Some interesting info being drip fed through Autosport from the tribunal......
Some interesting info being drip fed through Autosport from the tribunal......
Reprimands all round then, and Mercedes to miss the young driver test.
Good sense prevailed?
Personally, I feel that it hasn't. I don't believe Mercedes really got a true advantage from the Pirelli test. It doesn't make sense that they should lose out on three days of testing when they gained so little. Anyway, it is the way it is, but I think the whole thing was blown out of proportion.Quote:
Originally Posted by SGWilko
The one thing that is clear to me from this though is that the teams and FIA need to standardize the communication paths that need to be taken for requests like this. If you want to test with Pirelli, and the standards are kept, then no one can complain. Clearly, Charlie Whiting is not the way to go right now, so where do the teams go? That needs to be clarified after this tribunal.
If they did anything to Mercedes they would have to have dragged Ferrari into it too so it would have gone on and on, and they risked losing face with Pirelli. The loser was the FIA in the end.
Not necessarily - the stage has been set now with a successful first outing of the tribunal process. The next reason for calling the tribunal - whatever that may be for - will be levied with an iron fist.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bruce D
In some ways yes and some ways no. A lesser team would probably have a stiffer sentence: I can't but help think of BAR/Honda's illegal ballast/fuel tank that was cleared by scrutineers but over-riddern by the FIA and ended up banned for 3 races in 2005 cf. McLaren blatantly cheating 2007 and only got fined shows how the FIA are at the mercy of market forces.Quote:
Originally Posted by SGWilko
Nobody has come out good out of any of this and certainly not the FIA. "Lets speaks to Charlie" is far, far too informal and in the past other teams have been in trouble especially with racing incidents when Charlie's opinion is certainly isn't enough.
Either Charlie Whiting's role needs to be beefed as a Sporting Director, a Sporting Director/body or whatever you call it that has the power and authority to look into the regulations when called upon on a ad hoc basis, or perhaps ideally Charlie should be replaced as I have never been keen of some of Charlie's judgements in the past - trying to ban trick exhausts springs to mind.
Mercedes banned from Young Drivers Test - GPUpdate.net
Some punishment. Yes, loss of 3 days of testing, but this affects the unfortunate young drivers more than it does the team.
Not to mention that rain during the young drivers test is rather likely in which case all other teams lose vital track time and Merc retains their ill-gotten advantage. After all they ran with their regular drivers in best weather. The whole thing is a pure travesty and shows FIA's bigotry. If that had been Sauber or Williams, they'd have come down on them like a ton of bricks.Quote:
Originally Posted by CaptainRaiden
Really, why?Quote:
Originally Posted by dj_bytedisaster
Because they couldn't threaten the tribunal with immediate withdrawal in case of an unfavourable verdict as Mercedes has done over the last two weeks.Quote:
Originally Posted by SGWilko