In my opinion this whole incident was caused by a young Hamilton trying desperately not to risk any accusations of cheating.
Remembering the incident with Räikkönen at the Belgian Grand Prix, Hamilton was unsure whether he had done the correct thing in passing Trulli, who was off the track, under the Safety Car. Although he had in fact acted completely correctly, fearful of a penalty, he allowed Trulli to pass him, and the far more experienced Trulli should have damn-well known better than to pass under the Safety car.
The man ultimately responsible for the accusations of cheating, Dave Ryan, has already paid the price by losing his job, after 35 years with the team…..and now is not a good time to be out-of-work in Formula One.
This controversy has nothing to do with Ron Dennis handing over control of McLaren as this was announced before the start of the 2009 season.
This isn’t cheating, not by Formula One standards, other teams have gotten away with far worse but then I’m sure Lewis Hamilton isn’t very popular with some of the other drivers. Just my two cents.
Young and foolish Hamilton ! but guess he had the team at heart! Live by the sword die by it! lies on that scale suck.
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