By Andrew Hooper
October 4 2009
After the running of the 2009 Japanese Grand Prix there would be some questions raised over AT&T Williams driver Nico Rosberg's pace while under the Safety Car period. But after a period of deliberation the Japanese Grand Prix stewards announced that Nico would not incur a penalty and so would retain his fifth place in the race results.
Quote:mad brummie
so he broke the rules but they let him off... good for the team but bad for the stewards reputation...


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Imagine if our court system worked like this...
Oh, the dude is from Ethiopia where you can marry 7 year olds against their will (sorry ethiopians, had to make something up). We shall let him off because he never knew...
I read it as "marrying 7 wives" for some reason. I think I need some serious catch up sleep.
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absolutely not. charlie whiting has stated that rosberg exceeded the speed limit under yellow. is that a fact?
why was rosberg singled out? no one else was under a penalty charge by whiting.
i think crusty that you are having selective memory problems. when people started to claim a victory for roseborg in the singapore race i said that as each and every team/drivers results would have been changed as a result of the piquet debacle then the race results should have been annulled in their entirety and that there was a precedent in the FIA history books re a rally decision.
i still hold that view and that the records should show that as a fact.

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pj, can you prove that the report was never made by charlie whiting? i said originally that i had read a report that stated what i have just posted re the whiting report to the stewards. what prompted the FIA to investigate in the first place? brawn presumably spoke with the race director who then made a report to the stewards.
once again egg on face until you can disprove it.
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absolutely not. charlie whiting has stated that rosberg exceeded the speed limit under yellow. is that a fact?
why was rosberg singled out? no one else was under a penalty charge by whiting.
i think crusty that you are having selective memory problems. when people started to claim a victory for roseborg in the singapore race i said that as each and every team/drivers results would have been changed as a result of the piquet debacle then the race results should have been annulled in their entirety and that there was a precedent in the FIA history books re a rally decision.
i still hold that view and that the records should show that as a fact.
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for the third time pj, refute the report which was posted by planet F1.

Quote:K1
The other point i wished to make was the inconsistency of stewards and decisions by same. singapore was a prime example re vettels penalty when the telemetry proved that he didn't speed in the pit lane. telemetry was also use in the rosberg case. why the disparity?
Quote:Well - there is where you are wrong, Rosberg didn't know what is the 'speed limit' as ECU overrided that information to show low fuel message over it. But he did slow down because he saw flags and SC signs, he just didn't know how much time per sector he is suposed to make.K1
there are two aspects to this, one is the fact that rosberg claimed ignorance of his actual speed. surely ignorance as a plea is unacceptable. when travelling at say 80kph in a 60kph zone try telling the police that you couldn't see the speed sign because of a wayward bush when you drove past. F1 drivers would know when they are speeding.

Quote:K1
there are two aspects to this, one is the fact that rosberg claimed ignorance of his actual speed. surely ignorance as a plea is unacceptable. when travelling at say 80kph in a 60kph zone try telling the police that you couldn't see the speed sign because of a wayward bush when you drove past. F1 drivers would know when they are speeding.
the other point i wished to make was the inconsistency of stewards and decisions by same. singapore was a prime example re vettels penalty when the telemetry proved that he didn't speed in the pit lane. telemetry was also use in the rosberg case. why the disparity?
this is not a life or death issue but when it influences what might be WDC/WCC results it is right to criticise and seek some answers
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@everyone (except troll kenji)
Warning do not feed the troll.
