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I can only say that the day that Williams is worried by Super Aguri simply shows how far Williams has degenerated sa a force in F1. That's equivalent to Jean Todt and Ron Dennis protesting against Paul Stoddart three years ago; not that they would have contemplated such a stupid move. Now Williams is squabbling over the scraps that the other dogs have left behind. How sad!!
Well said VB. I was ecstatic when MW got the drive at Williams but its becoming apparent that Williams he joined, and has now left, is not the Williams of old.
Just another day in F1...
It's very unfair to blame Williams or Spyker. The intent of the rules, until the end of this year, don't allow for "customer" cars. Of course all of this will change next year.
However you can't use that as an excuse. It's unfortunate that other teams have gotten away with it in the past (Ferrari and Sauber set the most recent precedent, however from what I understand they didn't start it as they were preceded in the 90's by other teams) and the FIA didn’t do the right thing.
Blame the FIA is you want to blame anyone, but don’t blame Frank or anyone else protesting this violation today.
As I've advocated for a long time it's time for a regime change in the FIA (it extends well beyond F1, "Michelin and WRC" anyone?). Max needs the boot or he'll be responsible for alot more bullsh!t in FIA regulated motor sports.
Five Live were suggesting earlier on that Spyker were going to protest against Red Bull as well, since neither Red Bull Racing nor Toro Rosso own the IP rights to the chassis in question, that being held by a third, related company [as the intended workaround to let both run the same chassis]...
Bernie encourages the protest?
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F1: Ecclestone Backs Customer Car Protest
Bernie Ecclestone has encouraged Spyker to carry out its planned protests against the eligibility of the Super Aguri, Toro Rosso and Red Bull Racing cars, we can reveal.. The protests are expected to be filed after qualifying in Australia.
I don’t think we can head it off,” he told SPEEDtv.com. “A team has to do what’s in its interest. We can’t say you can’t do this and you can’t do that. If there is going to be a protest it’s better they do it and get it out of the way.”
http://www.speedtv.com/articles/auto/formulaone/36051/
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Usual media spin. There's no direct quotes from BE on either putting him definitively on any side of the customer car debate.Quote:
Originally Posted by PSfan
Wow, for once I have to agree with Bernie! A team like Spyker spends tons of money trying to get a car designed, built, and ready to run in OZ while Super Aguri gets a couple of hand-me-down Hondas and blows them out of the water. If I was running Spyker, I would stop all unnecessary expense immediately and just keep the cars as they are and spend this year running around the back of the grid. Next year, they could use the money they saved to buy a pair of McLarens, Ferraris, BMWs, etc. and move to the front end of the grid.Quote:
Originally Posted by PSfan
Williams used to win championships; one year a Williams qualified on the front row for every race. Now Frank is squabbling over scraps that the dogs won't even touch. This is really really sad :(
I think that only Spyker is protesting now. It'll be preposteous for Williams to protest, as I heard from the Bulgarian commentator that they gave their gearbox to Toyota (HUGE mistake by Toyota) - they use similar tactics.
Well from what I have read there might have been a plan to wait until tomorrow to lodge a protest or until the next GP because Frank isn't in Australia, but looks like Spyker have protested somebody, question is who:
Or is it this one:Quote:
A protest is in
The word in the Melbourne paddock is that Spyker has filed an official protest against Red Bull regarding the question of chassis design in 2007.
http://www.grandprix.com/ns/ns18896.html
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Spyker protest Super Aguri car
Spyker have reportedly lodged a protest against Super Aguri's 2007 car, claiming that it is a customer car.
According to Autosport, even though it was earlier thought that both Spyker and Williams would delay their protest against Super Aguri, Toro Rosso and Red Bull, Spyker has now gone ahead with protesting only Super Aguri's car.
http://www.planet-f1.com/story/0,189...992376,00.html