Do you think Schumacher messed up the last corner on purpose? I think he did, do you?

Yes! That was so obvious. illepall

well the oversteering is visible. but out of the corner ... disappointing

To me it was very obviously cheating. As soon as I saw him do it I thought he did it on purpose, even before the presenters raised that point.

There is no way a driver of Shumacher's skill could make such a nooby mistake like that. Completely unsporting. You could tell from his sheepish interview afterwards that he was trying to cover his tracks. I hope he gets put to the back of the grid.

If you ask me, there's no question he did it on purpose. He turns in way too early, he almost touches the wall inside the turn, and that's not the way it's been driven throughout the weekend. And then he mysteriously loses the reverse gear

The real giveaway was when, during his interview, he seemed unsure as to the name of the corner. Nonsense! He was clearly lying. Ask any psychologist. illepall

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He turns in way too early, he almost touches the wall inside the turn, and that's not the way it's been driven throughout the weekend.

Excatly what I noticed too, the line was totally wrong. It was that kind of line you end up to wall with just very, very, very tiny contact to it, and dont damage the car. I hope he is dropped atleast to 10th.

Can't wait to see the aftermath of the investigation. Seemed like obvious cheating from my pov.

Can someones explain exactly what happened? How did he benefit?

cheater , just like he did with damonhill.

He basically "stalled" and caused a yellow flag... preventing Alonso getting pole.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/h ... t/formula_one/5023004.stm

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Can someones explain exactly what happened? How did he benefit?

Looks like it could have been avoided, but if anyone else did this no one would care.

All I know is as an F1 fan I'd much rather see him up there battling with Alonso than being docked 10 places and seeing Alonso run away with it

The way he straitened out said it all, there did not appear to be a logical explanation for it. I admit to being biased though as I dont like the guy.

On the other hand it's his propensity to do this sort of thing that has made me not like him. When he first started in F1 I wanted him to do well because of his Jordan debut, and I was a big Jordan fan at the time...

Aww, I wanna see that interview, crappy television channel over here

He's such a pillock, even if he was 2nd, he'd still be in with a chance of a win, now he should go to the back! Better still disqualified!!!

I'm unsure, but I don't reckon Schumi did it on purpose. What bothers me though is his and the Ferrari team's reaction after the incident...

Judging by the reaction in the Ferrari garage im tempted to say it was on purpose.

I don't think it was. If it was on purpose he did it very badly, risking damage and a flat spot. But as everyone loves to hate a winner I can understand why people thought it was on purpose.

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I don't think it was. If it was on purpose he did it very badly, risking damage and a flat spot. But as everyone loves to hate a winner I can understand why people thought it was on purpose.

As someone who drives single seaters, I thought you would have smelt a rat, that was the biggest BLAG ever and it failed, he is too good to make that sort of mistake, it was calculated but went wrong. If he crashed or broke something it might be a bit more believeable but the interviews after said it all!!

Just my opinion

Andrew

Kimi said in finnish interview that he thinks Schumi did it on purpose just to get yellow flags on, very unsportmanship behaviour and everyone can see it on onboard camera that it would have been saveable and it was on purpose, and he hopes Schumi will get somekind of penalty. Thats a well, freely translated. And Schumi's "accident" is still investigated by the stewards.

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I don't think it was. If it was on purpose he did it very badly, risking damage and a flat spot. But as everyone loves to hate a winner I can understand why people thought it was on purpose.

a flat spot? barely. a 40mph skid is more likely to put a skid in his pants rather than a flat spot on his tyres! he barely even locked up anyway, it was just for show.

Im not sure whether he did it on purpose or not. If you look at what youi could see happened - he did lock his wheel and then could see his car oversteered slightly, he corrected it, then seem to turn right.
I mean the locking the wheel an oversteer i dont think were intentional, the mysterious counter steer, straighten up then turn right maybe it was maybe it wasnt. Personally i doubt it was delibrate, but he has be knonw to do obvious thing - like hitting hill.

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But as everyone loves to hate a winner I can understand why people thought it was on purpose.

And its so cool to be on the side of the guy who is hated. Maybe Schumi isnt hated because he has win so many times. The way he does(did) sometimes maybe is the reason. The win matters not the way its achieved, right?

the should do what champ car does, take away a driver's fast lap if they cause a track closure!

speedfreak227

I would have loved an Aguri (nothing against them though) losing control and spinning into Schumacher's car while it was parked there, damaging it Significantly