September 2007 - General Stuff

[Sweder]

Nope, don't make sense to me I'm afraid.

If there's guilt - and the FIA's certain there is - then the team has benefited from information received. That appears to be at the heart of this decision. Don't forget after the initial hearing - when McLaren accepted they'd had the info but claimed to have made no use of it - the FIA slapped their wrists and let it lie.

It was the revelation that the drivers were openly discussing Ferrari tactics and technical details about the cars (via e-mail) - thereby, according to the FIA, making use of that information - that drew the full force of the decision. Clearly the drivers were involved and should be punished along with the team. I agree that it is unlikely to have made a lot of difference to the McLaren vehicle this season, but that doesn't seem to matter in all this.

It's a split decision, split purely for the convenience of the sport. If the drivers were banned/ relieved of points the rest of the season would be a shammery of a mockery. This way there's still a crowd pleasing, money-drawing battle to follow.

I'd still like to know why Ferrari escaped censure when it was one of their employees who started this mucky ball rolling. Although, would I? Actually, no - there's more important issues at hand, namely the Firle 20k tomorrow and a rather wooly looking hedge to finish off.

On the rugger, glad you had chance to watch a decent contest. The public spanking dished out by the Springboks on Friday night was nothing short of a horror show.