Mark K: What have you been listening to? If anyone whinges, it's your mate Alonso. And what of paying off mechanics and threatening the principal? You're ok with that but can't take hearing a driver's perspective on near-contact? If you don't like the guy, fine, but don't lay it on his whinging. It's an exciting season and I say may the best driver win!

Benjamin, Cannes, France

What Alonso did in the first corner last race was despicable, should Alonso go on to win the championship it will be truly tainted.

Gary, Albany, Oregon

Hamiltons biggest fault is his naivety ! Alonso cant stand the fact he now has competion in the form of his own teamate! If thats not obvious to everyone, i dont know what is!

Paul Sayer, Stoke-on Trent, England

Hurrah! Finally F1 gets interesting again. More squabbling and rivalry please.

J, London,

Just remember one think, Hamilton has a winning car cause Alonso made it possible. I would like to see Hamilton driving a Reanult

Rober, Madrid, Spain

It would be lovely to read my comment at least once. As far as I can say, to read about integrity and Ron Dennis or Mclaren in the same sentence is offensive. Alonso is not an angel. But anybody at F1 is. There are so many worse people than him there...

Enric, Barcelona,

All what the journalist say is lie, false. Do you think people worldwide is stupid and dont see what really happens? ALonso, for be in an english team, with an english teammate, and fighting with him for the championship, has been damage all the year. If Alonso weren´t in Mclaren, you keep on being a loser team.

For those who like to talk, i would like to remember what happened in Hungary, where Mr. Hamilton didnt respect the team rules, previously agreed, and didnt give Fernando his one more lap that belong to him in that race. So dont talk of be fair cause are the first deceitful here is you.

And like say Mr. Mosley, the liers are Dennis and Hamilton, and not Alonso, at least one intelligent english, and if werent for Alonso, none Alonso neither Hamilton would be racing, because Hamilton shut up when has been demostrated that he knew about Ferrari too. And why dont take out Hamilton superlicense because he didnt collaborate with FIA at first moment, we would like to be silent?

Josef, salzburg, austria

We all have seen the level of the McLaren cars in the last 6 years. Alonso and the McLaren engineers have prepared a winner car. Hamilton is taking advantage of this, Hamilton should be thankful instead of desobeying the team strategies as he did in Hungary. He is always trying to seem a victim and he is not, he is the beautifull girl of Ron Dennis and the british press.
All this protagonism he is achieving will become against himself if he doesn´t win the championship.

pablo, bilbao, spain

JF- I can't believe my ears. Are you guys crazy? Hamilton as well as Alonso are fighting for the championship. It is unfortunate that in order to avoid crashing his car, Alonso must turn left (ooops, Hamilton was there). How about Hamilton entering pits when he was told not to and sending Alonso back in the grid? Guys, stop quacking and stick to Formula 1, the race and the competition. This has gone on forever in F1 this is not new. The issue here? Hamilton is UK and Alonso Spain, and each side wants his driver to win. How about Ferrari and McLaren, Italy and UK. Isn't it the same? Grow up.

George, London, UK

"Alonso's actions are indefensible..."

Yes! I agree 100%

Shufiyan Shukur, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Dear Sirs,
I would like to say that after what happened during the Hungary GP (and the whole England -fantastic country- knows it), Mr. Hamilton does not have the moral right to say anything at all regarding his team mate.
I wish Mr. Hamilton all the best, and good luck (he is going to need it)

MIGUEL MARTINEZ, zaragoza, spain

To Puxa Asturies, Oviedo, Spain

A great man stands up.... how much whining has Alonso done about lack of support or Hamilton getting preferential treatment.
Need i say more?

But you're right Hamilton shouldn't be whinging either!

Dave, Gibraltar,

I find this season amazing - Everyone in britain thinks hamilton is the hero in this story and alonso the villian and in spain its the exact opposite. I never see or speak to anyone who sits on the fence in this! How can perceptions be so different - are the spanish media covering this completely different to the british?

Would be really interested to hear some neutral POV on this. Any german/italian motorsport fans out there?

Ian, aberdeen, scotland

Once it was Alonso who was known for crying foul and throwing his toys out of the pram. Come the presure and hamilton is in the same pram.
Give me Hakkinan and Schumacher any day, give me the Kimster

Verbal, Midlands, Uk

beaten fair and square, no where during the race did my man here threaten Alonso.

Verbal, Midlands, Uk

Is the real Lewis Hamilton now coming out?

Janet Taylor, Tywyn, Gwynedd

Alonso have neverly whined and 'thrown his toys out of the pram' though eh !!!!!

Toni, plymouth, UK

Well said Hamilton. It was a foolish manoevere from a desperate driver. To Puxa Asturies I would say a great man does not deliberately sit in the pits to stop a team mate beating him a practice. If anybody has thrown toys out of a pram it is Alonso.

Trevor , Hastings, England

NIce bit of unbiased commenting fromSpain I see!!

Dan Hutch, London, UK

Concerning Fiat having been handed the 2008 Formula 1 Constructors championship, I would like to paraphrase a well-known F1 personage and say that there would “always be a question mark over it”.
MacLaren will always be known as the team whos drivers scored most points in 2008.

Steve, Derby, United Kingdom

I am afraid Hamilton is like another Schumacher, and complains when he doesn't get his own way. He actually gained from his run on the tarmac runoff area, just like he gained from shortcutting the corner at the beginning of the Italian GP.

Not quite sporting

Bruce Scott, Albany, Australia

I think that the whole fiasco is a shame foir the sport and for Hamilton. Hamilton is an amazing talent and has not in my opinion done anything wrong, infact he has ignited a flame in F1 like only Schumacher has in recent history. Clearly Alonso and Pedro between them have had an involvement in the ferrari Mclaren affair, would Alonso share any benefit from this with Hamilton.... I doubt it. I also feel very sorry for Ron Dennis. Yes he steers the ship and ultimatly is responsible, but can any leading industrialist put his hand on his heart and say that he knows what each and every one of his employees is doing all of the time. Seems to me he has been a victim of imbittered influencers in the sport. As for Alonso, if the rumours are true that he threatened Ron to achieve preferentail status, then he will have to live with his shame. However on the track he is a racer and his driving last weekend prooved it.

Ian Cater, Kettering, UK

Alonso needs to behave like a man, Lewis is the new kid on the block and just happens to be really good and performing better than anyone would have anticipated!!!! Go well Lewis aty humble and ignor and don't read anything negative. jealousy m,akes them all nasty !!!!Irene, Cape Town South Africa.

Irene, Cape Town South Africa, South Africa

At the start of the season I thought we had a budding British Schumacher, I have since realised my mistake it would have been an insult to Michael.

Jack Williams, Newtown, UK

I love the fact that Max Mosley, son of Oswald, former candidate and election agent for the Union Party (look it up!) has become such a staunch defender of high standards and fair play.

Andrew Brooke, Lewes, East Sussex

Lewis should think himself lucky to have any points left in the championship. I don't understand why either McLaren driver has any championship points left if their team is guilty of having and using? a rival's information. If there was sufficient evidence to take away McLaren's constructor points and impose a punitive fine, then surely their drivers must have had the some advantage and should have lost their points as well. The current situation isn't logical.

The FIA isn't doing the sport any good in their drive to have the 1st black world champion and the increase in profit they think that will bring. With another spying scandal looming, involving Renault and McLaren, F1 is starting to look very tarnished.

Ros, London, England

maybe mr hamilton does not remember last race at monza where he did teh same to masa, or in indianapolis where he moved tha car and forces alosnso to go to the wall, or canada ehre alonso surpassed him in the first corner but he threw hin away the track

carmelo cortes, buenos aires,

I think we all should stop arguing. Hamilton, Alonso, Who really cares about which of them wins the championship. This championship has been a bad one, specially with the fight between the FIA and McLaren MERCEDES team, and between Alonso's and Hamilton's supporters. If we all get over it, we'll all see this is being a fantastic championship, with a rude fight between four drivers and the two best teams in Formula One history, and with really good drivers emerging, like Vetel or Sutil.
I would like to see british press to stop trying to make Alonso "the bad one" in this outstanding fight, as I would like to see the same from spanish press. In the UK we only can see "Alonso screws up" or "Alonso tries to unfairly kick out the formula one "Golden Boy"", and here in Spain it's all about the same, but arguing about Hamilton.
I know Mr Gorman won't even read this,but if he does, i'll ask him to please stop blaming Alonso about EVERYTHING bad that is happening in the championship. Thank you

Ricardo, Elche, Spain

I see from some of the comments here that the British hobby of knocking down our heroes is taking hold again. Alonso doesn't deserve to drive a taxi after his child like tantrums this season, I know I wouldn't want to work alongside a turncoat like that .... as for Hamilton, so what, he had an opinion on something that happened to him on the track, isn't he entitled to that? and wasn't he asked to give that opinion in the first place. I reckon Hamilton is doing fine, especially as it's his first season, never saw Alonso, Schumacher or anyone else do as well in their first year. I reckon the sport isn't what it set out to be anymore, more in common with Coronation Street than a world championship, maybe they should race cars for a living instead. The Touring Car Championship seems to manage.

Steve Plows, Peterhead, Scotland.

"The only winner in this so far has been Ferrari! Why haven't they been fined for employing someone who broke the rules?.....

Disgusted, Tunbridge Wells, UK"

Err, because Ferrari were the victims of the actions of their (and McLaren's) employee and McLaren the beneficiary!!

If a UK citizen spies, say for Russia, do you think it makes sense to also blame the UK?

Paul, London,

Hang on a second... where was this "whiny baby" stuff when it was Alonso was doing precisely that. And who does it sound worse from, a rookie or a double world champion?

James, London,

Commenting on a blog or online article is rarely considered an artform, but next to many of the comments aired by Alonso's Spanish fans a random scrawl created by a brick landing on a keyboard could be considered high art.
"Cry,cry,cry", "Who's the pilot and whoA's the baby"????
Give me a break!

TG, Christchurch, New Zealand

Alonso didn´t let Hamilton to roll over for him... How it comes?

Alonso should remember who is who in Mclaren. Hamilton is the first driver, moreover he is almost Ron Dennis son... On top he lie to the FIA triying to hide they are cheaters...

So alonso should remember he is just there for helping Hamilton winning... I really hope Alonso changes his behavier against the first driver of the team... Lewis Hamilton!

Jacob, Madrid, Spain

The Spanish commenters on this blog really don't make themselves look very bright with their constant childish comments whenever anyone dares to criticise Alonso.

Tim Allen, Hextable, Kent

Dont'cha love the show ? Well it is a show isn't it ? NS from the pits !

David Smith, Cannes, France

No mention of Ferrari´s walkaway win! How provincial! Alonso and Hamilton should have been stripped of the points gained after the "documents" were availableto be used by McLaren. Anyhow, it´s time Hamilton grew up and stop crying. Thisis a big man´s game!.

Michael Malden, Nova Friburgo, Rio - Brazil

Interesting and I am sure totally unbiased comments from our Spanish friends.Wouldn't It be great to see Fernando win the championship in the Toro Rosso team next year?

Terry, Suffolk,

Let us remember sequence of happenings in Hungary. Hamilton breaking rules, team boss Ron mad at Alonso (let`s not forget the picture getting Fabrizio by his neck, though Ron tried to explain it poorly) for not letting Lewis change tyres. In that hell situation, Alonso screws up and says something he should never said. 30 minutes later, he and his manager apologies. That does not look that bad for Alonso, and explain a lot of the situation he has got in Mc Laren.

jon Wolf, Bilbao, spain

Ferdinand - I wasn't saying that Hamilton didn't gain a competitive advantage through Ferrari's info. I'm saying that the impression the public have (since it will be the public who have the questions marks) is that if he did, he did so unwittingly. The question marks that remain are not over whether either driver's success has been attributable to Ferrari's info (those question marks will linger over both drivers equally, regardless of where either of them finish up in the Championship) but whether it was fair that Alonso should be allowed to even continue competing for the Championship given his culpability in the matter.

Duh.

Grown-up Gaz, London, UK

Lewis... don't cry. Do you remember Indianapolis? Do you remember Hungaroring? Stop to cry and begin to work... that Fernando has made you arrive where you are, because the improvement of McLaren is his, not yours.

jesus, madrid, spain

"I feel more attached to the team and I care a bit more, I think,” - that's why you request 70 million euros for next year??
I don't know why people is trying to discredit Fernando. He didn't disobey the team instructions when Lewis met him at the pitlane. He got a punishment of 5 positions¿?¿? while Lewis got no sanction. His daddy (Ron Dennis) has given him all what he wanted. We have to remember that Lewis is a newbie in F1 and Fernando is the World Championship. Last year you couldn't fin McLaren in the first 4 position and this year is the best car, coincidence? I don't think so.

Will, London,

Hamilton says his "team has done absolutely nothing wrong" - then why is there a $100m fine? Young but already well versed in spin talk taken from his master Dennis.

chris , dubai, uae

Fantastic stuff - fernando really can't stand to have the 'young upstart' overtake him can he - so what do ya do if you can't beat him fairly ? Threaten the team principle and pay the mechanics to motivate them - unsubstantiated, yes, no somke without fire ? possibly ! Very clever move fernando, talking openly about having ferrari secrets on email ! We all know spying and a certain amount of cheating goes on in the paddock, but why be so blatant about it.

This wasn't a "left-to-right-to-left-to-right dance" this was an obvious attempt to put lewis out of the race - I kind of wish he had, would have been interesting to watch him answer to mr dennis then. Fernando knew if lewis had got past him he would have had a hard time catching him, "I can't catch him by racing him, so what else to do ?" "try and run him off the road" - Sadly, it is always fernando who comes off worst in these situations, he looks like the "big boy" being beaten by the "little lad".

Daniel, westgate on sea,

I went to Spa yesterday. Nobody can stand Hamilton but the brits. The day Alonso leaves the serpent's nest ( hopefully very soon) Hamilton will be really screwed.

Maria , Madrid, Spain

What you have to do, Hamiltons is more drive less cry, Alonso is going to win the third championship, and I guess Alonso is going to be out of McLaren next year.

McLaren was great in the past time, but now is ridiculous.

Gustavo, Madrid, Spain

Ed, can you tell us who was faster yesterday, every lap? in a drivers circuit like Spa, please, could you?

Hamilton, are you nervous?

BTG, Salamanca, Spain

Alonso,the best. Don´t cry for me....Hamilton.

Alvaro, Bilbao, Spain

English,always english,pirates.Don´t cry.Next World ChampionALONSOOOOOOOOOOOO

Alvaro, Bilbao,

And now, Lewis, you have revealed that you are a typical whinging Pom.....You, mate, will never be a champion like your team mate has....because, quite simply....you whinge.
All I can wish for now is that either Fernando or Kimi clean up for the remaining races and make you look like the true amateur you are.
All the best....

Mark K, Adelaide, South Australia

This guy Alonso does not know what fair play is. Blackmailing the boss in order to get the status of first driver is not what a real gentleman would do. And I remember him criticizing the like of Schumacher for the same lack of character. Disappointing !

Vlad, Bucharest, Romania

Stay clean Lewis, Stay clean.
Give them,your critics, no chance to stab you in the back!

Robert, Towcester, UK

Huh? The same "great man" who whined about Massa pulling a similar stunt on him?

Perspective needed? Or is that a reality check!

Dave, Auckland, New Zealand

and incase no1 from spain noticed when hamilton was winning races all of a sudden mcclaren prefer hamilton over alonso haha cry cry cry

THE MAN, gloucester,

Seems as if Hamilton is begining to display the'spoiled brate' syndrom - " I lost because of somebody else's actions" Even Hamilton's boss, Ron Dennis, acknowledged on television that Alsonso' defence of his position was a fair racing tactic. I do hope this outstanding talent is not going to be undermined by an inflated ego.

Terry Harris, Cambridge , England

Cry, to cry and to cry. Hamilton always has a lower race rhythm that Alonso. Hamilton will win the championship if Denis helps him and his dad pushes him.

Cesar, Madrid, Spain

I still think Alonso was in the wrong using Ferrari's information as well as in the blackmail affair( if can be proven, he denies it). However dear Ed, i believe that it is not nedeed to add that long, long sentence about it in between " Alonso,............, was happy with his driving" We have been very well informed in that matter so far, so please stick to the facts when you are informing about the race.
Raikkonen winning the championship, which is not unlikely to happen, will be the best for Formula One

Jesus, Barcelona , Spain

Just back from Spa and, standing at Eau Rouge, I thought the incident off the start line was no worse than Lewis has made all season. What I am hearing is Hamilton grabbing the opportunity to say what everyone else is saying about the arrogant little Spaniard. On Saturday the crowd booed loudly when Alonso went fastest - briefly

Keith, London, UK

How hilarious to see the Spanish defend Alonso.

He's a cheat. He used Ferrari information. He admitted it.

Now he's trying to bribe the team to make them his friends, and even trying to blackmail Ron Dennis into making him number one driver.

He should be sacked by Ron Dennis immediately for being such a spoilt little child. A great man? Don't make me laugh. A petulant child more like.

Tony, London,

What did Hamilton do when Alonso tried to surpass him at Montreal GP?

Bad memory people see here.

cheers

Juan, Las Rozas/Madrid,

Fernando's manoeuvre was clean, he took the same line as Räikkönen and Massa. What did Hamilton expect? Maybe he expected a two-time world champion to make room for him, to miss the good line because he, Lewis Hamilton, was so good and daring as to try to overtake him on the outside of the first turn of Spa. Come on, Lewis...

Erik, Stockholm, Sweden

With the emails in hand now from Alonso and Delarosa, how can anyone say that the drivers were not involved in the Mclaren Mercedes cheating, theft and espionage?
Likewise, how is it possible that Mclaren were not banned for a sufficient amount of time to ensure the stolen information will not be used against Ferrari again, at least in the near future (i.e. banishment for a couple of seasons) ?
With the drivers getting off scot-free, and the team in practice banned for only a few weeks, how can anyone say FIA are not CORRUPT?(here one should ask: TO WHAT END??) Hopefully the criminal proceedings against Mclaren Mercedes in the UK and in Italy will eventually convince FIA to do the right thing here and put a proper end to this story.

Trevor, Bristol, England

One things for sure - Hamilton is no-ones puppet.

CD, Epworth, UK

To our Spanish friends....now then - whose email thread was it? Thought so.

CD, Epworth, UK

The second steam at Spa makes the real difference between pilots, and it was there where F Alonso beat Hamilton. Both are good pilots, but yesterday the manoeuvre was clean and Alonso was just faster.

Victor, Madrid, Spain

Lewis...grow up!!!That's F1.....and u r rookie. A good rookie.
U r fast on track...and u have very fast tongue.Dissapointing.

Dimitaurus, Skopje, Macedonia

Hilarious if entirely predictable responses from Spain...as if Alonso doesn't whine. He is without doubt the biggest baby among major sportsmen and women at the moment - sooner he leaves McLaren the better for him and everyone else.

Tony , London,

Also remember the duel of Prost (as Alonso) and Senna (as Hamilton)

Montesquieu, La Salle, France

This championship will inevitably go down in history as tainted whoever wins be it a Ferrari or McLaren driver. Thank you Ron for all your help. Not.

Renato, Coneg, Italy

What it really makes me sad is to see how our press is backing Hamilton so hard when is is demonstrating a complete lack of maturity. Alonso is a winner. And Alonso did well going to the FIA with the emails. What is a crime, cheating or discovering the cheater?
C'amon, be serious!!!

David, Stevenage, UK

Alonso pushed Lewis off deliberately. He did it because there is a hard run-off area there. If there hadn't been he would have been responsible for at least one damaged McLaren. Alonso has been whining because he's not been given #1 status. Lewis is simply pointing out Alonso's dangerous driving. Lewis has made some fantastic overtaking moves and has not had anyone off the track!!

Whether Lewis wins the WDC or not he has already achieved more than any other driver in his rookie year. Alonso scored 55 points in his first year with a top team and finished 6th following two previous years of F1 experience. (2003: 1 win, 4 podium finishes, 2 pole positions, 1 fastest lap.) Lewis has eclipsed that mightily this year.

I am interested in F1 but I am not a 'supporter' of a particular team. I just want to see good racing. It's all getting a bit too much like football for my liking where they have 'fans' who only want 'their' driver to win. Let's just enjoy a sporting contest?

Epimethean, Reigate,

Lewis is a good boy. He is always smiling. He admire his teammate, he admires everybody. He thanks everybody all the time: "Fantastic job, everything is wonderful, I love you all". He looks his hair short. He is perfect. I want him for my daughter, and for my wife, even for my mother.
And he never complains against his team causing that his team loses points.not in Monaco, nor in Hungary. He never swears at somebody, even his boss. He always obey his team´s intructions.
OK. Keep believing in Santa Claus

Tron Madrid, Madrid, Spain

They both need to grow up. In fact, all of F1 needs to. The sport is full of overpaid, egotistical, immature children. In any other professional organisation, the actions of Alonso and Hamilton wouldn't be tolerated by management or their peers. They both would've had their butts handed to them and their contracts shredded. While there is plenty to admire about the skills of the drivers, their behaviour and attitude leave plenty to be desired. The petulant and childish infighting evident at McLaren is a prime example.

Mat, Auckland, New Zealand

I saw the recent documentary on BBC 3 about Hamilton's rise into Formula 1 and even the psychologist said that Hamilton's body language was that of a sore loser! Firstly Ron Dennis was right, had it been two drivers from separate teams it would have been deamed a racing incident (afteral its not like the stewards investigated it!) He should get over it, Alonso was on his driving line and it was Hamilton who trying to go around the outside, risky business even for 'the mighty' Hamilton. Secondly Alonso gave up the contents of the e-mails on his lap top but remember Hamilton and Alonso drive the same car so if Alonso benefited from stolen info then so would his team mate! I think the bottom line here is you have two extremely competive drivers who are engaged in a psychological war on and off the circuit, may the best man win, may the best winger go home runner up!

Marco, London, England

Lewis... don't cry. Do you remenber Indianapolis? Do you remember Hungaroring? Do you remember Bahraim? Please, don't cry and work into the car because Fernando has made the whole work and your you have taken advantage

jesus, madrid, spain

Hamilton is a "cry baby".

Pablo, ibiza, spain

Small comment to Puxa Asturies in Spain.......if you read the transcripts and reports of events at MacLaren you will see that Alonso far from being a 'great man who stands tall when he loses" has whined and blackmailed his boss. So far this season, most of the cry cry cry has clearly come from Alonso who seems to think the team owes him a living and should give him advantages in his race against the younger and more talented Hamilton. Until now Hamilton has been a model of decorum (especially bearing in mind his age and lack of F1 experience) . He has shown himself more mature and less spiteful than Alonso, which is surely a sign of greateness...

Mark , London, England

Once it was Alonso who was know for crying foul and throwing his toys out of the pram. Come the presure and hamilton is in the same pram

Verbal, Midlands, Uk

Dear Mr. Hamilton, Months ago, when all seem you'll be the next F1 World Champion with more than 10 points in front of Alonso, you was pretty quite. From the last two races, the only thing you do , except from finish behing Alonso's car, is to cry. Please don't moan anymore and try to be faster than him.

Juan Carlos Gesto, Madrid, Spain

If it had happened to Alonso he'd be throwing his toys out of the pram again in even more spectacular fashion. Hamilton is set to be a great driver who will eclipse anything Alonso can throw at him. If it's true about Alonso trying to blackmail McClaren he shouldnt be allowed to race even Karts.

Matthew Tates, Nottingham,

Dennis should turn the tables on the FIA and threaten to pull his team out of F1 if they don't rescind the huge fine. That would cut the TV income in half!

John Dunn, Tiverton, Devon

I think so far McLaren and the FIA have done everything they could in order to help Hamilton (cranes, setting back alonso etc.)

Hence, I don't understand people claiming Alonso did anything wrong. If I am not mistaken, Hamilton was the first to get Alonso relegated and loose his team 15 point through moaning. Nobody likes Alonso? Yeah, in the UK, as much as nobody likes Hamilton in places like spain in Italy. In a recent poll, 75 % or La Gazzetta dello sport readers votes for alonso taking over a seat at Ferrari, enough said...

Eusebio, Madrid, Spain

"There may well be question marks if Alonso wins the Championship, but not if Hamilton wins it.", Gaz? Are you saying that Hamilton did not have or use any information? For God's sake, grow up! I really do want to see Hamilton and Alonso in different teams to see how well does Hamilton then.

Ferdinand, Manchester, UK

Wow!!! it seems that Hamilton is moaning.
I hope you criticize Hamilton as much as you did with Alonso. At least Alonso had real motives.
Are tips (to own mechanics) forbidden in F1 ??
Is it something wrong??

Take it easy

SueSumers, Paris,

Mr Hamilton should apply 4 a job with US customs. He's been a perfect moving roadblock all year . He should be sponsored by Kleenex .

Tony Wilson, Glengarry, Australia

The only winner in this so far has been Ferrari! Why haven't they been fined for employing someone who broke the rules?
Neither Ron Dennis nor the shareholders in McLaren were directly guilty, yet they have to pay the fine.
It may well come out that it was all a sting by Ferrari, in which case the British may decide not to buy Ferraris anymore and the Italians will have shot themselves in the foot. It does have the feel of diving in the box, setting McLaren up and then shouting foul!
Alonso has brought the sport into disrepute, he knew what was going on, why hasn't he been fined? He then tries to push his team mate of the track, no wonder nobody likes him.

Disgusted, Tunbridge Wells, UK

There may well be question marks if Alonso wins the Championship, but not if Hamilton wins it. It's telling that Alonso (who was faster than Hamilton this weekend regardless) had to put all four wheels off the track to run Hamilton wide. Let's see what happens next race when McLaren have new engines in place.

BTW - don't put too much weight on Dennis playing down Alonso's 'swipe': he's trying hard not to enflame the situation. What a shame Alonso, who knowingly misused Ferrari's info, gets away scot-free while Dennis' integrity is getting hammered from all angles. Whatever your nationality, Alonso's actions are indefensible, regardless of what Hamilton or anyone else says or does. A "great man", Puxa, does not need to cheat and hang his boss and team out to dry. He should be ashamed.

Gaz, Londo , UK

Hamilton needs to grow up! He cannot expect rival drivers-even teammates who are rivals-to roll over for him. The greatest racing rivalries were anchored in niggling actions on the part of either driver such as Prost versus Senna, for example. If Alonso did not swipe him, another rival would have. What then? Can't cut it Hamilton? Go to kart or F3 racing?

ViscaBarca!, Costa Mesa, CA, USA

What check!!! Alonso's future at McLaren in doubt? Don't make me laugh, he'll leave that serpent's nest even if he has to drive a tricycle next year.

Alberto, Santiago, Spain

This nice guy sure has the gift of the gab. He forgot to mention his left-to-right-to-left-to-right dance in front of Alonso at the start of the race in Bahrain.

And we all thought Alonso was the loudmouth!!!

The outcome of the championship may be sore for someone's daddy. We'll see.

Michel Angstadt, Serranillos del Valle, (Madrid) Spain

Cry, cry, cry. It´s quite evident who's the pilot and who´s the baby. He needs a change of diapers. A great man stands up tall when he loses. The baby whines.

Puxa Asturies, Oviedo, Spain