Symonds:?Spa?penalty?will?stifle?racing?
By?Jonathan?Noble?Wednesday,?September?10th?2008,?17:48?GMT?
Renault?director?of?engineering?Pat?Symonds?believes?Lewis?Hamilton?was?hard?done?with?his?Belgian?Grand?Prix?penalty?-?and?reckons?the?controversy?will?only?harm?attempts?to?make?the?sport?more?exciting.
Speaking?on?the?official?Renault?podcast?Formula?One?podcast?in?the?wake?of?Hamilton?being?stripped?of?victory?for?gaining?an?advantage?by?cutting?a?chicane,?the?highly?respected?Symonds?sees?nothing?wrong?with?the?way?that?Hamilton?let?Raikkonen?retake?the?lead?as?they?battled?at?Spa-Francorchamps.
And?although?rubbishing?accusations?in?the?media?and?from?fans?that?the?penalty?was?evidence?of?a?bias?towards?Ferrari?by?F1's?chiefs,?he?thinks?there?are?implications?from?the?controversy?that?could?result?in?drivers?being?less?willing?to?take?risks?in?the?future.
"As?it?happened?in?real?time,?we?were?talking?on?the?intercom?and?said:?'Wow?that?was?definitely?a?situation?where?he?has?to?give?the?place?back,'"?he?said.?"I?guess?we?weren't?that?surprised?when?the?stewards?were?found?to?be?investigating?it.?Having?looked?at?it?again,?I?feel?very,?very?sorry?for?Lewis.?I?think?he?has?been?very?hard?done
by.
"It?raises?lots?of?interesting?questions,?and?I?am?not?talking?about?'Are?the?FIA?on?the?side?of?Ferrari?'?We?have?to?believe?that?they?are?impartial,?the?sport?would?not?exist?if?we?didn't?believe?that.?But?I?think?it?does?call?into?question?[the?sport's]?philosophy,?because?everyone?is?saying?we?need?more?overtaking?in?Formula?One,?we?need?more?excitement,?and?we?need?more?personalities.
"And?yet?it?seems?to?me?that?everything?that?actually?happens?seems?to?be?against?that.
"Here?we?had?a?great?race?with?people?really?challenging?each?other?and?for?why??If?it's?taken?away,?then?why?take?that?risk?"
Symonds?has?looked?at?video?replays?of?the?incident?since?Sunday's?race?and?now?believes?that?Hamilton?had?complied?with?the?rules?and?not?gained?an?advantage?by?cutting?the?chicane.
"To?me?the?facts?are?quite?clear?in?retrospect.?I?have?had?a?look?at?the?videos,?I've?had?a?look?at?the?published?data?which?shows?that?Lewis?was?nearly?7?km/h?slower?than?Raikkonen?across?the?line,?you?can?quite?clearly?see?on?the?in-car?camera?that?he?lets?him?get?completely?in?front,?and?in?my?view?Raikkonen?just?braked?very?early.
"Lewis?went?inside?him,?and?if?you?look?at?the?in-car?camera?stuff,?Lewis?drove?around?the?hairpin?very?easily.?He?didn't?have?a?big?slide,?he?didn't?have?to?correct?it,?he?hadn't?gone?in?too?deep?and?come?out?wide,?it?was?a?perfectly?legitimate?manouevre,?and?it?wasn't?that?much?later?that?Raikkonen?went?past?him.
"This?is?racing,?this?is?what?we?want."
And?Symonds?believes?that?more?should?be?done?to?improve?the?speed?by?which?decisions?are?made.
"I?think?motor?racing?should?be?like?football,?not?like?cricket,"?he?said,?with?stewards?taking?two?hours?to?decide?on?Hamilton's?punishment?on?Sunday?night.?"Let's?have?action,?let's?know?what?is?going?on?in?real?time,?not?wait?for?two?days?to?find?out?the?result."
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西蒙兹：雷诺车队的工程总监
By?Jonathan?Noble?Wednesday,?September?10th?2008,?17:48?GMT?
Renault?director?of?engineering?Pat?Symonds?believes?Lewis?Hamilton?was?hard?done?with?his?Belgian?Grand?Prix?penalty?-?and?reckons?the?controversy?will?only?harm?attempts?to?make?the?sport?more?exciting.
Speaking?on?the?official?Renault?podcast?Formula?One?podcast?in?the?wake?of?Hamilton?being?stripped?of?victory?for?gaining?an?advantage?by?cutting?a?chicane,?the?highly?respected?Symonds?sees?nothing?wrong?with?the?way?that?Hamilton?let?Raikkonen?retake?the?lead?as?they?battled?at?Spa-Francorchamps.
And?although?rubbishing?accusations?in?the?media?and?from?fans?that?the?penalty?was?evidence?of?a?bias?towards?Ferrari?by?F1's?chiefs,?he?thinks?there?are?implications?from?the?controversy?that?could?result?in?drivers?being?less?willing?to?take?risks?in?the?future.
"As?it?happened?in?real?time,?we?were?talking?on?the?intercom?and?said:?'Wow?that?was?definitely?a?situation?where?he?has?to?give?the?place?back,'"?he?said.?"I?guess?we?weren't?that?surprised?when?the?stewards?were?found?to?be?investigating?it.?Having?looked?at?it?again,?I?feel?very,?very?sorry?for?Lewis.?I?think?he?has?been?very?hard?done
by.
"It?raises?lots?of?interesting?questions,?and?I?am?not?talking?about?'Are?the?FIA?on?the?side?of?Ferrari?'?We?have?to?believe?that?they?are?impartial,?the?sport?would?not?exist?if?we?didn't?believe?that.?But?I?think?it?does?call?into?question?[the?sport's]?philosophy,?because?everyone?is?saying?we?need?more?overtaking?in?Formula?One,?we?need?more?excitement,?and?we?need?more?personalities.
"And?yet?it?seems?to?me?that?everything?that?actually?happens?seems?to?be?against?that.
"Here?we?had?a?great?race?with?people?really?challenging?each?other?and?for?why??If?it's?taken?away,?then?why?take?that?risk?"
Symonds?has?looked?at?video?replays?of?the?incident?since?Sunday's?race?and?now?believes?that?Hamilton?had?complied?with?the?rules?and?not?gained?an?advantage?by?cutting?the?chicane.
"To?me?the?facts?are?quite?clear?in?retrospect.?I?have?had?a?look?at?the?videos,?I've?had?a?look?at?the?published?data?which?shows?that?Lewis?was?nearly?7?km/h?slower?than?Raikkonen?across?the?line,?you?can?quite?clearly?see?on?the?in-car?camera?that?he?lets?him?get?completely?in?front,?and?in?my?view?Raikkonen?just?braked?very?early.
"Lewis?went?inside?him,?and?if?you?look?at?the?in-car?camera?stuff,?Lewis?drove?around?the?hairpin?very?easily.?He?didn't?have?a?big?slide,?he?didn't?have?to?correct?it,?he?hadn't?gone?in?too?deep?and?come?out?wide,?it?was?a?perfectly?legitimate?manouevre,?and?it?wasn't?that?much?later?that?Raikkonen?went?past?him.
"This?is?racing,?this?is?what?we?want."
And?Symonds?believes?that?more?should?be?done?to?improve?the?speed?by?which?decisions?are?made.
"I?think?motor?racing?should?be?like?football,?not?like?cricket,"?he?said,?with?stewards?taking?two?hours?to?decide?on?Hamilton's?punishment?on?Sunday?night.?"Let's?have?action,?let's?know?what?is?going?on?in?real?time,?not?wait?for?two?days?to?find?out?the?result."
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西蒙兹：雷诺车队的工程总监
