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He did. But he lied to the stewards in the original inquiry that he didn't slow down to let Trulli through. Which means Trulli passed him under saftery car and was penalized. But in an interview right after the race with speed TV he said he let did slow down to let Trulli through which means Trulli really didn't do anything wrong and that Hamilton lied to the stewards to get Trulli penalized - probably the worst thing to do, knowingly lying to get someone else penalized.

Any fault lies with the team not Hamilton.
Whitmarsh has suspended Dave Ryan
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/

No, both lied. Dave Ryan is just a convenient largely anonymous scape goat. It is not like Hamilton could not have known he slowed down to let Trulli pass, he was there in the freaking car and he told the stewards otherwise. Whitmarh even acknowledged that Hamilton lied too, but they chose to punish only Dave Ryan cause he was more "senior".

The entire team and Hamilton is to blame. Everyone who listened to the team radio and knew of what Hamilton said to the Stewards are equally as guilty, and Mclaren know this. This is why they won't file for an appeal since they are aware of their cold face lie to the stewards. There is zero defence.

It's possible Hamilton (like everyone else) was slowing down to get heat into the brakes/tires.

I don't understand why they wouldn't just say as much (maybe they did, and that was the 'lie'), or admit they let Trulli retake the position. Now they've lost all their points and their reputation.

No. He explicitly said in the speed TV interview he slowed down to let Trulli pass. Also there is the radio communication in which he explicitly says "I let him past already".

Anyway he himself admitted to the lying today. His excuse was the "team asked him to". So any discussion about his honesty is pretty moot at this point.

Yeah I know. I posted a transcript on the last page

Haha, then you should not be claiming he possibly slowed down for tires/brakes.

Anyway, I don't think there is anything more to discuss here. He/They lied, got caught, was penalized. He/They admitted to it and apologized and have to now live with it. We can all decide on our own if we want to forgive/forget about it.

I was only saying it was a possibility he slowed and Trulli passed, instead of saying he slowed in order to make Trulli pass (illegally) :P

I still don't understand why Hamilton, or McLaren, risked losing all their points for one position, though. Reading the radio transcript you get the feeling Hamilton felt third was his because Trulli went off the track. But if that's the case, then why didn't they ask the stewards to make Hamilton officially finish 3rd and not try to weasel it through..?