little choice after the apex given both had lost steering control of their cars due to lockup.

 

I don't know about Kimi pushing him off the road, that was just a consequence of running out of room. Other then that, an interesting article, and I fully agree with his take on the FIA.

 

Hi Peter,

Done a few skippys at Lime Rock culminating in a race series event there in 06'...great memories. Look all I am saying is that Lewis deserved his win and I think anyone with unbiased glasses would agree. To take away the win was very, very harsh.

 

Me too. i reckon irvine is just pissed of because ferrari sacked him

 

Yeah and then he gets a huge deal with jaguar...dont think so!

 

If his gap to second was above 25 sec then thats not the case. He got the penalty right out of the 2008 FIA Sporting Regulations. It would have been only 10 sec if the incident occured prior to 5 laps to go. Within 5 laps of finish its 25 sec. The teams all agree to this and thats how it is.

 

Eddie's got one thing right. And that is that the FIA has the A$$ for McLaren and is pro red cars...That is pretty obvious.

 

Yeah, that's the unfortunate truth.

 

Yes, the FIA is a joke...Look no further than the Mosley fiasco...

 

My point being that there should have been no penalty in the first place. Look you have ex champions who know what they are talking about like Irvine, Lauda etc all saying the same thing.

 

It reminds him of the Bush administration!! Ok.

 

Irvine & Lauda, Statler and Waldorf of F1 !!!!

 

LOL!!

 

Well they penalized him in France for the same thing. Penalty for infraction. He cut the chicane. Thats not debatable at all. Trulli actually drove in the race and feels different. He's currently employed as an F1 driver unlike the rest.

 

"Look you have ex champions who know what they are talking about like Irvine"

Irvine? Champion?

 

Oh, he's a champion alright......it's just not in Formula 1!