Briatore's ban overturned in French court

Garry i'm not cheering the return of flav at all...i'd rather he never came back after what he did. However, the way the FIA handled the entire episode struck me and others as a kangaroo court. It wasn't a transparent process.

I suspect the FIA may win an appeal actually with the evidence it has claiming that is sufficient to not let Flavio run a team again but no one has seen it. In terms of driver management I think they really cannot stop him.

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Originally Posted by Fiero 5.7

As far as the Renault crash goes, I'm not sure that was cheating.

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Q: can you bet on a driver not to finish a race ?

Bernie would welcome him back (what a shock..)

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"I said at the time that even murderers don't get life sentences these days and the court seems to agree," Ecclestone told the Daily Express newspaper.

"He is welcome to come back to the paddock. He was a great character in F1 but I am not sure if that is what he wants to do now. I think he will move on from that.

"It's good for him but it is not good for the FIA when you read the verdict."

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http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/80751

I would like to see Sleazy Flav come back to F1 and turn up in Singapore for the GP there. I think that he will find Singapore an enduring place to spend some jail time.

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Originally Posted by Valve Bounce

I would like to see Sleazy Flav come back to F1 and turn up in Singapore for the GP there. I think that he will find Singapore an enduring place to spend some jail time.

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Perhaps a public caning for him? I bet Max would love to join in on that! :D

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Originally Posted by Daniel

Perhaps a public caning for him? I bet Max would love to join in on that! :D

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I do remember one case which created a hue and cry worldwide: Michael Fay, American teenager student was caught vandalising some cars and he was caned for his transgression. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_P._Fay

The case disappeared from world news just after the caning when another news item received a helluva lot more publicity: OJ was arrested for the murder of his wife and her friend.

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Originally Posted by Valve Bounce

I do remember one case which created a hue and cry worldwide: Michael Fay, American teenager student was caught vandalising some cars and he was caned for his transgression. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_P._Fay

The case disappeared just after the caning when another news item just after received a helluva lot more publicity: OJ was arrested for the murder of his wife and her friend.

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I remember that well.

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Originally Posted by anthonyvop

Ron Dennis can spin it anyway he wants. The Facts all point to the fact that his organization OBTAINED, POSSESSED & USED STOLEN PROPERTY.

The incident in Singapore pales in Comparison.

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Telling someone to crash in order to influence a race result is a little worse than behaviour carried out by every single race team the world over, and every single automotive firm and supplier the world over.

There's not a single race team, auto firm or auto supplier in the world that doesn't "benchmark". Mclaren's failure was they made the mistake to get caught and get caught with evidence in hand.

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Originally Posted by anthonyvop

Ron Dennis can spin it anyway he wants. The Facts all point to the fact that his organization OBTAINED, POSSESSED & USED STOLEN PROPERTY.

The incident in Singapore pales in Comparison.

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Oh please! Who's lives were put in danger by the alleged use of the pilfered property? Do you really have such little value for human life that you would say something as ridiculous as this?

Gary

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Originally Posted by JSH

Mclaren's failure was they made the mistake to get caught and get caught with evidence in hand.

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Rubbish. McLaren's failure to acknowledge that they were caught is what is the worse they did. They are a bunch of effin' cheaters and liars.