Morris Minor Owners Club

Posted: **Sun Mar 16, 2008 5:29 pm**

id just like to say well done lewis hamilton on the win today long may it continue,hes a model sports man and a great model for kids to look up to

Posted: **Sun Mar 16, 2008 5:40 pm**

Ahh... you've been watching the 'Hamilton' show also.... I remember when they used to call it formula 1

Mal

Posted: **Sun Mar 16, 2008 5:59 pm**

Yes well done Lewis, and good to see the removal of traction control. Now skill is rewarded and mistakes punished, as it should be in sport. Pretty good race by F1 standards, even if only 7 cars finished out of 22. Just think, if anyone had entered their Morris Minor, you would have scored 1 F1 point for 8th place.

Posted: **Sun Mar 16, 2008 6:08 pm**

I'd like to ask if anyone else heard Coulthards comments regarding Massa?

It was a good race, and it looks like we are going to have a good season. And Moggytech, a minor would not meet the bodywork shape requirements!

Posted: **Sun Mar 16, 2008 6:13 pm**

a minor would not meet the bodywork shape requirements!

Might if I took my angle grinder along.

Posted: **Mon Mar 17, 2008 9:10 am**

Dan_Harris wrote:I'd like to ask if anyone else heard Coulthards comments regarding Massa?

Yes - can't think why they deleted the 2nd half from the rerun show

Rog

Posted: **Mon Mar 17, 2008 12:22 pm**

I'd like to ask if anyone else heard Coulthards comments regarding Massa?

Yes me too and they seemed quite valid as well

Posted: **Mon Mar 17, 2008 5:25 pm**

i heard them they seemed justified to me it was nice to see cars sliding about

Posted: **Mon Mar 17, 2008 10:48 pm**

Sadly, a Minor wouldn't have finished 8th even if it had been allowed to enter

The cars that bailed out 1/4 of the way into the race would have finished higher due to their distance covered...
Or am I just being pedantic ;-)

Posted: **Mon Mar 17, 2008 11:45 pm**

rayofleamington wrote:Sadly, a Minor wouldn't have finished 8th even if it had been allowed to enter The cars that bailed out 1/4 of the way into the race would have finished higher due to their distance covered...
Or am I just being pedantic ;-)

Interesting. I thought F1 rules were changed in 2006 with Did Not Finish (DNF Rule) ammended to allow low placed finishers to take positional points into the next race qualifying stage. Anyhooo, Minor would never meet the F1 car regs in any way shape or form. Just goes to show the strain those cars are under, when only 7 out of 22 cars managed to finish. Nice to see F1 cars with opposite lock on in some corners.

Posted: **Fri Mar 21, 2008 9:39 pm**

Many of the DNFs were driver error - not car failure.

Posted: **Sun Mar 23, 2008 8:23 am**

Who is good with a wheel brace? Might be a job soon.

Posted: **Sun Mar 23, 2008 9:45 pm**

Yes, well done Lewis, another case solved, although his sidekick deserves some credit.