Jimmy Williams

Alonso has not mentioned or complained about the pit stop - because there was nothing to complain about. This another propaganda invention of the Spanish press.

The race was quite obviously a safety car only start (I race). And ALL drivers and FIA people were very clear on that. And yes we have had rolling starts behind the safety car before- check your facts! Most drivers wanted the race not to start at all and indeed called for it to be stopped!

Ron didn't laugh - you are reading this malicious and false propaganda then quoting it here as "fact"!

AG, London, UK

McClaren have a completely fair 'equal' driver status, and it has resulted in a riveting competetive F1 season for once.

There seems to be a very selective memory syndrome going on here amongst Alonso fans - what happened at Monaco ? LH instructed to lay off from Alonso when catching him on the track - so the various accusations floating around work both ways.

I don't particularly like LH - he comes across as a bit too 'manufactured' for my liking, but he deserves to lead the F1 championship, across the season so far (and bearing in mind the tightest of margins that F1 deals with)- he is the stand out driver on consistency alone, let alone the some performances such as at Fuji.

Alonso has been beated (so far) fair and square - There seems to be no case for him to argue - if he has to rely on having no. 1 status to beat his rookie team-mate, then he doesn't deserve to win the Championship anyway.

Martin, Belfast, UK

T.Varadaraj in India.

Lewis Hamilton is a British Champion, so another Euro-droid as you call them. When India has their own F-1 Champion then you can talk , in the meantime, keep watching and dreamimg

Justin, Leeds, uk

We will see just how good Hamilton and Alonso are next season when they both get new team mates to run alongside them, that is if the rumours are right.

Before Hamilton, Alonso has only had Fisichella, a good second-string driver, to be measured against. If he goes to Ferrari and beats Raikonnen fair and square then his greatness will be unquestionable.

F1 is about newcomers shocking the establishment. That's what Alonso did. Now it's Hamilton's turn. Only the really talented continue with their success.

Accept the fact that Alonso has been beaten. I can't honestly see Dennis going around to the tyres with a pressure gauge and letting a bit of air out. I can't see him trusting anyone else to do it for him, not after being let down by team mate Alonso.

Ron didn't cheer when Alonso crashed. However, if someone blackmailed me and crashed, I would.

Derek Smith, Brighton, UK

A couple of posters have mentioned Ron smiling when Alonso crashed. Really ? I watched the race live and all we saw was the back of his head and some hands on heads from the mechanics.
I guess it's a bit like UFOs, if you believe something you see it, but the reality is some what more mundane.

adam forrester, london, UK

Hamilton may be a good driver but not a real champion. He should thank FIA, McLaren and the press for getting rid of his greatest rival: Alonso.

Isaac, León, Spain

In his haste to leave Briatore and Renault Mr. Alonso failed to research the McLaren Team and it's m.o. prior to signing with them. Had he done so he would have had clear knowledge of what would and has occurred. Alonso believed McLaren would favor him as Ferrari did Schumacher and Alonso has totally underestimated both Mr. Dennis, Mr. Hamilton and their attributes.
It appears Mr. Alonso was looking for another team principle to cow-tow and coddle him; Mr. Dennis and McLaren will not do this. Therefore, Alonso has to grow up or move on to a team which will do his will.

Dick Saunders, Minneapolis, Minnesota USA

We have not gone far. We just want to know what english people think. After all I still have the same feeling. Hamilton may win but he won't be the winner for many people. Why? Hungary. If Hamilton were as good mate as he says, he would have never do what he did at Hungary. Then, he could have been the Champion.
Now, for me, and for a lot of people more, he is only a criying baby that needs dady to help him win.

Alberto Florentino, Oviedo, Spain

Lewis is a fantastic ambassador for Britain and British Sport. He and the McLaren Team have had to endure rediculous pressure brought upon them by biassed outsiders and the media. We all know that as a Brit it is highly likely that he will be built up to be a hero and then the very people who built hin up will immediately try and smash him down again.

I suggest that one looks very closely at the work he puts in on the circuit and takes that in isolation. Then one will see the brilliance of the young man.

When one meets him personally, it is hard not to be charmed by such a genuine gentleman.

Charlie Croker, Surrey, UK

I don't like the fish thief, so no point in saying anything about him. He complains too much. It's great that Hamilton has come from obscurity to celebrity in so little time, that's what legends are made of, so for sure he is going to be more a bankable proposition than the fish thief in the great scheme of F1, which is bigger than McLaren or Ron Denis.

Steven, Dubai, UAE

It's refreshing to see a down-to-earth kid with all his foibles in the driver's seat (pardon the pun) rather than the Euro-droids who have dominated F1 for so long. F1's future lies in attracting mass audiences in developing nations and a Hamilton who would fit right in with them because of his working class background (for F1) . Surely this is good for the sport.

Besides, his exploits will have Ecclestone and Co. laughing all the way to the bank.

T. Varadaraj, Bangalore, India

I am astonished at the conspiracy theories about Mclaren and Alonso being posted here. To suggest that a team as competitive and driven as McLaren would engage in underhand tactics to compromise the performance of one of their drivers with all the associated risks involved is madness. Really - it is.

Ron Dennis has suffered enormously this season for relentlessly upholding his driver equality principle that to suggest that he would abandon that principle at this stage of the game when the championship is not yet secure from Ferrari is, in my view, ridiculous. Ron Dennis has suffered very difficult situations with his drivers in the past over this equality principle and has never shown the slightest inclination to waver from it.

Grand Prix races are won and lost on the tiniest of margins. The result in Japan could quite easily have gone a different way. Running to the conspiracy theories whenever a result doesn't go your way is just silly.

Chris Macqueen, Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia

Jimmy Williams fromLondon/ UK: thank you for your comment, thank you for your fairness:

I is really a disgrace, how a 2x world champion like Fernado Alonso is being treated. Of course, Hamilton is being assisted by McLaren & Ecclestone: they need a new British hero & they need a new rivality in Formula1. Letting Alonso win a 3rd win would spoil the party.

Alonso has no chance to turn things around. He knows that. This is why he is so silent, even after worst verbal attacs by rookie Hamilton - who shows no respect & is never stopped by Dennis.

Alonso is fighting like a lion, till the end. Although he knows that the "team" would find ways to stop him winning, he does not give up. At least he took revenge from Dennis by disclosing the spy scandal.

And Mr."the team did a great job"Hamilton?? No grace, no respect, no honor - I really do hope that Alonso changes the team next year and proves who really deserves to be World Champion.

U have my respect, Fernando - Good Luck !

Sam, Dubai,

Yes, Anthony Hamilton is both Father and Manager to Lewis. And what's wrong with that? Nothing! Considering the huge sacrifices he made (e.g. working 3 jobs to pay for young Hamilton's kart racing). And he's the one with Lewis's best interests at heart. He deserves the fame that's coming to him.
This brings to mind a certain Mr. Woods (Tiger's late dad) and Mr. Williams (Venus' and Serena's dad). Excellent dedication and hats off to them all.

Elias, Stevenage, United Kingdom

Ronnie, Madrid, Spain

You are very wrong. Nelson Piquet won in 1987 against all odds at Williams. In 1986 he realised that Patrick Head was favouring Mansell so he decided to change his approaches in 1987 and won. If you can remember, in 1986 Prost won as a dark horse.

Jimmy, Liverpool,

I think Hamilton is good, not good, very good. But what happens if Hamilton goes to other team and he's not the principal driver. I think Hamilton and Alonso must be principal drivers in different teams. So we'll can show a real duel.

Oscar, Madrid, Spain

To Leigh
I've been posting for sometime but never published, I can garantee you that ver few people have siesta ... in Spain. Anyway, I believe LH is a great talented driver and will fight for more championships, as FA will do, there no doubt about it. however, there have been a number of facts that have really benefited LH: extra laps LH: 7 FA:3, Hungary, unbalanced pressured in tyres -none of the teams have done the last lap with used tyres, FA 2 times-, Bahrain (FA´s car surprisely damage ), setup info and telemetry ... and so on. No comments on team´s behaviour when FA crashed, very professional. I insists LW is very good driver, but there were circunstances that helped him, despite everything said about FA, as Jean Todt said, FA is doing a terrific job, he is a extrordinary driver, Ron D is responsible of what has happened during the sesson

Jose, San Sebastian, Spain

Clearly, Jimmy Williams, who commented earlier, has never been in the driving seat in a serious competitive motorsport event in heavy rain/fog no matter if it was on a circuit or rallying. At 200 on a crcuit straight in heavy rain or 100 in fog on a rally - it IS terrifying I can tell you from personal experience even for a few minutes at a time, never mind a 90 minutes stretch.

It's very easy to be critical when you are an armchair F1 driver. Get real please, you have to be very gifted to be on pole in F1 five times in your first year. Make no mistake, LH is a sensation and you can be sure that a certain Ferrari multi world champion driver is full of admiration.

David Hoggarth, Weston-super-Mare, UK

Is Hamilton dad also his agent? He's everywhere, he's now as famous as Lewis!

Justin, Leeds, uk

I have a strong feeling that McLaren has been unfair, helping Hamilton over Alonso after Monaco. Then things have gone worse and worse, and at Fuji, in the Q3 the final tyres of Alonso were deliberately slower than those of Hamilton (incorrect pressures, maybe?') and suddenly, and only in the latest laps, Hamilton was faster than Alonso... how estrange..!! Equal tyres?... I don't believe it.
The question is… can a driver win a Championship against the willing of his own team, having an extremely competitive and talented team mate, but narrowly slower?.. I'm afraid the answer is: NO.

Ronnie, Madrid, Spain

Vettel has been penalised after the race for his crash. Also the rumours of Ron Dennis laughing when alonso crashed are ridiculous, he lost an expensive car and one of his drivers crashed, he's not going to laugh at that. The Alonso fan club is moving into paranoia overdrive.

Ian Rawlings, Gillingham, Dorset

McLaren Pit Stops, Bad Calls And Boring Safety Car Starts
I am not surprised that Alonso feels that first pit stop was a wee bit too fishy. And right when Alonso crashed out Ron Dennis was seen laughing or so it seems....


And the start of the race was appalling, is this what F1 has become? F1 is a dangerous sport, drivers don't need to be protected all the time, this is isn't about getting feared, that's what F1 is all about, the risk factor.


We never had rolling starts in the past for normal wet races. This is was by no means a race that needed a rolling start, the start almost looks like a trick to ensure Hamilton had no challenges to his track position....


Just like how Kubica was penalized for touching Hamilton and Vettel was not after he crashed into Alonso.


This is yet another dark race in he 2007 season, marred by bad penalty calls and inconsistent regulation. And most of all, McLaren's antics in the pits and when one of their drivers crashed...

Jimmy Williams, London, U.K

Pole position is not conveniently handed to anyone, the drivers need to work to land a place in the pole position!

River, Malaysia,

Yes Hamilton has won all his races from pole, but so what so have Alonso and Massa. Hamilton was on pole at Silverstone and didn't win

The only wins this year not from pole were Kimi Raikkonen's from third in France and Britain and Alonso in Germany. So perhaps either of them would be a more fitting world driver's champion as they actually passed people for position on the track, not in the pits?

Tony Geran, Sydney, Australia

Where have all our Spanish friends gone - what no comments on Hamilton or their beloved Alonso. A rather long siesta !

Leigh, Boston, UK

Could someone confirm me:

If Hamilton has won all the races since his pole position?

And if the Hamiton poles have been always obtained with extra lap ???

Thanks

SueSumers, Paris, France