flavio and pat whatever next

An interesting development. :rolleyes:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsport/formula_one/8440675.stm

I would not read to much into the FIA being based in Paris. They are much more leenient towards Italian teams. Wich looks set to get worse if that Italian tem get their ex team boss running the show.

I suspect the loss of teams over the last few months due to the economic downturn played a part in the decision whether to kick the whole Renault F1 team out of the sport [B]if the plot only involved 3 people…

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Yeah and the pope S*@t* in the woods !!

I don’t suppose anyone else thinks the home address of the F.I.A.

About FIA

The Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile is the governing body for world motor sport and the federation of the world’s leading motoring organisations.

Founded in 1904, with headquarters in Paris, the FIA is a non-profit making association.

in anyway affected the appalling leniency of the judgment against Renault ?
Or am I just being cynical ?

A cynic is a realist who recognises the accuracy of their perceptions

Be lucky
David

P.S.

the FIA is a non-profit making association.

So who got the McLaren millions, Max von Mosley for his party fund ????

I suspect the loss of teams over the last few months due to the economic downturn played a part in the decision whether to kick the whole Renault F1 team out of the sport if the plot only involved 3 people…

Yep, looks like Renault are off-the-hook! What a surprise!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsport/formula_one/8266090.stm

What is a ‘suspended ban’ anyway? Is it the sort of ban where you aren’t in fact banned…..harsh! :rolleyes:

…i beleive piquets head will be on the choppig block…

I understand Nelson Piquet has been given immunity for ‘spilling-the-beans’ however he apparently only chose this course because he was to loose his seat…..up until that point he was presumably fine with the teams actions!

Renault are clearly trying to pre-empt any sanction by the FIA, probably in the hope that they can avoid (what should be) a massive fine. Renault director general Patrick Pelata says:

“Flavio Briatore considered he was morally responsible and resigned. We don’t want a fault by two people to reflect upon the whole company and the entire Formula 1 team.”

I bet you don’t! :rolleyes:

Flavio Briatore and Pat Symonds have helped by ‘falling-on-their-swords’ but that isn’t and should not be considered enough.

Ask yourself this: how did the team communicate the ‘crash order’ to Nelson Piquet?

It had to be done over the team radio (or possibly the car telemetry) and because that is monitored during the race there had to be a coded signal organised beforehand; so was premeditated crashing always a part of Renault’s race strategy?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsport/formula_one/8261004.stm

I doubt Renault will get a fine as big as McLaren did for ‘spying’, in my opinion, a far lesser offence…

…and remember Alonso’s win could so easily have cost Hamilton the championship in 2008!

flavio and pat

thankyou for the responses.i beleive piquets head will be on the choppig block whilst the other two protagonists move on, its time this sport was thouroughly investigated by a seperate body and cleaned up with this latest scandal it makes every race finish questionable,gone are those glory days when drivers raced for the thrill and passion and money was a side issue,todays top drivers are all finacially sound and business men in their own right the drving being a means to an end rather than a vocation.for myself i think the sport is in its death throes, who wants to watch something which is already decided before it starts.

I don’t think Renault are to blame…

…surely the thing to do is to disqualify McLaren from the constructors’ championship…..and give them a multi-million pound fine!

That’s the only way honesty can be brought back into Formula One! :diablo:

F1 is just so mucked up these days ! Not worth bothering with corrupt rubbish.

Well, I dunno if Piqy crashed on purpose or not……all I know for sure is that it is impossible for an activity which involves so much money not to be corrupt at some or all levels.

This realy damages his chance of drive for another team. Nobody wants some one who is going to tell tails…. but his driving had already put paid to another drive any way.

The team is getting what it deserves. Ferrari are a team that realy needs investigation aswell. Not that it will ever happen. Looks like they might have their ex team boss running the FIA soon so that is only going to get worse.