Joe is usually fairly good on the business side of F1; less so on the driver front..

One interesting point he's been writing about for a few months is Force India's financial situation and I believe he is correct for us to keep an eye on it this year.

Williams have their financial plan based on finishing 5th/6th in the WCC, so 9th will hit them hard. Lotus seem to think money grows on trees; Marussia operates on the budget cap pretty much; HRT is obviously in dire need of money.

Meanwhile, Peter Sauber continues to operate a fantastic little team with an annual budget of £1.99.

I'd be very surprised if Narain didn't race in India for HRT.

Lewis Hamilton was prevented from responding to Adrian Sutil's "coward" remark by a spokesperson as the German could yet appeal the verdict.

Earlier this week, Sutil was found guilty by a German court of causing bodily harm to Lotus co-owner Eric Lux when he cut him in the neck with a glass at a Shanghai nightclub last April.

The German, who was handed a suspended 18-month prison sentence and a €200000, seems to feel that Hamilton, who was in the nightclub at the time as the two friends celebrated his Chinese GP victory, let him down by not testifying.

In the build-up to Hamilton facing the media when he took the covers of McLaren's MP4-27, Sutil launched a scathing attack on the British driver.

"Lewis is a coward, I don't want to be friends with someone like that," Sutil is quoted as saying by Germany's Bild.

Sutil went on to say that Hamilton was "not a man" and that "even his father sent me an SMS wishing me luck" but that "from Lewis there was nothing."

Asked by Reuters to respond to Sutil's comments, Hamilton didn't get a word out before he was stopped from replying by a team spokesman.

"We've been told that Lewis shouldn't really go there (talk about the case) because it might go under appeal. So can we move on to the next question," said the spokesman.

Hamilton's response: "I'll listen to him."

I Think Hamilton should have talked and say all he saw.

And IMO they took easy on Sutil!

A cut in the neck is atemped murder!!
it is a serious thing! not just a fight, like they are saying.

hum....

You don´t have to have interest in killing to be charged so.
A clear example of this is driving in alcohol or drugs. If you get caught in these conditions, the law will understand that you were trying to kill somebody with your car. Or, at least, assuming the risk of killing someone.
and then, you answer for that.

In fact, Sutil just injured somebody, and he didnt wanted to kill (as far as we know), but he took the risk of killing.


in other hand, if the prosecutor himself didn´t see in that way, I may be thinking in a very conservative/rigorous way.

stupid and drunk like a sailor.

A determined Hamilton said: ''I want to win every race. I think I can.

''I think I've the ability to. If the car is where we hope there's no reason why we can't do that.

hum....

You don´t have to have interest in killing to be charged so.
A clear example of this is driving in alcohol or drugs. If you get caught in these conditions, the law will understand that you were trying to kill somebody with your car. Or, at least, assuming the risk of killing someone.
and then, you answer for that.

In fact, Sutil just injured somebody, and he didnt wanted to kill (as far as we know), but he took the risk of killing.


in other hand, if the prosecutor himself didn´t see in that way, I may be thinking in a very conservative/rigorous way.