Ferrari have revealed a fault in their light system­ that is actually worse than i previously thought! They­ say that the green light is activated by the removal of­ the fuelling hose from the car, so this does not take­ into account the fact that another car may be passing­ the Ferrari pit at the time of the green light being­ activated. Now unless it is the responsibility of the­ re- fueller to check the pit lane for clearence prior­ to releasing the rig, then there is no way the driver­ can be confident that he is being released cleanly and­ without the risk of ploughing into another car in the­ pit lane - or do the Ferrari team expect every other­ driver to keep an eye on the Ferrari fueller when they­ are in the pit lane - either way, its bully boy tactics­ by the reds - as they expect all the other teams­ drivers to give the Ferrari pits a cautious wide­ berth!
It is the responsibility of the team to ensure­ that the driver is released safely and not the other­ drivers to give way to Ferrari and this system clearly­ shows that Ferrari are more interested in their own­ cars and not the safety of the pit lane in general. I­ cannot blame the drivers for this. It is the teams­ fault and it is convenient to have an electronic system­ to blame as opposed to team error. If it happens­ again, the team should be deducted points.

lol...I can't stop chuckling. I never read these­ comments until recently but now I'm hooked. Have to­ agree with Sagittarius1958 that these furtile minds­ should be put to better use. Ok, so I am a Ferrari fan­ and I recognise why some people think the whole thing­ is biased but over the 30 years that I've been­ watching Formula 1 I have seen some odd decisions all­ round. It is far from a perfect sport! But like any­ sport there are human arbiters making decisions that­ are likely to appear unfair and be wrong from time to­ time but most things balance out over time. Last word:­ Lewis is a damn fine driver in the most professional­ team so he will win loads; GPs, and Championships.­ Enjoy the racing and leave the abuse to the football­ terraces.

i see the conspiracy theorists are alive and breeding­ in this particular conversation... sheez, you truly­ have fertile minds, maybe you should take up a new­ career, possibly sci-fi...

FERRARI SHOULD BE HEAVILY FINED FOR THEIR MESS IN THE­ PITS IN SINGAPORE BUT NO THEY WILL GET AWAY WITH IT­ AGAIN AND AGAIN THE RULING BODY ARE SO BIASED ITS­ UNREAL, CLAMP DOWN ON THESE IDIOTS NOW BEFORE SOMEONE­ GETS KILLED.

Mc will be crushed and will soon be visiting Paris yet­ again to plead that pigs can fly.LOL!!

Dear Mr Ferrari... 20 other teams use a very simple,­ but very effective method... Yes, it's called the­ Lollipop Man... He can see from the very front of the­ car when all is ready and he can give you the GO­ signal... Perhaps you should try it instead of­ embarrassing yourself time and time again!!!!!!!!

#107. you muppet... Every one has the right to express­ their opinions, but when you say things like­ "Senna had no intention of turning in on lap­ one" or what ever you came out with, i bet you­ have never gone faster than 100mph in your entire life­ and these guys do it daily! Show a little respect for­ what these guys do... (and in the great Ayrton­ Senna's case died doing)... and keep you mouth shut­ on things you cant possibly understand.
You have made­ me realy angry saying that.
Sorry to all the rest of­ you who are posting genuine comments on here.... ok im­ done.

Is everone here forgetting that no teams are not­ allowed to modify the fuel rigs in anyway , fashion ,­ or form ? They even admit in the fourth paragraph of­ this article the lights are in someway connected to­ the release handels . I remember all of these rigs are­ supplied by one manufacturer , and the regulations­ forbid any tampering and modifying . I hope someone­ from the FIA will make an inquiry before someone gets­ killed .

When are Ferrari going to give up on this­ semi-automated pit lane system when it is clearly­ flawed? - not to mention downright dangerous!

Ferrari­ will likely wait until there is a serious accident in­ the pit lane then they'll have no option but to­ withdraw it. Typical Ferrari - sailing close to the­ wind and always trying to get one over on everyone else­ regardless. If it were another F1 team who had devised­ the semi-automatic pit lane system and then experienced­ so many near misses with it, Ferrari would be screaming­ the place down for the FIA to ban it. But as it's­ Ferrari's idea - that's okay.

I just hope this­ dangerous and flawed system gets withdrawn or banned by­ the FIA before there is a collision in the pit lane and­ someone really does gets hurt!

Ferrari and Massa should lose all their points for the­ season and the team should be fined 100 million­ dollars. Obviously, they tried to gain an unfair­ advantage by having Massa drive off with the fuel hose­ attached. This would save time on subsequent pit stops­ because they wouldn't have to re-attach the hose to­ the car. It's the old pre-attached fuel hose­ trick.

Ok guys lets see if you can remember the first grand­ prix you ever saw and where it was?

No71 jbolan. 2 can play those idiotic games.
No soy­ ninguÌ�n amigo el suyo. Usted es una bola de suciedad­ insípida. Temo que su madre tuviera un dalience con una­ cabra y ésa explica su inhabilidad de entender cuánto­ le detestan.

BillMac: Remember also that when Mad Max's father­ got married in Germany in the home of Joesph Goebbels,­ who was the Nazi minister of Propaganda, the Guest of­ Honour was Adolf Hitler. FACT

to Bill Mac

obviously you haven't been watching­ the sport that long. lets go back and help you out,­ Schumacher stalled his car at monaco in the qualifying­ and yet was sent to the back of the grind for the race­ after qualifying from the first and second stages­ shouldn't have been sent to the back of the time­ sheet of the 3 qualifying stage which would have put­ him in 10th? why should all the other teams that­ weren't racing in the final stages benefit because­ he parked his car on a qualfying lap? and they­ weren't even on track? that was in 2006, so i am­ guessing you started watching f1 when hamilton came­ into f1, lets go further back. Schumacher is given a 2­ second time penalty in hungry because Alonso purply­ slowed down on a yellow flag in free practice knowing­ schummy was behind him hoping he would avoid and over­ take him which he did to avoid an accident, instead of­ just punishing Alonso they also give schummy the same­ penalty because he over took. By the way Schummy is­ driving for ferrari, just incase you didn't know.­ Lets go back in 1990, at the japanish grand prix, Prost­ is first and senna is second, senna has no intentions­ of turning lap one, at the start all he does is goes­ straight and takes out prost who is about to turn and­ himself and wins the world championship, Prost drives­ for a ferrari and Senna for mclaren. No penalty for­ mclaren? so please don't say ferrari never get­ punished, i've been watching f1 for a long time and­ ferrari hadn't won anything until schumacher came­ along and always got screwed points. especially at the­ start of schumacher career with ferrari, williams and­ mclaren were the top dogs and before that benneton and­ Williams again and mclaren before them. 83 was the last­ time ferrari won a constructor title and 79 the drivers­ title. So all you newbees who think they have been­ watching f1 and all the races. start renting old races­ because you don't seem to know anything about­ ferrari.

jbolan: Everyone is fed up with your inane diatribes­ against the Hamilton family. Hamilton snr is a fine man­ and rightly proud of his son and his achievements. They­ have both worked their backsides off and made great­ sacrifices to get where they are today.Perhaps you are­ jealous of the bond between LH and his dad? perhaps a­ bond like this was missing from your family?

btw terry elliot Max Mosley's father was more than­ a nazi supporter. The word Quisling originated from­ Norway, it was the name of the puppet leader the nazis­ installed in Norway. Mosley's father would have­ been the British Quisling had the nazis conquered our­ country.
And what do you mean "strange to­ say" - I know I am old fart but really!;-)

Yup, can understand what you are saying terry elliot­ but I was really talking about some of the comments you­ see on these pages. You can probably take many of the­ great drivers over the years and there may have been­ things you didn't like about them. Schumacher was­ perhaps the greatest driver of them all, but as a­ bloke? Alonso is a self centred individual, but again­ a great driver. But I cannot see what it is about­ Lewis Hamilton that makes a whole bunch of people want­ to call him such nasty things. Maybe he is arrogant, I­ dunno but I would have thought most, if not all, F1­ drivers have that property - as well as the GP2 boys. ­ Lewis is plainly a very good driver just look at how he­ performed relative to Alonso last year. So what is it?­ And the only answer I can come up with is racism.

Strange to admit but I think Bill Mac has a point. When­ the head of F1 is a white man and his number two has­ been found to be a bondage loving son of a Nazi­ supporter it does make you wonder how on earth Hamilton­ does get these strange penalties. Now I am not saying­ that anyone in the upper echelons on F1 are racist but­ recent events do start to put seeds of doubt into your­ mind...

I thiknk this Ferrari vs Mclaren thing is hiding one­ more important issue, what is Ferrari's issue with­ Adrian Sutil? Raikkonene runs into the back of him in­ Monaco and puts him out of the race. In Valencia, they­ release Massa into his path nearly causing an accident.­ In Singapore they release Massa into his path again,­ and this time Massa takes the fuel rig with him­ spraying fuel and the poor guy. And then Massa's­ car in the middle of the track on an exit to a corner­ assists in putting Sutil into a wall as he avoids the­ Scarlet ones. Now I'm no conspiracy theorist, but­ do Ferrari have a serious problem with him or not?

Ferrari arnt going to do anything about their (unsafe)­ trafic light system because they wont be able to let­ Massa out into the path of Adrian Sutil's Force­ India any more!