Not that easy. They can't send signals to the car, so they'd have to program the gearbox in advance to fail in a certain way at a certain point, but recover. Certainly not as easy as say switching development to next year's car, or just not bringing the latest updates. and so slipping further behind Ferrari.

Maybe it's a bit far fetched to think Hamilton did have a bit a wobbly by himself, but it's far more plausible than the whole championship being one giant conspiracy. Hamilton lost it really by crashing in the pitlane in China, and Alonso spun whilst in the lead of a wet race somewhere too. If it weren't for those two events, the championship would have certainly been McLaren's. Or do the tin-foil hat wearers think that was all part of the FIA's master plan too?

 

Interesting little table on the Eurosport website quoting how much past and present F1 drivers are worth:



Link

 

A bit rich (excuse the pun) putting Johnny Dumfries top on that list as his wealth comes from the fact he's the Marquis of Bute and owns the island ... !!


Also, IIRC, Eddie Irvine invested his earnings in property and now has a substantial portfolio ...

 

I was surprised at Eddie, he always struck me as someone who would spunk it up the wall.

 

Haha yeah, the irony is not lost on me either

 

OH dear, and this is how dull the F1 race was, not a comment on the Spanish GP, if you'll excuse the pun, 'says a lot really'.

 

The only good things were that Vettel didn't win and Massa beat him.

 

sorry I fell asleep about lap 25, but I did wake up for the finish then promptly fell asleep again when they started to play the national anthem's

 

82 pit stops and it was still as dull as ...

 

Both missus and myself lasted until around lap 30ish and woke up to the national anthem.

Could be that it was really dull or we're just getting old?

I'm finding MotoGP a much better bet at the moment, along with bumper cars (BTCC)

edit: we should have an S2ki competition to see who can watch a whole race without sleeping!!