[Flyboy]

Originally Posted by Hom3r

Yes but it was crystal clear to even deaf people, that they where telling him to the the spainard through, even more so the Rob said sorry.

In his post race interview his smile said "you know it was a team order".

Had it ben closer in the points and only a few races left, and the team had worded as a psoosible fault, I doubt it would have been queried.

But orders such as that would only be given if the lead car had no chance of winning the race. Massa had every chance of doing so.

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Originally Posted by Kymmy

Saying something is one thing, saying something and getting an immediate repsonse from it with a subsequent apology from the person saying it is another. Also they haven;t got away with it.. They have been fined and it has been referred higher up than just the race stewards

I wonder if they'll perhaps consider banning two way comms soon and purely have it as one way (driver to pit) with perhaps just an acknoledgement signal in return

I am in two minds about the possibility of disqualification on this. Yes, it would be justified, but it would have a detrimental effect on the championship standings, in regards to Hamilton's and Button's campaign.

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Originally Posted by sherer

it's happened in plenty of other championships. I think all the WMSC will do is clarify the rule or remove it altogether. It's a team sport and they worked as a team to get the best result for the team. Yes I would rather they overtook each other on track but seeing as Red Bull have shown how that can work out I don't blame them.

Can't see them having one way radio as then the teams can't tell drivers about problems with the car or other dangers.

This is not a team sport, in the same sense as a football match. The team aspect is a much loser concept. It is similar to the GB Olympic team. None of them would relinquish a place, in order for the team to earn more medals. Their positions are respected by others.

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Originally Posted by Kymmy

And how did they do it before radios... Oh they used the pit-board

I see that Eddie has now put in his 2pence worth..

To me the whole point about watching the race is that you never know what's gonna happen. If they introduce team orders then you can predict a race when it's about half way through.. For example in this race Massa would have let Alfonso through a lot earlier then would have acted like a block to Vettel. It simple should not have happened, If Alofonso wanted to win then he should have driven like a winner.. Instead he drove like a 2nd placer who then spat out his dummy and was given a win that he shouldn't have had..

Totally spoiled the race for a lot of people

When Vettel showed the promise of catching the Ferraris, I was looking forward to a battle royal for first place. I was predicting several changes of leadership before the end.

I was watching with Flyboy9, even he understood the meaning of "OK...so....Fernando is faster than you....can you confirm you understood that message?"