Perhaps a bit optimistic because the FIA is what it is, but I think they'll
reverse the decision.
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Sent: Monday, September 22, 2008 3:38 AM
Subject: Re: [Fot] The Hamilton Case
> No wager... but I'll be (very) pleasantly suprised if they overturn the
> XXXXing stewards (?) decision...
> Glen
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: spyderweb@uwalumni.com
> To: 'Friends of Triumph' <fot@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Mon, 22 Sep 2008 2:13 am
> Subject: [Fot] The Hamilton Case
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> 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_b
> y_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.
> ____________________________________
>
> 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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