Quote from J@tko :

I didn't mean whiny - I was reading about Alonso ATT!

I mean cheating or unsportsmanlike.

Want me to go through these?
Jerez '97
Adelaide '95
Monaco '05 and '06 e.t.c

D'you mean Adelaide '94? In '95, Schumi retired after Alesi hit him - it was a clean pass and Alesi admitted it was his mistake that caused the collision.
I won't try and defend Jerez '97 or Monaco '06 though. I'll just say that even such clean racers as Mika Hakkinen, Damon Hill, and David Coulthard did the same sort of thing in their time. They were, however, lucky enough to do it out of the media spotlight. Perhaps that makes it OK.

Edit: having posted that, I remembered that it was, of course, Ayrton Senna who blocked Gerhard Berger's fast lap at Monaco. Oops.

Last edited by Gache, Sat, 5 Jan 2008 23:53. Reason : Correction and grammar

The funniest thing about that race was the guy who wrote in to Autosport saying he didn't believe it, and if it was true he'd eat a nomex balaclava. Benetton wrote back and said sure, we'll see you at Silverstone with the telemetry and a balaclava...

I don't think what happened next was reported

Hi, Gache here. Demo racer (for the moment), without a wheel (since my old one's not compatible with WinXP). It's been a long time since I spent much time with a racing sim - the last one I raced seriously was Grand Prix 2. I've tried several demos recently, but GTR and the likes all practically killed my PC even on low settings. Someone recommended LFS as one I'd be able to run on high settings - and I promptly fell in love with the XFG...

Not that I'm any good yet, of course.

"How Del Boy could ever speak in derogatory terms about such a fantastic piece of machinery, I do not know. Perhaps the rot sets in when you try and eke out those all-important last 20 seconds..." 'Lorenzo Fosterini', Autosport, December 1995.