Webber hammers Hamilton

SO,

After his race ending collision at the Japanese GP, Mark Webber has criticised Hamilton for some questionably dodgy driving behind the second safety car.

Webber told today's pre-practice press session: "It definitely contributed to Sebastian hitting me up the back because he [Lewis] wasn't doing what he was supposed to be doing, clearly."

Mark was running in second when the third placed Toro Rosso of Sebastian Vettel smacked the rear corner of his RB3 and ended his race. Vettel and Webber were both distraught, with ITV showing Sebastian apparently crying, and Mark slated the young driver for 'driving like a fucking idiot' on air.

Webber added: "It was one of the lowest points of my career last weekend, in terms of being in a position to challenge for victory, and it was taken away not even in a racing incident.

"It was very, very hard to swallow. It's under the bridge, it's gone and we'll never get that back."

And now, courtesy of a spectator video, Hamilton is under investigation by the FIA stewards over his driving at Fuji.

STR's Franz Tost went to the stewards after being shown the footage with the aim of getting Vettel's ten-place grid penalty in China for causing the accident revoked.

He told Autosport: "You could quite clearly see that Hamilton slows down quite unexpectedly.

"Look at the video. Sebastian would have had to have gone between the cars and there was no chance. It was totally unexpected. It looked like Hamilton was stopping, that is why I went to the stewards."

But with the Championship taking a huge swing towards Lewis at the previous race, any penalty imposed on him could remove his current advantage and encourage a tighter finale to the Drivers' title. While a close finish would undoubtedly be a good thing for the sport, I just hope it doesn't serve to unfairly wreck Hamilton's chances of becoming the first true rookie champion.

What price a 10-place grid penalty?


NB - The YouTube footage of Hamilton's supposedly dangerous driving has now been copyrighted by Bernie's FOM, and is no longer viewable by the public.