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Originally posted by ToyCollector
Trevor,
Max Mosley is the FIA person in charge, not Bernie. I agree with your general sentiments on Bernie, but it was an FIA decision, not a F1 promoter decision. Ultimately, Michelin and the teams are the ones that decided to not race. The FIA gave them multiple choices. Again, Michelin and the teams ruined the race. [/b]
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With all due respect TC - come on. Who do you think pulls Max's strings? Seriously...............
These are the two guys who decided they should leave a meeting with the team owners by climbing out of a ground floor window. To get respect, you have to earn it. Its a double act and MM does exactly what the Boss demands.
A few matters to take into account: at the Nurburgring last month Kimi stayed out driving a car with a tyre that was almost square. The pounding broke the suspension at around 180mph and the FIA sent a letter to all teams stating quite clearly that, in the matter of driver safety, drivers should be pulled out of the race if the tyres or any part of the car threatens to cause a crash. At Indy, Michelin told all their teams that they would not guarantee the tyres after 10 laps. What choice did the teams have? So now the FIA claim they are 'bringing the sport into disrepute'. The FIA will now attack the teams and Michelin to cover their own backs.
9 out of the 10 teams (including 2 Bridgestone teams) agreed to the building of a chicane. Guess which team refused?
I think you should be aware of the behind-the-scenes agreement made between Bernie and Ferrari that led to the team agreeing to pull out of the proposed new GPWC championship. Without telling their fellow competitors, they accepted $100 million to remain with Bernies circus. This was reported in no uncertain terms by Alan Henry of Autocar who has been writing about GPs for over 30 years. To quote:
"Ferraris history has been built firmly on the foundation of self interest ever since the Commendatore set up in business just after WW2. Let me also add that anybody who thinks about picking up the phone to contradict me needn't bother. Their time would be better spent acquainting themselves with the heritage of a sport they clearly do not understand. I am further baffled by how Ferrari can unilaterally sign an agreement which, by definition, is - or should be - an agreement between all the F1 teams."
Basically Ferrari can now veto any decision and do pretty much whatever they want, which is why they carry out as much testing as they like - all the other teams are limited. (Which is why they are banned from using Indy as a test track.) They also signed a 'Concorde Agreement' on their own - all these agreements, until now, have had to be signed by all the teams. (I could go on but its just too boring) So its a sport is it?
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