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Originally Posted by janneppi
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Originally Posted by janneppi
Where as the Stewards of the meeting could not prove that their petrol was outside the permitted limit.Quote:
Originally Posted by ArrowsFA1
http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/63569
Thanks I think that cleared it up, you are then agreeing with me that FIA should investigate the appeal on it's own merit without without influence from what McLaren themselves did or didn't do?Quote:
Originally Posted by ioan
Really I can't understand:
"The Woking-based team wasted little time in notifying the FIA of their intention to appeal"
"supporting our drivers' best interest." - seems weird after what Lewis said yesterday.
"McLaren's motivation in planning an appeal" - I think that behind the scenes Macca and FIA will reach an agreement - McLaren won't appeal, FIA won't further punish them in December.
Let's be honest here: if it was ant who interfered with either Hamiltons or Massa's qualifying lap, he would have been severely penalised. But because it was Hamilton who interfered with another driver's qualifying lap, the stewards turned a blind eye to the incident.
I suspect the stewards simply didn't have the balls to give Hamilton a 5 place or 10 place grid penalty.
What do you think?
Yeah but when they were faced with the teams they realized that things were not as easy as they thought.Quote:
Originally Posted by ArrowsFA1
Always read the latest news, not only the ones that suit your POV:
http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/63569Quote:
BMW Sauber and Williams were not punished for the fuel temperature discrepancy at the Brazilian Grand Prix because the FIA stewards could not prove that their petrol was outside the permitted limit.
A statement issued by the stewards at Interlagos on Sunday night said that they could not say for certain that the fuel in the cars was below the 10-degree maximum limit allowed in the regulations.
The stewards said that there was a discrepancy between the Formula One Management temperature of 37 degrees and that provided by the FIA and team-contracted meteorologists Meteo France, which was a few degrees cooler.
Furthermore, they made it clear that they did not have certain data in their possession that would have helped prove the teams were in breach of the regulations.
In particular, their statement said they lacked: "a precise reading of the temperature of 'fuel on board the car' which shows fuel at more than 10 degrees centigrade below ambient temperature"; and "a regulation stating in clear terms that for the purposes of Article [6.5.5] the definitive ambient temperature shall be indicated on the FOM timing monitors alone."
The statement added: "In view of the matters referred to above, the stewards consider that not withstanding the presumptions referred to above there must be sufficient doubt as to both the temperature of the fuel actually 'on board the car' and also as to the true ambient temperature as to render it inappropriate to impose a penalty."
Still McLaren believe that they "had no choice" but to appeal! Bunch of hypocrites.
You know that saying that goes something like:
"Give them one finger and they'll take the whole arm!"
I think that the challenge for the crown is more important the the book of the rules. Stewards were right not to punish Lewis in Saturday and not to punish BMW and Williams in Sunday.
I think that he interfered with his direct competitor for the title so he should have had his best 3 qualifying times erased, like it happened in the past with other drivers.Quote:
Originally Posted by Valve Bounce
Yeah!! I guess you are right. They didn't want to give Bernie a heart attack :eek:Quote:
Originally Posted by F1boat
They are the masters of saying one thing while they do the opposite:Quote:
Originally Posted by F1boat
http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/63593Quote:
Whitmarsh has made it clear, however, that McLaren's motivation in planning an appeal is not aimed to attacking Ferrari.
"I want to stress that our quarrel, if you can call it that, is not with Ferrari or with Kimi Raikkonen," he said.
"No, on the contrary, Kimi won the race fair and square and Ferrari did a good job to finish first and second.
"Our argument is with the stewards' decision in relation to the cars of Rosberg, Kubica and Heidfeld. Hence our decision to lodge our intention to appeal."
So they have nothing against Kimi or Ferrari but they want Kimi's WDC title however.