FIA offical checking McLaren equality*Merged*

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Originally Posted by Buzz Lightyear

FIA offical checking McLaren equality...... is this not at a spanish FAI official, who have been personally invited by Ron Dennis?

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Buzz apparently there was an invitation, as reported earlier today.
It has been conveniently over looked on this forum however! It is the FIA that decided to make an official one. I'm not sure if this Hombre is on official FIA business

Carlos Gracia, also an FIA vice president and member of the World Motor Sport Council, confirmed to the newspaper Diario As that he has accepted the invitation to watch proceedings at Interlagos from the Woking based team's garage.
"Ron Dennis extended me an invitation so that I can see that they have nothing to hide, and I decided to accept," he said.
http://www.dailyf1news.com/dailyf1ne...php?nwsID=3908

What an absurd thing to do. As much as I don't like Ron Dennis, I seriously doubt that he or any other team principal, would order that one of the teams cars be deliberately hobbled.

The mechanics could probably do something sublte to the car that this FIA offical could never find anyway.

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Originally Posted by Ari

So all teams talk about their drivers as US and HIM? I don't think so.

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First of all I wouldn't blame them if it were as you say it was, for Alonso was the one who brough the whole me vs. the team thing into it, so don't now look for a double standard

2nd and more importantly
it was in regard to Hamilton's strategy and what he and his race strategy was about. Afterall it was about Hamilton's car, his pit decisions and his tyres not the team's

So please don't bring anymore of that stuff into this thread as it is obviously another meritless opportunity to scrap.

The conversation here is about whether the FIA should be into monitoring a team for equality not about LH's tyre strategy in Fuji.

so let's get back to the subject

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Originally Posted by Hawkmoon

What an absurd thing to do. As much as I don't like Ron Dennis, I seriously doubt that he or any other team principal, would order that one of the teams cars be deliberately hobbled.

The mechanics could probably do something sublte to the car that this FIA offical could never find anyway.

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Quite right but I beleive this is more of a diplomatic way of them saying that they were asked to be invited. It makes no sense whatsoever to do that.
eitherway it turns out it can only spell trouble for Alonso or Hamilton.

If Hamilton wins then I assumne Alonso will complain and look to his rep for some support and the official won't be beyond saying he saw infractions

If Hamilton wins, he will claim interferance from the officials and that he wa put at a disadvantage since Alonso basically had his guys all over his side of the paddock.

Just a lousy stupid, stupid thing to do

Now if McClaren had quietly invited the FIA to come and that it be kept quite so that there would be no possible proof of impropriety and then the FIA turns around and publicly makes it an official overiste, I would be pissed if I were RD. For even when you try to do the right thing they bring the heat on you.

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As much as I don't like Ron Dennis, I seriously doubt that he or any other team principal, would order that one of the teams cars be deliberately hobbled.

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This man has already lied and cheated throughout the season, his team has been involved in illegal activity and everything that has come out from his mouth has been more or less BS, starting from his internal investigation to equal treatment.

FIA is only safeguarding Alonso who is in a very difficult position inside Mclaren.

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Originally Posted by ICKE

...FIA is only safeguarding Alonso who is in a very difficult position inside Mclaren.

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Safeguarding select drivers is the role of the FIA? :s

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Originally Posted by trumperZ06

;) I bet he's now calling Stevie Wonder !!!

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but can he check tire pressures?

I believe Alonso, Montoya and DC and not Ron Dennis. What FIA did is unpopular, but right.

This way RD can restore his "integrity", as, IF LH beats FA, he can claim it was done without interfering with FA in any way, hence the "legendary" equality.

Of course there is enough time to subtly "tweak" FA's car in the run up to the race on Sunday, and surely, the FIA delegate would require a working knowledge of the McLaren teams engineering / operations in order to detect anything foul?

I was also under the impression that said FIA delegate was there at RD's invitation, and not in an official FIA capacity??

Cheers,

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Originally Posted by F1boat

I believe Alonso, Montoya and DC and not Ron Dennis.

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So what? Most teams favour one driver over another. To single out McLaren for an investigation into driver equality is stupid.