For What it's worth, over 2/3 of the peopled polled on the Official F1 Web
site think that the appeal will not be successful.
Joe C.
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Well they spent over 5 hours in the kangaroo court today, on their way
to Singapore.
We'll know tomorrow. If it stands, it's sure going to make a lot of
people look stupid...
Glen
-----Original Message-----
From: Kas Kastner <kaskas@cox.net>
To: Joe Curry <spitlist@cox.net>; spyderweb@uwalumni.com; 'Friends of
Triumph' <fot@autox.team.net>
Sent: Mon, 22 Sep 2008 4:37 pm
Subject: Re: [Fot] The Hamilton Case
If the decision stands it will certainly put Charlie Whiting ( a good
guy)
in a very bad light having already okayed the pass.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Joe Curry" <spitlist@cox.net>
To: <spyderweb@uwalumni.com>; "'Friends of Triumph'"
<fot@autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, September 22, 2008 1:14 PM
Subject: Re: [Fot] The Hamilton Case
> No money on it, but I predict that the decision will stand.
>
> Joe C.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: fot-bounces@autox.team.net [mailto:fot-bounces@autox.team.net]
On
> Behalf Of spyderweb@uwalumni.com
> Sent: Sunday, September 21, 2008 11:13 PM
> To: 'Friends of Triumph'
> Subject: [Fot] The Hamilton Case
>
>
>
> Well Ladies and Gents, today is the day of the Hamilton/McLaren appeal
> hearing, with the decision to be announced on Tuesday.
>
> Time to get your bets down on the outcome.
>
> A few hints for the sophisticated punter:
>
> ~ Since the initial decision and the following uproar, the F.I.A.
> has issued a "clarification" of the rules, to the effect that:
> "Drivers have to wait until the next corner to overtake if they go
> ahead over a chicane." Does everyone remember the meaning of the Latin
> term "ex post facto"?
>
> ~ Sir Stirling has issued a statement to the effect that the
> decision to penalize Hamilton was "disgraceful" and "a load of crap",
> made by "clueless" stewards who "know they are wrong".
>
[http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/more-sport/2008/09/22/stirling-slams-lewis
-sp
> a-treatment-115875-20747707/]
>
> ~ Asked for comment on the dispute and the upcoming hearing, FIA
> president Max Mosley said, "My immediate reaction was this [situation]
> is going to waste a great deal of everybody's time."
>
[http://www.crash.net/motorsport/f1/news/168911-0/bias_claims_rubbished_b
y_m
> osley.html]
>
> ~ And don't forget that (allegedly) the race director twice
> advised McLaren by radio immediately after the incident that
> Hamilton's actions were proper and sufficient.
> ____________________________________
>
> Wagers anyone? Keep in mind that the issue is how the APPEAL will come
> out -- NOT whether Hamilton's actions were proper under the rules
> (since the answer to that question is intuitively obvious to even the
> most casual observer :-)
>
> Jim Hill
> Madison WI
>
>
>
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