A the stewards ekipa bi trebala biti potpuno izmijenjena i staviti neke, ne tako stare, bivse vozace raznih auto-moto sportova koji znaju kakva je situacija i naravno, smanjiti kazne

With no real evidence, the stewards have assumed he is guilty.

" Vodafone McLaren Mercedes understands that the Stewards made their decision on the basis of reviewing radio transmissions between the driver and the Team

13:57 Race control state that the overtaking move of Schumacher on Alonso at the final corner is going to be investigated by the stewards

" Having compared all relevant data, the stewards can find no justifiable reason for the driver to have braked with such undue, excessive and unusual pressure at this part of the circuit, and are therefore left with no alternatives but to conclude that the driver deliberately stopped his car on the circuit in the last few minutes of qualifying, at a time at which he had thus far set the fastest laptime.

I was amazed at how tough the Stewards ' decision was.

The stewards considered data evidence produced to them by both Ferrari and the FIA, viewed video evidence, and compared data evidence from Schumacher ' s previous laps in qualifying. Their findings were, as they mentioned in their statement: " having set a fast time in sector one, the driver lost time in sector two, arrived at Turn 18 at a speed little, if any, different from his previous fastest lap, and braked with such force that his front wheels locked up, requiring the driver to regain control of the car.

" During the hearing, held approximately one hour after the end of the race, the Stewards and the Race Director questioned Lewis Hamilton and his Team Manager David Ryan specifically about whether there had been an instruction given to Hamilton to allow Trulli to overtake, " the FIA said in a statement

" The Team mistakenly believed that the radio transmissions had been reviewed by the FIA on Sunday 29 th March 2009, and consequently did not believe it was necessary to discuss them with the Stewards on that date

The Stewards, having learned about the radio exchanges and the Media interview, felt strongly that they had been misled by the driver and his Team Manager which led to Jarno Trulli being unfairly penalised and Lewis Hamilton gaining third place

The telemetry-data showed the Stewards Schumacher was hitting the brakes 50 % heavier than in his previous laps, but according to Weber that doesn ' t prove anything. " Of course he braked harder, he had to

Representatives of both teams were summoned to the stewards ' office after their cars failed post-race inspection at Brazil

" We do not believe that the findings of the stewards and the severe penalty imposed on the team are appropriate, and that our strenuous efforts to maintain the spirit of fair play and equality within the team have been misunderstood

31.6 In the event of a driving infringement during any practice session the Stewards may drop the driver such number of grid positions as they consider appropriate.

At the first hearing following the Australian Grand Prix the Stewards did not have the benefit of the radio exchanges between driver No 1 Lewis Hamilton and his Team Vodafone McLaren Mercedes nor did they have access to the comments to the Media given by Lewis Hamilton immediately after the end of the race

" Article 112 enables the stewards to delete any number of a driver ' s qualifying times for a driving infringement, which decision is not susceptible to appeal, " the Statement said.

" The stewards accordingly direct that the qualifying times of Michael Schumacher, the driver of car number five, be deleted.

" I don ' t care what the stewards said, as far as I was concerned, Hamilton let me by as we passed the pits ", said Raikkonen in Geneva today.

As regards Mr Alonso and the other engineers, the Stewards have found no evidence to suggest that they knew anything about the plans to cause a deliberate crash on lap 14. Renault s strategy was aggressive and somewhat unusual but the Stewards do not conclude that individuals at Renault other than NPJ (Piquet), Mr Symonds and possibly Mr Briatore were aware of any crash plan.

However this only became clear hours after the race when the Stewards decided that Giorgio Pantano had to lose his fastest time due to a yellow flag infringement

Q: (Ian Parkes - The Press Association) Lewis, given the explanation that you ' ve just given us, would you be surprised now if the stewards did decide to punish you in any kind of way

Gotovo da je postalo općeprihvaćeno i normalno da se svako pretjecanje ili čak manevar koji nije izveden prekrasno i elegantno poput leta lastavice, bude popraćen skorom zloslutnom sivom trakom na dnu ekrana " Incident under investigation by the stewards "

Have The Stewards Made An Error Of Fact

The Stewards penalised Schumacher under Article 112 of the FIA Sporting Regulations, which makes it impossible for Ferrari to appeal

" I ' ve explained to the stewards what I ' ve already said in the [ FIA ] press conference, " the German said.

After lengthy deliberations the stewards handed the Spaniard two time penalties of one second each for separate offences

From the video recordings available to the Stewards during the hearing it appeared that Jarno Trulli s car left the track and car No 1 moved into third place.

Q: (Ed Gorman - The Times) Lewis, are you aware that the stewards have announced they are investigating an incident between yourself and Kimi?

The Stewards find that he unnecessarily impeded another driver, Hamilton, and as a result he will be penalised by a loss of 5 grid positions

The Ferrari drivers, Fernando Alonso and Jarno Trulli this week already sided with the stewards, and on Thursday it emerged that - even if they think Hamilton losing his win was harsh - Sebastien Bourdais, Nico Rosberg, Nick Heidfeld and Giancarlo Fisichella share similar opinions