I was simply pointing out that if there was such a pro ferrari bias at the fia, they could have held off on the penalty until someone noticed or protested.
I was commenting against those who oppose the 25 sec penalty in favour of a grid penalty for the following race. An infraction that might allow a car to win a race shouldn't result in an a win followed with a grid penalty irregardless of how clear the infraction is (oh and don't believe Hamiltons chicane cutting was any way unclear, whether he gave back the advantage is the murky area here)
How did they make it worse? maybe it was their positive spin on it:
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The court heard the tape of Whiting saying that he believed the move was OK. What does not make sense is that given this attitude Whiting had no reason to write a report to the FIA Stewards, a necessary step in the awarding of penalties.
http://www.grandprix.com/ns/ns20791.html
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As I have stated, I do not believe there was enough time between the incedent and and announcement it was under investigation for Charli to change his mind and "write" a report. After hutting around the web for a few hours, the closest I could find was a blogger that was at the hearing saying the after the call with MAcleran, that Charlie "informed" the stewards about the move.
So what doesn't make sense to grandprix.com, makes sense to me... Mac called Whiting for clarification, Charlie called the Stewards and gave them a heads up, Stwards call for an investigation of the incident where Charlie got a better view of the incident, and changed his opinion of it... a penalty is decided on, and Charlie writes up his report...
The Grandprix.com story makes out like Charlie was two faced, said one thing to MacLeran, hung up the phone and started writing up a report that MacLeran broke the rules... And I don't buy that...
I don't think the FIA would stand for that kind of behavior. This could be very bad for F1 if this is shown to be true. Bernie Ecclestone is probably laughing is head off whereever he is. :-)
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