Maldonado

[GJ]

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[GJ]

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OK to get this back on topic and away form the idiotic there is not much to be said for the idea that Hamilton should have gifted his position to Maldonado and finished a comfortable fourth as what those suggesting it have failed to work out is that (at the time) fifth-placed Nico Hulkenberg was closing at more than 3 secs per lap so the longer Hamilton could keep the Williams behind him the less time Hulkenburg would have to steal 4th place. That is before we factor in Webber and Schuamcher!

Also having watched it again it is clear that Hamilton took a racing line into turn 12 not a defensive one and Maldonado was given more room than many earlier in the race, Grosjean being one coming to mind, and they all avoided a pile up

I think the problem is that Hamilton for some reason is becoming the driver people love to hate. He is probably the biggest draw to the sport right now, or at least as big a draw as Alonso and Vettel, and maybe that is part of the reason. There are others but that is not a subject for this discussion. The fact remains that somehow some have sought to implicate him in what, this time, was nothing of his doing and the fact he refused to be drawn on the incident after only fuelled the fire.

In my opinion those 'people' (I had better not write what I would really like to describe them as) would be better off looking at the current mediocrity of his team mate and realising that what they are seeing is Hamilton raising his game to pull the Mac to places it really should not be. Much like what their hero Alonso is doing with his Ferrari!!!

[KKiirmki]

Kimi managed to pass Hamilton without punting him off the track.

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[moonrover]

Also believe Maldonado ended Hamilton's race and position and should have been penalized more....
but still....shouldn't we tolerate opposite opinions...(even if it is opposing at all)
Different Ideas make forums more colourful.
that's My Idea and I'm pretty sure that all site admins here can agree that?

sorry to say a lot.

[bawjohnson]

So much negativity in here you two.. there's bigger things in life to worry about than imagined slights and nitpicking.. Take a Kimi pill!

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[Ash]

I've just seen the clip of the incident between Maldonado and Grosjean at Hockenheim in the GP2, and the one of his crash under red flags in the World Series by Renault (not to be confused with hitting a marshal under yellows in Monaco).

The latter looks very scary, hitting two cars with marshals already on the scene. The former is just astonishing.

[Gary]

"Both Pastor and the team have moved on and the focus is now on achieving a good result at Silverstone." - Mark Gillan after Valencia as reported on Pitpass.

In the case of Mad Dog Maldonado, let's see if that's the case next weekend.

[bewildered_jim]

Watched the Grosjean/Maldonado incident from 2010.

Involuntary "what the FUUU?"
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[The Rumble Strip]

I’ve totally changed my ideas about PM and am now convinced that his aggressive style is too much for F1.

Of course, I don't expect him to yield a place but the way he maneuvers fellow drivers to the edge of the track is not on.

There have been too many incidents in recent races involving him and perhaps action does need to be taken.