[Fot] The Hamilton Case

[Joe Curry]

No money on it, but I predict that the decision will stand.

Joe C.

-----Original Message-----
From: fot-bounces at autox.team.net [mailto:fot-bounces at autox.team.net] On
Behalf Of spyderweb at 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_by_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.
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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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