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• The Rumour Is Fernando Alonso Has Signed A BMW Contract - BlogF1
• Miscarriage of Justice in Spa - Formula 1 Insight
  Clive very thoroughly demonstrates why the FIA stewards are a bunch of bullshit wankers.

  "My conclusion has to be that the stewards have looked for a way to penalize Hamilton so that Ferrari can get another win. There is absolutely no justification for a penalty in the incident and they are talking nonsense when they say that Hamilton gained an advantage. He did not."

• Lewis Hamilton stripped of Belgian GP win - another asinine FIA decision - F1 Fanatic
  "This is an absolute travesty of a decision which mocks the notion that the FIA stewards are fair arbiters of the sport."
• McLaren lodges appeal - pitpass
• FIA Stewards take away Hamilton win - Grandprix.com
  "It was such a shame that a great race ended with such a poor decision, particularly given that in the wild final laps of the race, Raikkonen did a number of things that might also have been punished. He appeared to use the high-friction run-off areas at Pouhon to gain advantage and close right up to Hamilton. He then clearly overtook Hamilton at a point where there was a waved yellow flag. He did not mean to do it, he was avoiding a collision with Nico Rosberg, who was rejoining the race after a spin, but it is also clear that Hamilton was doing everything he could do to avoid gaining an advantage from what he had done."

  Exactly.

• Late tyre change cost Alonso the win - F1 Fanatic
  "His final lap on cold intermediates was 21s slower than Nick Heidfeld’s, who had stopped for tyres one lap earlier than Alonso. Alonso finished 28.9s behind winner Hamilton.

  "Had Renault brought him on the same lap as everyone else, giving him a lap to warm his tyres up, he probably would have been quick enough to win."

• Bourdais laments last-lap slump - autosport.com
  ""On the last lap it was a lottery with the car getting away from you with every turn of the wheel," said the Frenchman. "It's a horrible situation, as everything had been under control up until then. But I am not in a situation where I can risk everything and at the end of the race I didn't even know where I finished.

  ""It was so close to being a great result I felt I could almost touch it and so it was a very frustrating way to finish what was a great weekend up to that point. Such a shame, but nevertheless a very strong result for the team.""

• Glock loses his point - Grandprix.com
  "Timo Glock has been penalised 25secs for ignoring waved yellow flags during the Belgian GP. The penalty means that Glock drops behind Mark Webber and loses his point."
• Pitstop gamble pays off for Heidfeld - autosport.com
  ""It was a hero or zero decision," said Heidfeld. "I was stuck behind cars for most of the race and I had to stop earlier than some of them, including Vettel and Robert (Kubica) for the second stop.

  ""When it started to drizzle I thought about taking a gamble and go on inters. The team asked me again, but it was a perfect call."

• Massa inherits Belgian win after Hamilton penalised - The Official Formula 1 Website
  The FIA invoke the 'red car rule' yet again. This is mega bullshit. F1 cannot pretend it is a sport any longer.
• US GP return likely for 2010 - autosport.com
  "with no prospects for a last-minute deal rescuing the event even for 2009, teams and Ecclestone discussed during a team principal's meeting at Spa-Francorchamps about ensuring the event does return - although not necessarily at Indianapolis.

  "It is understood a number of teams have made it clear to Ecclestone that it is vital, especially amid the world's current financial situation, for America to once again feature on the calendar."

• Force India want Chandhok as tester - autosport.com
  Vijay Mallya: "The race seat I think he is a year away from. I need to see him winning GP2 consistently, not an odd one here and there.

  "He has it in him to do it and when he does it, sure I would love to have an Indian driver in the car if I could. But at the end of the day, on the one hand I cannot be encouraging the team's performance and then doing something that might compromise the result.

  "I don't believe that Karun is there yet. I'm not saying he won't get there. I am hoping he will."

• 2008 FORMULA 1 ING BELGIAN GRAND PRIX Race results
  Hamilton takes the win as rain creates a chaos-filled last few laps. But an incident between Hamilton and Räikkönen is being investigated by the stewards.
• BMW delay 2009 line-up decision - autosport.com
  ""We have delayed our decisions," Theissen said at Spa. "Originally we wanted to announce next year's line-up in August but we have delayed the decision.

  ""It is not about being the first to announce, it is about doing the right thing.""

• Alonso: Ferrari ‘never an option’…for 2009. - Crash.Net
  “It has always been known that their two drivers are under contract. It was never an option for next year.

  “I am 27 and have enough time to get back to winning races and championships, whether with Ferrari or another team. When I won my two championships with Renault, Ferrari were behind me, so I am not afraid of the challenge.”

• Senna in ’serious’ F1 talks – but nothing decided. - Crash.Net
  "All I can say to that at the moment is there's no truth in it; none of these rumours has any basis in fact, and up to now nothing has been signed, sealed and delivered. We are currently holding serious talks with different people from different teams, but nothing is decided yet."
• Honda ‘waiting’ for Alonso, ‘best driver in F1′. - Crash.Net
  "Ross Brawn has given the firmest indication yet that Honda is holding out to sign Fernando Alonso for the 2009 campaign – by revealing that the team is ‘just waiting' for ‘the best driver in Formula 1 at the moment'."

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