McLaren, Hamilton lied, Whitmarsh comes clean

He tried to steal 3rd place and back fired in his face. Lewis is not a great champion after all. REPLY To hell666 He let him pass ON the track but WANTED to steal 3rd place from trulli of the track by not telling the truth.Honestly, if they let Truli pass and then report him, then they should be banned.

finally the truth comes out!!!

Now hes been speeding in the pits , oh dear some world champ he is.

McLaren / Mercedes is a team that is highly over rated and Hamilton .....please

Mr 7 World Championships was the biggest cheat in the sport and so are Ferrari. This is all a bit hypocritical

Lets go BMW , BRAWN !!!!

It's funny how many people hate Hamilton, on the track he did nothing wrong last Sunday! How many times has you been in a situation where you would love to speak your mind however you must follow team orders to avoid getting sacked. He is a great driver and the best proof is to get out there and drive well, put this stupid mistake behind them. Nearly every F1 driver has told a porky in their time, Alonso is full of them, Massa rammed Hamilton last year and denied it. I hope F1 can put this behind it and get back to the racing, this should have been one of the best seasons ever but it's already been ruined by politics.

POLITICS ?! I wish you and your team all the best but judging from how McLaren focussed on this chassis and this season compared to the 2008 season, I think that both the driver as well as the team will choke this season. Its incredible because McLaren is the most popular team in the F1.

To hell666 He let him pass ON the track but WANTED to steal 3rd place from trulli of the track by not telling the truth.Honestly, if they let Truli pass and then report him, then they should be banned.

@luke, I agree they have got it wrong this season, I will stick with them though as I always have unlike some people that will become Brawn fans. I would like to see either Brawn, BMW or Toyota win this season, it's nice for Jenson to get a win. I think this season will be a test of Hamilton and ultmiately prove where his loyality lies. Let's just get on with the racing, role on Malaysia ;o))

Trulli lost his position by his own mistake, and it wasn't a passing move by Hamilton. So it was a mistake to give Trulli his position back. Even though they were the ones who decided to let Trulli pass, they made a bigger mistake, by turning a blind eye to the Trulli's unfair punishment and deliberately lying to stewards, when Hamilton's answers to reporters about the situation are known to everyone and all the radio communication are recorded and subject to stewards' review! Then making a scapegoat out of their veteran employee Dave Ryan, I'm not going to call it a mistake, it's simply a shame. Now Hamilton cries, and tries to convince his fans that he's not a liar. What a childish thing to say that he was instructed by his team manager to lie. Please don't tell me that he's obliged to do whatever he told. I don't believe that any kind of contract can make a driver behave dishonestly.

Hamilton, a cocky little British boy.

a sad day really... we see indecision from officials, judgements without full range of evidence, teams lying to cover up... welcome back to the eighties! in today's racing world, where car telemetry, radio conversations, video evidence etc. come in to play, it is not possible to use the old ways. lets hope that this is a lesson to all. thinking of the advantage of this open info, the infamous incident with coulthard/schum in the spa race of 1999 - where coulthard (in a mclaren) caused the 13 car pile up off the start line... later in race, schumacher was in 1st by miles and lapping him in extreme wet and coulthard allegedly tested his brakes and schumacher (chasing crown from hakkinnen - also in mclaren) lost a front wheel (and the points that would have won him the championship). without telemetry info, radio info or even video evidence, the truth of 'did he lift? or did he brake?' will never be answered. we dont want titles won and lost based on cheating. transparency provides for clear resolution. remember also that precedent must not be set - if anyone can yield a place under safety car, it would be easy to get a championship contender 25 sec penalty/drive through - especially in a restart situation. (we may see kers based issues with this later in year anyway)

oh and i agree with serdar - Dave Ryan is copping all the blame and will be heavily dealt with simply to get the focus off hamilton.

Everyone is at fault. McLaren for cheating and instructing Hamilton to lie and using David Ryan as a scapegoat, Hamilton for choosing team loyalty over honesty, and the FIA for unneccasarily complicating and manipulating the circumstances, as well as introducing far too many politics into the sport. Its time for F1 as a whole to grow up, and enter into the real world.

Questions now are raised about the last race of last year... were there lies? Hamilton, team management, fixed championship results with the help$$ of another driver???