Renault get a 2 year suspended ban

[SGWilko]

A slap on the wrist then.....

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/moto...ne/8266090.stm

[SGWilko]

Don'r really get this bit though;

The FIA has also stated that former team principal Flavio Briatore will face a lifetime ban from involvement in any of its series - and for anyone involved with him.

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/78770

So, all his drivers he manages are not allowed in F1.......

Max is a revenge dish best served colder than a dominatix' heart!

[ioan]

So, it's bye bye Flav!
One scumbag less.

[SGWilko]

You'd have to say the quick reaction by the Reggie to kick 'da management' out of F1 saved their bacon....

My opinion is that Pat's loyalty to Flav has cost him dear.

[F1boat]

I feel a bit sorry for Flavio, but I am happy that Renault are not banned. Flavio should have admitted his guilt, however. Grandprix.com states:
"In determining that such instructions should be applicable for an unlimited period, the World Motor Sport Council has had regard not only to the severity of the breach in which Mr. Briatore was complicit but also to his actions in continuing to deny his participation in the breach despite all the evidence."

[ioan]

So, all his drivers he manages are not allowed in F1.......

Yep, that's right:

Furthermore, it does not intend to renew any Superlicence granted to any driver who is associated (through a management contract or otherwise) with Mr. Briatore, or any entity or individual associated with Mr. Briatore. In determining that such instructions should be applicable for an unlimited period, the World Motor Sport Council has had regard not only to the severity of the breach in which Mr. Briatore was complicit but also to his actions in continuing to deny his participation in the breach despite all the evidence.

So they are all free agents now.
IMO Max did them all a favor with his move.

[SGWilko]

Full FIA verdict;

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/78771

[SGWilko]

Yep, that's right:



So they are all free agents now.
IMO Max did them all a favor with his move.

OK, so, legally, are the FIA allowed to terminate valid contracts in such a way? What is to stop Flavio holding drivers to contracts unless they pay to break them?

[ioan]

You'd have to say the quick reaction by the Reggie to kick 'da management' out of F1 saved their bacon....

My opinion is that Pat's loyalty to Flav has cost him dear.

5 years ban in any FIA sanctioned motorsport series, not that many teams would want to get him on board right now after the cheat label has been attached to his forehead.

[ioan]

OK, so, legally, are the FIA allowed to terminate valid contracts in such a way? What is to stop Flavio holding drivers to contracts unless they pay to break them?

The FIA has the right not to renew the superlicenses of the drivers that are associated with Flav because the FIA doesn't want any of it's sanctioned series to be associated with a scumbag.

Because Flav is the reason to all these happening the drivers are entitled to break their contracts with him because otherwise they would lose their right to work which is situated above anything their contracts with Flav might contain.

They can also void the contracts based on not wanting to be associated with a high profile cheater, and I expect them all to do so in order to keep their image clean.

Basically they are all free agents unless Flav gives up on running his own driver management company.