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F1: Hamilton Facing Possible FIA “Perjury” Hearing
Lewis Hamilton is to be called up by the FIA on Thursday to answer questions on his role in the incident that got Jarno Trulli penalised in Australia.
Adam Cooper  | http://www.speedtv.com  |  Posted April 01, 2009   Sepang (MAS)
Lewis Hamilton is to be called up by the FIA on Thursday afternoon in Sepang to answer questions on his role in the incident that got Jarno Trulli penalised in Australia.
 
It's understood that SPEEDtv.com's exclusive story on Sunday night first alerted the FIA to the possibility that Hamilton might not have been entirely truthful with his comments.
 
He is believed to have specifically told the stewards and the race director Charlie Whiting that he did not deliberately let Trulli past under the safety car. However just a few minutes earlier he had told this journalist and a TV crew that the team had asked him to do exactly that.
 
The FIA has apparently now got a copy of McLaren's radio transmissions from the race, which were recorded by its equipment, but not heard live by officials in race control.
 
Trulli had told the stewards that Hamilton had gone so slowly that he thought he was in trouble, and the FIA Sporting regulations allow a driver to pass another car behind the safety car if he believes it to have a problem.
 
It seems highly likely that Trulli could get his third place back if Hamilton's original story does not stand up, and the World Champion could clearly face some kind of punishment.
 
The last time the stewards reconvened in this way - two of the three who served in Melbourne are making a special trip to Malaysia - was when Hamilton was involved in the safety car incident in Japan in 2007.
 
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