F1 to blame for Alonso/Hamilton incident

UPDATE A reader writes, Correct me if I'm wrong but aren't the 'real racing series' in the US the only ones that use a pitbox for each driver (are there any 'real racing series' left in the US these days anyway)? And if you were going to award the 'moron of the year award for sheer stupidity' to someone surely it should go to the two US Open wheel organizations for continuing their idiotic split? Sure F1 has its moments of idiocy but they've got nothing on that lot. F1 is still charging ahead like a steam train, US open wheel barely has a pulse in comparison. John Cook, Sydney

08/05/07 For all its claim that it is the highest form of racing in motorsports, F1 forces the team drivers to share a single pit box during qualifying and the races. This has to be the most idiotic rule in all of motorsports and has over the years led to one teammate or the other getting balked during the race or qualifying waiting for their teammate to get serviced.

If Lewis Hamilton and Fernando Alonso had their own pit box (like all other 'real racing' series do) to stop in Saturday the controversy would have never happened and its F1's dumb single pit rule that has caused yet another race to be ruined. So instead of seeing the top two drivers in points racing for the win Sunday in Hungary we witnessed another boring F1 parade with Alonso stuck behind slower cars all race.

This year's moron award goes to the FIA and FOM for sheer stupidity.