Hungary - 1 Point
I failed to mention a crucial factor when I posted my commentary half an hour or so ago. The reason is that the information has only just been supplied to me by a keener F1 enthusiast than myself. This new development may prove significant in deciding who gets the drivers' championship crown in 2006.
Robert Kubica, Jacques Villeneuve's replacement in the BMW-Sauber and the first ever Polish F1 driver, has been disqualified from the seventh place he earned at yesterday’s Hungarian Grand Prix. Kubica, through no fault of his own, was found to be below the required weight at the end of the race. The unexpectedly heavy tyre wear on his car resulted in it being two kilograms lighter than is allowed by the strict weight rules.
This is bad luck for Robert Kubica. To earn 2 points on your F1 debut is the stuff of dreams. To then have them cruelly wrested from your grasp by the bastards at the FIA must feel like having your guts filleted. Kubica was celebrating with much enthusiasm with the rest of the BMW paddock yesterday afternoon and must be sorely gutted. There is much wailing and gnashing of teeth in Warsaw as I write this. But – pitiable as Kubica’s woes may be - there is far more to this than a disappointed Polack. Eighth placed man, Felipe Massa is promoted to seventh place, thereby slipping Ferrari an additional constructors’ championship point – always useful to have. This is not all, though. There is more. Much more.
The problem for the rest of us, the thing that we hoped and prayed wouldn’t happen is this: notwithstanding retiring from the race, Michael Schumacher now finds himself in eighth place and the beneficiary of a single drivers’ championship point.
Many a championship has been decided on a solitary point. The gap between Fernando Alonso and Michael Schumacher is now 10 points. This not good news my friends…
Gitau7 August 2006
Robert Kubica, Jacques Villeneuve's replacement in the BMW-Sauber and the first ever Polish F1 driver, has been disqualified from the seventh place he earned at yesterday’s Hungarian Grand Prix. Kubica, through no fault of his own, was found to be below the required weight at the end of the race. The unexpectedly heavy tyre wear on his car resulted in it being two kilograms lighter than is allowed by the strict weight rules.
This is bad luck for Robert Kubica. To earn 2 points on your F1 debut is the stuff of dreams. To then have them cruelly wrested from your grasp by the bastards at the FIA must feel like having your guts filleted. Kubica was celebrating with much enthusiasm with the rest of the BMW paddock yesterday afternoon and must be sorely gutted. There is much wailing and gnashing of teeth in Warsaw as I write this. But – pitiable as Kubica’s woes may be - there is far more to this than a disappointed Polack. Eighth placed man, Felipe Massa is promoted to seventh place, thereby slipping Ferrari an additional constructors’ championship point – always useful to have. This is not all, though. There is more. Much more.
The problem for the rest of us, the thing that we hoped and prayed wouldn’t happen is this: notwithstanding retiring from the race, Michael Schumacher now finds himself in eighth place and the beneficiary of a single drivers’ championship point.
Many a championship has been decided on a solitary point. The gap between Fernando Alonso and Michael Schumacher is now 10 points. This not good news my friends…
Gitau7 August 2006
posted by Gitau at 1:56 pm
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