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| FIA must announce Briatore ban lift; By Pablo Elizalde Tuesday, January 5th 2 | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: Jan 5 2010, 05:25 PM (318 Views) | |
| John | Jan 5 2010, 05:25 PM Post #1 |
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http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/80744
Free to work in F1... easier said than done... did Falivo resign or was he sacked from Renault... can he return.I think the FIA would be crazy to appeal |
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| Red Andy | Jan 5 2010, 05:30 PM Post #2 |
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I don't see what effect it would have appealing the decision. The original punishment grossly overstepped the FIA's jurisdiction, which was obvious from the start. Obviously the French court are not saying that Briatore is innocent, they are saying that the punishment handed down by the FIA was one that they could not legally have imposed. |
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| Lord Tau | Jan 5 2010, 06:30 PM Post #3 |
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So what exactly is Briatore and Symond's punishments now? |
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| Red Andy | Jan 5 2010, 06:42 PM Post #4 |
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None. The original case has not been overturned but declared "irregular." That is, Briatore and Symonds are both still guilty but the punishments handed out to them no longer apply. The FIA may revisit the case to give them a punishment that has a chance of sticking. |
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| Brave_Lee_Flea | Jan 5 2010, 07:01 PM Post #5 |
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To be fair I don't think Flav contested his innocence in this case, merely that the punishment was illegal according to the FIA's own rules. He does however continue to maintain his innocence so whether he will at some point choose to fight that is another issue. I am puzzled as to why he should have chosen not to defend himself of the charges - unless he believed that the FIA hearing was convened to dispense Max's "justice" and so it would have been pointless. The punishment handed out lends one to at least consider that possibility, it was deliberately spiteful. Innocent until proven guilty? Or has he been proven guilty? Difficult to know where to stand on this tbh given that he chose not to defend himself. |
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| sportsman | Jan 5 2010, 07:37 PM Post #6 |
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Maybe this had something to do with it "I would also have been glad to hear Mr Mosley explain that he expressed to me over the phone on September 19th 2009, that my presence at the hearing of the World Council of 21st September was neither necessary nor desirable, in the context of a difficult session for Renault, while since such hearing may, in any event, not result into any decision against myself." http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/80620 |
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| Brave_Lee_Flea | Jan 5 2010, 07:40 PM Post #7 |
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Wow, that's nuts. Max really is a nasty piece of work. |
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| P1 | Jan 5 2010, 08:58 PM Post #8 |
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Sure Max is something special... How many 67 year olds can keep up with a 4 hours beating from 5 girls? Though many of us probably would be willing to give it a try? |
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Free to work in F1... easier said than done... did Falivo resign or was he sacked from Renault... can he return.






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