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-spa-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_mosley.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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