Briatore on Brawn drivers & credibility *merged*

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Originally Posted by tamburello

Now, call me cynical

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Tamb, you know what?

You're cynical...

;)

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Originally Posted by woody2goody

The mass damper thing was awful. The FIA tried their best to rob the championship from Renault that year. Just like in 03 when Williams and McLAren lost out because of the tyre protests.

I don't think it has anything to do with nationality. I'm British and I was outraged by the mass damper situation. Just like I was outraged with the protests from BMW et al this year.

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Yeah, and I am Bulgarian, so you can't accuse me of bias ;)

I don't think it's a conspiracy just that the FIA got it horribly wrong with the mass damper

Yes. I am always disappointed when teams are punished because they are smart.

Hmm, is it just me, or do other people, when they see Flav, have awful images of a walnut in budgie smugglers?

Uggghh!!

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Originally Posted by I am evil Homer

I don't think it's a conspiracy just that the FIA got it horribly wrong with the mass damper

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So, surely, Flavio has a right to be peeved. His team lost out with a dubious decision, whilst other teams haven't. That's a good a reason to express annoyance as any.

Add to which, the FIA ruling on the Double Diffuser offers nothing in the way of clarifying why the Double Diffuser is legal. It's a prime example of "We are right, because we say so".

Given that, Flavio has a pretty good case for feeling aggreived. Sure, his character and personality might not be to everyones taste, but that shouldn't take away the fact that his argument, from his viewpoint, is sound.

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Originally Posted by tamburello

Add to which, the FIA ruling on the Double Diffuser offers nothing in the way of clarifying why the Double Diffuser is legal. It's a prime example of "We are right, because we say so".

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It did do a reasonable job of explaining why the other teams' appeal was rejected though, which to be fair was the point of it. The hearing was to consider an appeal against the stewards' decision rather than to explain why that decision was made in the first place.

I think you could argue that it shows that the diffuser is legal because none of the other teams could come up with a rule that showed it to be illegal.

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Originally Posted by TheFamousEccles

Hmm, is it just me, or do other people, when they see Flav, have awful images of a walnut in budgie smugglers?

Uggghh!!

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I had to look up "budgie smugglers," and now I wish I hadn't because there are some things that once imagined, cannot be unimagined :uhoh:

Flavio's got a fair point about FIA inconsistency, the Renault's trick dampers were an excellent example of a team pushing the rules and finding a loophole. But that makes it all the more hypocritical that he's now criticising the diffuser users for doing the exact same thing.