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Post by admin on Sept 17, 2007 10:26:38 GMT
They have to submit their car and design to the FIA or WMSC in order to show that nothing is remotely similar to the prancing horse.... minor humiliation maybe. Which probably means a load of Ferrari mechanics, disguised as FIA officials (although basically FIA and Ferrari are one and the same thing). Hell, Jean Toad might even take a look, just to reassure the son of a fascist that everything's okay for the prancing horse. |
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Post by schumi on Sept 17, 2007 11:48:18 GMT
Jean Todt has spoken for the first time since Thursday's Stepneygate ruling, saying Ferrari are "unhappy" with the "soft penalty."  |
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Post by Genghis on Sept 17, 2007 12:00:45 GMT
Jean Todt has spoken for the first time since Thursday's Stepneygate ruling, saying Ferrari are "unhappy" with the "soft penalty." What a tosspot. Had it been Ferrari, they'd have got off scott free. |
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Post by admin on Sept 17, 2007 13:13:53 GMT
Jean Todt has spoken for the first time since Thursday's Stepneygate ruling, saying Ferrari are "unhappy" with the "soft penalty." Oh dear, now that Jean Toad has spoken, the son of a fascist will have to call McLaren back into court and see if he can get it right at the third time of asking. Ron Dennis to be publicly hung, drawn and quartered, with his head displayed at Traitor's Gate before the end of the year. |
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Post by schumi on Sept 18, 2007 9:50:08 GMT
The FIA has announced that they will publish the transcripts from the Stepneygate hearing on Wednesday. In the interest of transparency, the FIA has taken steps to make the transcripts from last Thursday's hearing available to the public. However, before that happens, motorsport's governing body has given both McLaren and Ferrari the opportunity to remove any confidential information they don't wish to make public. 'Complete transcripts of the July 26th and September 13th hearings have been sent to both McLaren and Ferrari this afternoon. The teams now have the opportunity to redact any confidential technical or financial information prior to publication. 'The transcripts will be published on the FIA web site at 1200 hrs on Wednesday, September 19th,' the FIA statement read. From: www.planetf1.comAnd here's the FIA's website, for those who want to look in at 12 tomorrow: www.fia.com/thefia/index_1024.html |
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Post by Genghis on Sept 18, 2007 17:35:30 GMT
Bloody hell, now McLaren are accusing Renault of stealing their secrets.  The FIA (Ferrari International Assistance) have set a very dangerous precdent. |
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Post by schumi on Sept 18, 2007 17:39:11 GMT
Bloody hell, now McLaren are accusing Renault of stealing their secrets. The FIA (Ferrari International Assistance) have set a very dangerous precdent. That's been going on for about a week now. Apparently one member of staff took some floppy discs with them. FIA are waiting for McLaren to give them the information, but the fact it's taken so long suggests the discs were probably the latest editions of Pacman rather than trade secrets. |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 18, 2007 20:36:51 GMT
[Apparently one member of staff took some floppy discs with them. Who on earth still uses floppy disks these days?  Most computers don't even have them these days, let alone the fact that you can hardly get any information on the disks themselves. |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 18, 2007 21:26:53 GMT
I remember reading somewhere over the weekend that the McLaren / Renault situation was put to Briatore. His aggressively defensive response was that he would sue anyone who suggested anything untoward. Briatore also then suggested that maybe people could look at Red Bull and similarities to Renault in their cooling systems. All accusations...... |
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Post by schumi on Sept 19, 2007 11:13:56 GMT
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Post by schumi on Sept 19, 2007 17:07:24 GMT
Okay, having spent half the afternoon reading this thing I have reached the following conclusions:
1..Max Mosely was putting words into people's mouths. He has made a few implications when he should have remained impartial and sounds to me like he'd already made his mind up McLaren were guilty from the start and wouldn't be swayed. He is clearly biased towards Ferrari, letting Jean Todt speak but constantly interrupting McLaren's lawyers and Ron Dennis himself.
2..Ron Dennis and McLaren are innocent of any wrong doing. BUT I'm not going to say anything against Ferrari. They had details of their whole car stolen, and that's wrong however much anyone dislikes certain Ferrari employees.
3..Nigel Stepney, Fernando Alonso, Pedro de la Rosa and Mike Coughlan should all be sacked and blacklisted so their services can never be employed again.
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Post by admin on Sept 19, 2007 17:26:16 GMT
That's a surprisingly fair summation.
However, with Massa rumoured to be in talks with Toyota, don't be too surprised if Jean Toad gives a Spaniard No 1 status at Ferrari.
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Post by schumi on Sept 19, 2007 17:33:12 GMT
I'd be more surprised to see Massa leave Ferrari - his manager is Nicholas Todt.
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Post by schumi on Sept 20, 2007 19:04:06 GMT
McLaren have until tomorrow afternoon (Friday) to appeal their fine and exclusion from the constructor's championship.
Meanwhile, Alonso declined McLaren's request to be at the hearing in Paris due to "prior arrangements" which turned out to be a press conference that had been organised by the FIA. Not too sure what to make of that, especially as they asked of his whereabouts at the WMSC meeting. Surely they'd have known where he was?
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Post by schumi on Sept 30, 2007 8:59:23 GMT
Well they didn't appeal, but the latest snippet from today is Lewis' little mind-game - no doubt trying to completely humiliate the World Champion, and doing a pretty good job: Lewis Hamilton has told his McLaren bosses that he doesn't want Fernando Alonso at McLaren next season. Speaking to British press on Sunday, the Championship leader said he doesn't see how himself and Alonso could remain team-mates next season.
"No I don't," he said. "I mean, if the team want to keep him they keep him, but I'm here to stay as long as they want me.
"Any dreams that I have had about what I would like to be doing 10 years in the future have slightly changed..."
When asked to clarify his comments, Hamilton said" "This season has helped reconfirm in my mind where I want to be, where I want to live out my career, and that is here.
"I'm really happy and comfortable here. So long as they want me, there's no reason to move anywhere else. It's up to the team.
"They've got to be smart and think about it: I know they've got politics and sponsors and all that sort of stuff, but they've got to do what's right and I'm sure they will.
"I don't know who else would slip in here, but I'd much rather it were Fernando in a Ferrari and me in a McLaren." From www.planetf1.com |
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