Chapter 329
Hamilton, the pride of Great Britain, came out on pole position but failed to even reach the podium, with Raikkonen eventually achieving a comeback over Alonso, while Ye Feng dramatically finished last but finished on the podium......
This is the 07 season of the F1 British Grand Prix, such a ups and downs, climactic drama is destined to become a highlight of the whole season of 07 will be remembered for a long time. Returning to a few victories in Europe, Scuderia Ferrari has slowly recovered a lot of points in terms of results, while Raikkonen and Ye Feng have also moved closer to their opponents with a few victories.
As of the British Grand Prix, Alonso is still at the top of the table with 57 points, followed by Han with five points. Raikkonen is still in third place with 44 points, and the fastest rising is Ye Feng, with a third-place victory, Ye Feng has risen with 32 points, but the gap between him and Alonso is still a bit huge, but people who have watched the British race believe that if Ye Feng can continue this good form, then this season is likely to be a replica of last season.
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The smoke of gunpowder at the British station gradually dissipated, and the most eye-catching thing in the car world at this time was undoubtedly the "Spygate" incident that had been noisy.
After a series of investigations and evidence collection, the incident finally developed further.
712, FIA notified McLaren Racing. They were asked to attend a special investigation meeting convened by the WMSC (World Motor Sporting Council) on July 26 to discuss the alleged F1 offences against the team's chief designer, Mike Coughland: In order to drop the charges in the Italian High Court, Coughland will provide a written statement of all the details of the "espionage case".
715, the media exposed as many as classified documents that Nikkiel Stephen had betrayed to McLaren
716 For the hearing held on July 26, the FIA prepared a total of 30 questions for McLaren to answer, including the main package between April and July? Some behaviors and motivations. In addition, Nikhil Stephen has said through his personal lawyer that he is actively preparing to take his former club to court. The reason was that Ferrari was suspected of illegal tracking and falsification of facts.
720, two McLaren drivers came forward to defend the team's innocence. Hamilton is convinced of McLaren's innocence and has expressed his trust and support for owner Dennis. Alonso said the FIA had made the right decision.
And the attentive media also smelled a hint of unusual meaning from the small differences between Alonso and Hamilton's external statements. As a descendant of Dennis's carefully cultivated lineage, Hamilton's statement naturally does not have much credibility for events. Alonso, who has only just joined the team, said such a very neutral remark at such a sensitive time, which has led to speculation about the current relationship between the Spaniard and McLaren.
However, such a speculation is obviously not mainstream, and the 780-long leaked documents that have been exposed by the media are the biggest hot spots. By this point, more and more people had begun to believe that McLaren had stolen and used Scuderia Ferrari's confidential technical information.
Otherwise, it's really hard to explain how McLaren managed to solve the stability problem that had plagued them for a decade in such a short period of time.
And. Regardless of the FIA's final punishment for McLaren (which is unlikely to be sent out of the league), the British team has undoubtedly gained an absolute interest in this matter!
Because technology is often a layer of window paper, but if it is hovering in the wrong direction, then this layer of window paper sometimes may not be pierced even if it costs money.
McLaren hasn't been poked for more than 10 years. Now that they have succeeded, they have obtained the key technology and the right direction to solve such problems, and I believe that they should not be bothered by this problem again in the future.
So from this point of view, if the "Spygate" incident does exist. So while Dennis and his team are undoubtedly extremely despicable in terms of morality and law, the results are very good in terms of objective results! No matter how you are punished, it seems to be worth it in the long run!
Of course, as fans of the Silver Arrow, they won't see it and won't believe it. They just blindly love their team and the two drivers in it. I don't care how they get their illustrious honor at the moment. On the contrary, they also believe that this "spygate" is nothing more than a matter of anger caused by Ferrari's lack of competition
It's just a little trick.
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In this way, as the incident escalated little by little, the scolding war between countless Ferrari and McLaren fans also intensified, and such debates existed in almost every corner of the world. And in China, due to the presence of Ye Feng, McLaren's fans cannot be compared with the huge number of "Ye fans" in terms of both number and sound.
However, all this turmoil has also been temporarily stopped with the start of the European Grand Prix on July 20.
Ferrari and McLaren continued to be in good form in the three practice matches, and the hostility between the two teams has become even stronger due to off-field factors.
On the 721st, the qualifying round of the European station arrived as scheduled. Almost from the moment the race began, the top two teams fought to the end.
In the end, the game between McLaren and Ferrari, which neither of the two teams wanted to lose, finally ended in a fierce battle until the last second. Hamilton was once again the first of the four drivers to drop the chain in the previous race, and a serious mistake in the final timing lap meant that Blackie had to finish 10th for the second day's race.
The top three finishers all finished within 0.1 seconds, and the winners and losers were completely separated by seconds. In the end, the Iceman blocked Alonso and Ye Feng, who also played well, by an extremely narrow margin.
On the 22nd, the main race of the European station officially began. After the start, there was no change in position between the top three. Raikkonen used the tangential start to block the Spaniard's overtaking line, while the third-placed Ye Feng tried to overtake from the beginning, although unsuccessful, but also put a lot of pressure on Alonso, it can be said that the Spaniard was caught in the siege and interception of the Ferrari duo from the beginning.
However, at this time, Alonso also showed his unique stubborn character. Even in the face of the unfavorable situation, he still stubbornly gritted his teeth to make Raikkonen in front and Ye Feng in the back also uncomfortable.
So from the very beginning of the race, the three of them were tightly entangled, and it became the only theme for the first few dozen laps of the race.
However, when there were 26 laps left in the race, the car on the field lost control due to being too anxious on the way to the lap and collided with Takuma Sato, who had been refusing to give way to the track, and the two retired after a fierce collision. The moment he stepped out of the cockpit, Iceman glared at the Japanese viciously, but in the next moment he controlled his emotions and walked to the pit lane alone.
People who saw this scene couldn't help but speculate in their hearts, if this was replaced by Ye Feng, who had a fiery personality, maybe there would be a good show to watch.
The Iceman's unexpected withdrawal changed the tone of the game completely. Alonso, who had been struggling to support himself, suddenly got rid of the entanglement of his opponents in front of him and began to run wildly on the track.
Ye Feng, who still had a chance to approach his opponent, was quickly pulled away by the Spaniard, and McLaren's performance in this stop was obviously much better than the previous one.
And in order to compete for pole position, the fuel load and pit stop timing between Ye Feng and Alonso are almost the same, so being quickly pulled away by the opponent at the critical moment of the game undoubtedly made the balance of the game quickly move closer to Alonso.
Sure enough, with the unexpected retirement of his opponent and his own stable and tenacious performance, Alonso finally won the European championship, and Ye Feng struggled to catch up but finally lost with a gap of 6 seconds. And the most depressed is Hamilton, who threatened to launch a Jedi counterattack like Ye Feng did in the last stop before the game, and he only improved his ranking by one place after being entangled by Fisichella and Rosberg Jr. after the whole game, but in the end he missed the points.
After this game, Alonso's points rose to 67 points, leading his team-mates and continuing to lead. The Iceman's score remained unchanged, while Ye Feng's points rose to 40 points, and his state continued to recover.
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As soon as the European station came to an end, the "Spygate" incident quickly became the focus again.
On July 726, the first hearing of the FIA World Motor Sports Council around the "Ferrari/McLaren espionage case" was held in Paris, France, and representatives of the McLaren F1 team at this hearing expressed their views on the issue from March 2007, 37L
Eventually, with Bernie's mediation, the FIA World Motor Council decided not to penalize the McLaren F1 team because there was insufficient evidence to prove that McLaren had used Ferrari material.
Such a decision was of course met with firm opposition from the Scuderia Ferrari, who immediately announced that they would continue to appeal, which Mosley supported. And this "spygate" incident has gradually developed into a tool for the political confrontation between Bernie and Moseley......