The highs and lows of Formula one have never been so steeply set for one as Lewis Hamilton. On Thursday Hamilton got his wish of beating Michael Schumacher by 0.554 seconds in Jerez, and by Friday his McLaren team have found out they will not here about any penalties carried into the 2008 F1 Season until February 14th of next year.

From the 13th of September this year, the FIA has been carrying out a full and forensic inspection of the garages at the Woking based Mclaren, including a full technical inspection of Mclaren’s 2008 car. The report was finished today, and a decision was expected to be made on the outcome, but the FIA have given Mclaren and Ferrari a further 2 months to be afforded the chance to present their views on the report.

This is quite a rollercoaster ride for Hamilton and it looks bleak for the Mclaren team; if nothing had been found in the inspection, Mclaren would have been simply cleared.
Since the FIA has involved Ferrari, it may be the case that the FIA have found out that technical data has been used for the 2008 car.

If the FIA have discovered that McLaren have copied components, or used design ideas that can be traced back to the original Ferrari blueprints, further sanctions will most definatley be imposed such as minus points. The team could even be thrown out of the 2008 championship.

Mclaren denies any foreign intellectual property has gone into the new car and believes they have nothing to hide. Us Brits have no luck with our sportsmen, if it’s not a case of them losing out at the very last minute, its always some red tape that has us defeated on a technicality. Keep your chin up high Mr Hamilton!