Chris Wire
New member
Some random thoughts based on previous comments....
- Melo knew exactly what he was doing. Don't forget, when he ran Jorg into the wall at T16, I believe he did so purposely to run him through all the marbles and junk along the inside of the track. Thus, when Jorg runs his line through T17, he likely was not able to hold the line as tight as he might have liked and left a hint of daylight.
- Melo only serves to underscore the questionable tactics many European drivers employ at the pro level. Witness any BTCC race for evidence.
- No chance Melo would ever apologize. Did anyone hear his comments? In his mind he was defending his position!
- Even his co-driver Johnny Mowlem indicated that it was lucky Melo was in the car because he wouldn't have done that. (Note: he didn't come right out and say that, but it was implied.)
- Melo knew he had a berm. Remember, eight tires corner better than four!
- I don't buy the unintentional or unavoidable idea. Melo purposely slowed more than the Porsche to crossover from outside to inside. Additionally, there was a whole car width open coming under the bridge when Melo started to come inside. His late-apex line would have him going straighter at that point than Jorg. He would almost have to turn left to get into the Porsche, which probably would have been proven had Speed gone to the Ferrari roof camera for a replay. He simply knew that the only way to slow down the Porsche was to 'get him loose'.
- The "accidentally flipped his visor up" is just Ferrari spin by David Sims (?). The replay showed that the visor was up from the time the crew member's feet hit pit lane. There was no accident, they just screwed up. What do they care? No one is going to call them on it, but it's BS none the less.
- I agree that Melo is going for a ride sometime this year, and I'll stand and applaud Jorg when it happens!
- Melo knew exactly what he was doing. Don't forget, when he ran Jorg into the wall at T16, I believe he did so purposely to run him through all the marbles and junk along the inside of the track. Thus, when Jorg runs his line through T17, he likely was not able to hold the line as tight as he might have liked and left a hint of daylight.
- Melo only serves to underscore the questionable tactics many European drivers employ at the pro level. Witness any BTCC race for evidence.
- No chance Melo would ever apologize. Did anyone hear his comments? In his mind he was defending his position!
- Even his co-driver Johnny Mowlem indicated that it was lucky Melo was in the car because he wouldn't have done that. (Note: he didn't come right out and say that, but it was implied.)
- Melo knew he had a berm. Remember, eight tires corner better than four!
- I don't buy the unintentional or unavoidable idea. Melo purposely slowed more than the Porsche to crossover from outside to inside. Additionally, there was a whole car width open coming under the bridge when Melo started to come inside. His late-apex line would have him going straighter at that point than Jorg. He would almost have to turn left to get into the Porsche, which probably would have been proven had Speed gone to the Ferrari roof camera for a replay. He simply knew that the only way to slow down the Porsche was to 'get him loose'.
- The "accidentally flipped his visor up" is just Ferrari spin by David Sims (?). The replay showed that the visor was up from the time the crew member's feet hit pit lane. There was no accident, they just screwed up. What do they care? No one is going to call them on it, but it's BS none the less.
- I agree that Melo is going for a ride sometime this year, and I'll stand and applaud Jorg when it happens!
