Monte Carlo Qualifying - Scandal!
Even though Mark Webber had a brilliant Qualifying session and got his Williams Cosworth up into third on tomorrow's grid, all the talk will be of Michael Schumacher and his 'off'.
Did he do it deliberately? I must admit that is what I thought as it happened, but I don't want to believe that he is still capable of that kind of thing, A few years ago maybe, but now after achieving so much in F1 you'd like to think he was above that. But at the same time it's always when he's almost but not quite at the top that he has historically done things like that. Last season he (and Ferrari) knew after a couple of races that he had no hope of the retaining the Championship so there was no need for shenanigans. This season he is in with a chance of winning the Driver's Title, but know's that maybe his car isn't unless he does something about it like in the mid-nineties, when he was regularly going off track with other drivers. This time he didn't take any other drivers with him, but he certainly stopped anyone beating him to Pole Position.
Renault went straight to the Officials to discuss the situation, but I don't feel that they'll protest officially as I think that their cars improved their lap time with the yellow flags being waved, ok Alonso didn't improve his position on the grid, but I think Fisico did (I may be wrong about this, but I'm sure that's what I saw), and if they complain about Ferrari, Ferrari may make a counter protest.
But well done Mark Webber and Williams Cosworth, it will be interesting to see their strategy in tomorrow's race. With Rosberg seemingly on a one-stopper and Webber looking to be on a two-stop plan, Williams look to have all the bases covered.
edit @ 2215
Did he do it deliberately? I must admit that is what I thought as it happened, but I don't want to believe that he is still capable of that kind of thing, A few years ago maybe, but now after achieving so much in F1 you'd like to think he was above that. But at the same time it's always when he's almost but not quite at the top that he has historically done things like that. Last season he (and Ferrari) knew after a couple of races that he had no hope of the retaining the Championship so there was no need for shenanigans. This season he is in with a chance of winning the Driver's Title, but know's that maybe his car isn't unless he does something about it like in the mid-nineties, when he was regularly going off track with other drivers. This time he didn't take any other drivers with him, but he certainly stopped anyone beating him to Pole Position.
Renault went straight to the Officials to discuss the situation, but I don't feel that they'll protest officially as I think that their cars improved their lap time with the yellow flags being waved, ok Alonso didn't improve his position on the grid, but I think Fisico did (I may be wrong about this, but I'm sure that's what I saw), and if they complain about Ferrari, Ferrari may make a counter protest.
But well done Mark Webber and Williams Cosworth, it will be interesting to see their strategy in tomorrow's race. With Rosberg seemingly on a one-stopper and Webber looking to be on a two-stop plan, Williams look to have all the bases covered.
edit @ 2215
Schumacher has been stripped of his qualifying time after Race Stewards decided that he deliberately stopped on the track at the end of Qualifying
He will now start at the back of the grid next to his Ferrari teammate Felipe Massa. This is excellent news, not only for both Alonso - now in Pole Position - and Mark Webber, who is now on the front row of the grid, but for fans of F1 in general. This is the first time for a while that Ferrari has been penalised in such a way - next they need to sort out these flexi-wings!
Looking forward to the race even more now!
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