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**WaicurtaitfuT** · 09-05-2012, 01:31 AM

Interesting conspiracy theory

Surely it's as simple as what's already been stated, they had no dry running on Friday and the difference between the old and new rear wings was greater than they expected. McLaren have had some unsuccessful attempts at upgrades this year, just unfortunate for Lewis that the one his side of the garage decided to pass on turned out to be a really good one.

It wouldn't be the first time that a team worked at manipulating a contract negotiation .

The rest of the teams should be worried about the pace of Button .
Spa is a long track , so perhaps it is a little exaggerated , but he was into the distance at the start , without any DRS help for the whole race .
While he was in clean air , it is also logical to assume he wasn't pushing , so as to run the one-stop .
So , presumably , he could have gone faster .

McLaren is not a team that usually gets it this wrong .

We should remember that the old configuration of the wing really wasn't so bad , and that he was on the rough pace of the rest .

It just seems to fit perfectly , that they could use the opportunity to split them , with the added benefit of having Lewis on the back foot in negotiations worth million$ .
In fact , that they didn't just say they wanted to split the strategies seems fishy in itself .

Lewis twittering the sheet is a "not my fault" kind of reaction , so he must have felt he was being seen as responsible , and wanted to clear it up .
It shows that he feels that he got some bad advice .

It's probably a good thing , in a way , that Lewis's race ended where it did , for if he had had to battle through , it might have underlined further how bad that advice actually was .
It sure would have been fun to watch , though .

09-05-2012, 01:31 AM	#17
WaicurtaitfuT Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 420 Senior Member	Interesting conspiracy theory Surely it's as simple as what's already been stated, they had no dry running on Friday and the difference between the old and new rear wings was greater than they expected. McLaren have had some unsuccessful attempts at upgrades this year, just unfortunate for Lewis that the one his side of the garage decided to pass on turned out to be a really good one. It wouldn't be the first time that a team worked at manipulating a contract negotiation . The rest of the teams should be worried about the pace of Button . Spa is a long track , so perhaps it is a little exaggerated , but he was into the distance at the start , without any DRS help for the whole race . While he was in clean air , it is also logical to assume he wasn't pushing , so as to run the one-stop . So , presumably , he could have gone faster . McLaren is not a team that usually gets it this wrong . We should remember that the old configuration of the wing really wasn't so bad , and that he was on the rough pace of the rest . It just seems to fit perfectly , that they could use the opportunity to split them , with the added benefit of having Lewis on the back foot in negotiations worth million$ . In fact , that they didn't just say they wanted to split the strategies seems fishy in itself . Lewis twittering the sheet is a "not my fault" kind of reaction , so he must have felt he was being seen as responsible , and wanted to clear it up . It shows that he feels that he got some bad advice . It's probably a good thing , in a way , that Lewis's race ended where it did , for if he had had to battle through , it might have underlined further how bad that advice actually was . It sure would have been fun to watch , though .
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