Page 13 of the FIA report from the German GP. The engine of car number 22 is kept sealed in order to carry out further checks according to Article 5 of the 2008 FIA Formula One Technical Regulations. These checks will be done before the Hungarian GP. http://www.fia.com/germanygp/documents/GER_08_Race_Report.pdf Sorry McLaren.... Looks like you might have got caught?
I would say your right Ian, From the race report at Germany the FIA have decided as part of their normal checks to process Lewis Hamiltons engine in accordance to rule 5 of the 2008 Technical Regulations. The report said: "The engine of car number 22 is kept sealed in order to carry out further checks according to Article 5 of the 2008 FIA Formula One Technical Regulations. These checks will be done before the Hungarian GP." It is the simple principle I believe that an athlete also undertakes. If they are fast they get drug tested and I think it's the same here. I wouldn't believe that anything will come from this scheduled check.
I hope that his engine is found to be non-compliant.. It would explain a whole lot of things going on here lately! Did you find article 5?
Put down the pipe, McLaren clearly has developed the car and they're now faster than Ferrari, and as big of a nitwit that Hamilton is he still had loads of talent so thinking his car has some magic button or spell cast upon it to make him fast is getting old.
Article 5 is all about the specification of the engines. The FIA must, from time to time, want to check cars to see that they are within spec and I'd guess Steve is right, the McLaren looked very fast and is therefore a prime candidate for a spot check on its engine.
What you believe is irrelevant. Fact is that the engine of McLaren #22 is suspicious enough to carry out some tests and checks. No one knows what the results will be, but to say that it means nothing is jumping the conclusions and dare I say wishful thinking.
oh, but I'll admit I fiercely hope the engine will be deemed illegal, but that is just because I can't stand Lewis and/or McLaren.
I hope it's deemed 100% legal and by the book, last years gift was fine and dandy but I want a season with racing and legitimate victory by Ferrari this year.
How long are you going to keep this up? Every other post is "McLaren cheating at this. McLaren cheating at that." It's getting very, very old. Maybe we should just start calling you Chicken Little.
"according to Article 5" is pretty vague.... ARTICLE 5 : ENGINE 5.1 Engine specification 5.2 Other means of propulsion 5.3 Engine dimensions 5.4 Weight and centre of gravity 5.5 Engine throttles 5.6 Variable geometry systems 5.7 Fuel systems 5.8 Electrical systems 5.9 Engine actuators 5.10 Engine auxiliaries 5.11 Engine intake air 5.12 Materials and Construction - Definitions 5.13 Materials and construction General 5.14 Materials and construction Components 5.15 Starting the engine 5.16 Stall prevention systems 5.17 Engine homologation They'd be dumb not to check out the engine in a car that seemed infinitely faster than any other car on the grid. I'm sure its standard procedure, and it won't come back with anything negative.
I agree. As much as I'd love to see Ferrari win the championship, another scandal like that would bad for F1 and would make Ferrari looks as if they can only win when the others are disqualified. Lets win the championship the right way this time.
Smells like the Patriots all over again, one team complains about cheating, the alleged cheaters explain the technical position that they are playing within the rules, by their own interpretation when most others disagree, they smoke every team during the season, but lose the championship at the end - sweet justice. So I can see Mclaren providing a very technical reason for why their car is within the rules under their interpretation of the rules, but non Mclaren fans will disagree. However, not sure if Lewis will blow it at the end. Shall be interesting to see what happens and I just hope the best team wins, without cheating.
I don't care as long as Ferrari wins and it's fair and square. Their is an old saying that goes "Cheat to Win!" and the people who do that are cheating us all, including themselves.. If you don't believe me, look at wall street right now! All those cheaters are out of work or in jail..
After reading some of these posts, maybe it was a blessing that Ted was banned not to hear these idiotic posts. Obvious most you guys have no historical reference of F1 whatsoever. Ron thank you for the post. The guy from Colorado, get a clue.
They will find a high-tech carbon fibre filament coming out of the back. One end of this mysterious component is attached to a set of additional paddles on the steering wheel, up until now thought to be related to a legal illegal traction control system. The theorists are proven partly right in that the other end of the cord was seen to be attached to Massa's car at Silverstone. When depressing said paddles, the cord was stretched thus causing Massa to loose traction. The device was proven to be pretty effective, causing Massa to spin five times for no apparent reason. Folks are also speculating this may be the reason Massa bobbled so much when Hamilton passed him in Germany. Sure would explain everything wouldn't it? Sorry, just making light of the situation!
