F1 2009 Belgian GP

[Sunny]

Wasn't FIA penalizing people for putting all 4 wheels outside the track in some race earlier this year?

 

[Zonda]

Hassan, I remember seeing Hamilton fight Alonso in that turn and Hamilton going wide as well and gain a position temporarily Are you saying that Hami should have braked, stayed on the track and slot in behind Alonso?

I agree with Monster, and besides Kimi wasn't the only one going off there. Going off is way safer than braking and risking to get hit from behind and cause a chain collision. Yes, Kimi was quick but it's said that he didn't use the kers at that point and he was still in fourth when getting back on track.

As for team/driver biased antics I couldn't care less. I'm just delighted to see some good racing on the best track in the world.

 

[Monster]

In other words, racing incident and nothing spectacular and conspiracy ridden.

Yes indeed. It is one of those things that you can sometimes get away with.

 

[Bartek S.]

Great race, a lots of action, many surprises but very disappointing moments was the Raikkonen pass from 4-th to 3-d , he should be penalised at least with drive thought penalty during a race or 10 sec penalty after race which would put him on 4-th position 1-th place for Fisi and podium for Kubica. IMO FIA has silent agreement with Ferrari as it was before. One more no action taken favour for Ferrari. Thank you FIA and F1.

 

[Remy Zero]

Why does everyone keeps thinking Kimi gained an advantage? He left the track, took a wide way back in the track. Not a shortcut. And, it was really dirty outside the track.

Secondly, where was Kimi supposed to go? He was squeezed wide by Heidi and Trulli, and if he had braked, or slowed down, he might have caused a big accident.

 

[Remy Zero]

Kimi's strategy for the first corner is clearly questionable as the gained a significant advantage from using the run off area for what it isn't intended for. One can clearly see that he has no interest in trailing the rest of the pact through the corner but instead went off track and slingshoted to then press the KERS button which evidently took him smoothly past two cars.

A very clear and aggressive strategy, though very much outside the rule book and given last year's row over Hamilton cutting the chicane, I'm stunned that the Stewards didn't even raise their eye brow over Kimi's first corner tactics.

Going wide, avoiding an accident and cutting a chicane while overtaking are 2 totally different things.

There wasn't a penalty consideration during the race, and after the race. And no team lodged a protest, etc. It's safe to say it was a racing incident.

 

[Imhotep Evil]

I think this conspiracy is B*.

A wider twisty-er line with dust does not offer an advantage.

The advantage was KERS, but, there's nothing illegal about that; and don't give "it's artificial" crap cause the old turbo boost worked the same way, the DI 54-55 Mercs had an extra 80 or horses au naturel, and MBs from 37 with their SC I8 cars had up to 200 - 300 extra horses on some of the other cars.

 

[Remy Zero]

I think this conspiracy is B*.

A wider twisty-er line with dust does not offer an advantage.

The advantage was KERS, but, there's nothing illegal about that; and don't give "it's artificial" crap cause the old turbo boost worked the same way, the DI 54-55 Mercs had an extra 80 or horses au naturel, and MBs from 37 with their SC I8 cars had up to 200 - 300 extra horses on some of the other cars.

Yes, that extra 'speed' Kimi gained was KERS. How are u supposed to gain extra speed by taking a long way, and dirty way, off the track? Like i said, no one, not the teams, stewards, etc, even considered a penalty. Case closed.

 

[bum-man]

^Simple, Kimi could hold a much higher speed/accelerate harder by avoiding the bottle neck at turn one. By taking this route he was able to avoid the traffic jam and accelerate immediatetly. IMHO he wasn't even squeezed off track which makes this even worse.

 

[Zonda]

If you look at the footage you can see Kimi's rear sliding and twitching under power as he's struggling to find grip.
If he had gained an advantage or if it had been beneficial, intended or whatever at least one team would have protested, but none did. Because they know what really went down!