FIA Decision
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Guys, the verdict is in and even though I am very disappointed by the decision 
, there is nothing we can do about it no matter how much we argue between each other. I just hope Ferrari can stick it to them on the track and burst Mclaren's bubble of winning the Championships. This will just have to be one of those WTF was FIA thinking 
moments.
, there is nothing we can do about it no matter how much we argue between each other. I just hope Ferrari can stick it to them on the track and burst Mclaren's bubble of winning the Championships. This will just have to be one of those WTF was FIA thinking moments.
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Originally Posted by PLYRS 3,Jul 26 2007, 03:11 PM
smoke and mirrors are.
You forget the facts though...the FIA found McLaren guilty of breaching article 151c - yet no punishment....then why state that they are guilty???
Like I said, this is equivalent to someone breaking into your house and saying there were not going to use anything they stole from you....
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Originally Posted by MTP04,Jul 26 2007, 03:13 PM
Guys, the verdict is in and even though I am very disappointed by the decision , there is nothing we can do about it no matter how much we argue between each other.
, there is nothing we can do about it no matter how much we argue between each other.ca
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all kidding aside, i bet the FIA took into consideration that
A) it was given to an M employee by an F employee.
B) M did not break into F's HQ and "steal" the file.
extenuating circumstances (for lack of a better word).
of course none of us know the FIA's rationale (today), but someday....maybe we'll know..
A) it was given to an M employee by an F employee.
B) M did not break into F's HQ and "steal" the file.
extenuating circumstances (for lack of a better word).
of course none of us know the FIA's rationale (today), but someday....maybe we'll know..
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Originally Posted by s2ksimon,Jul 26 2007, 02:34 PM
There was simply no way the FIA or any court of law were going to harm Lewis Hamilton's chances of winning the title. Hamilton will win the WDC (cuz of yet another FIA nonsense issue, the points system) and McLaren will win the CC.
The FIA are simply too political and use this "politicking" , to benefit themselves whenever they can. Downright shameful. They want to maintain, the record viewing figures that keep streaming in from every country and we know Bernie is too clever to let anything change that.
The FIA are simply too political and use this "politicking" , to benefit themselves whenever they can. Downright shameful. They want to maintain, the record viewing figures that keep streaming in from every country and we know Bernie is too clever to let anything change that.
I'm still damn mad about it though
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Agreed but the fact that they had it for so long (since March) and that if it was not for the copy store clerk, they would still have it...
The FIA found McLaren guilty - period. Why no punishment is absolutely unbelieveable. If they did nothing wrong, why the guilty verdict????
That is what is so astonishing about this - guilt without punishment - another precedent has been set....
The FIA found McLaren guilty - period. Why no punishment is absolutely unbelieveable. If they did nothing wrong, why the guilty verdict????
That is what is so astonishing about this - guilt without punishment - another precedent has been set....
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Originally Posted by PLYRS 3,Jul 26 2007, 03:33 PM
of course none of us know the FIA's rationale (today), but someday....maybe we'll know..
Dennis's squad therefore escaped punishment, but was warned that if new evidence came to light suggesting that McLaren had benefited from the information, the team could be excluded from both the 2007 and 2008 world championships.
The door is still open, and as wacky as the FIA is, ya just never know when they are going to fall through an open door.
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Originally Posted by PLYRS 3,Jul 26 2007, 03:34 PM
crap doug, you snuck in....
^ that's in response to marco/matrix.
^ that's in response to marco/matrix.