{"id":4645,"date":"2010-04-19T06:53:15","date_gmt":"2010-04-19T10:53:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/?p=4645"},"modified":"2010-04-19T06:53:15","modified_gmt":"2010-04-19T10:53:15","slug":"ecclestone-tells-drivers-to-stop-moaning-about-hamilton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/formula-1\/ecclestone-tells-drivers-to-stop-moaning-about-hamilton\/","title":{"rendered":"Ecclestone tells drivers to ‘stop moaning’ about Hamilton"},"content":{"rendered":"
Bernie Ecclestone has told Lewis Hamilton’s rivals to “stop moaning” about the on-track tactics of the 2008 world champion.<\/span><\/h5>\n

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The McLaren driver’s weaving in front of Vitaly Petrov in Malaysia was a theme throughout the Chinese GP weekend, discussed at length in the media and in the drivers’ briefing by many of Hamilton’s opponents.<\/p>\n

The 25-year-old – as well as Sebastian Vettel – was then reprimanded by the stewards in Shanghai for a pitlane incident, but it was Vettel who complained, saying afterwards that Hamilton “was keen to touch me”.<\/p>\n

Referring to the Sepang weaving saga, Hamilton told reporters in China that he did not understand “why everyone was fussing about it”.<\/p>\n

Asked if he thought the issue was overblown, he answered: “Yeah — they seemed to be talking about it for some time.”<\/p>\n

F1 chief executive Ecclestone also thinks Hamilton’s rivals should focus harder on their own driving.<\/p>\n

“What are they talking about?” he is quoted as saying by the Mirror.\u00a0 “Isn’t this sport all about racing?<\/p>\n

“I thought Lewis had a fantastic race.\u00a0 He drove really well and they should stop complaining and get on with the racing.<\/p>\n

“I loved watching his performance in Sepang.\u00a0 I bet the fans did too.\u00a0 It (the reaction) was a whole lot of moaning about nothing,” Ecclestone added.<\/p>\n

\u00a9 RIF|GMM<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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