Comments on: Max Mosley gets his pound of flesh

By: doctorvee

doctorvee — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 21:52:50 +0000

Righto. So why didn’t Max Mosley pursue Renault so obsessively? They were not given anything like the months-long fine-tooth-comb treatment that McLaren were subjected to and escaped without even a slap on the wrists.

By: Mike Perez

Mike Perez — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 21:49:51 +0000

Please read the December 2007 report which led to the McLaren confession (published on the FIA website and elsewhere on the web). It details internal McLaren emails that show two senior McLaren engineers conferred about “our mole” in Ferrari and that instructions were given by senior McLaren management not to fit a Ferrari device “until the FIA agro is finished”. In the end, McLaren were bang to rights and to try to pretend otherwise is ludicrous. Even McLaren gave up when confronted with that evidence. OK so you hate Max, but you must get real and admit he was right all along.

By: doctorvee

doctorvee — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 15:00:45 +0000

Hmm! Funny that, because I seem to remember Michael Schumacher got a cop-out non-punishment from the FIA for crashing into Villeneuve. If McLaren were caught cheating in the same way as Schumacher, then it’s a clear case of the FIA’s double standards.

By: Jerrold

Jerrold — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 08:14:03 +0000

Mclaren was caught cheating REDHANDEDLY. It’s like Schumacher was caught crashing into Villenuvue. Time to stop spinning it out onto Mosley’s or Bernie’s secret agenda or whatever conspiracy, dude.

By: Manuel D'Costa

Manuel D'Costa — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 15:41:05 +0000

F1’s governing body sorely needs a blood transfusion. Its President is rotten to the core and this rot has permiated to other parts of the body. The powerless fans are crying out for the sport to be managed in a fair and equitable manner, thus the teams need to clean their governing body or the sport will go to the dogs. Dementia Mosley embarked on a witch hunt against Ron Dennis and tried his darndest to destroy McLaren, soley because they are better than Ferrari. Ferrari only won both championships this year off the track, but would have never managed this without their man Mad Max Mosley. F1 does not mean a damm to Max, but its dosh does and by golly how.

By: futwick

futwick — Sun, 16 Dec 2007 20:18:52 +0000

Completely agree. Well said.

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By: Santiago

Santiago — Sat, 15 Dec 2007 12:44:26 +0000

I do agree. This is pathetic. Why to close the case?. And how a rules book can have an article, that you can wrench and no penalty ( even if it is only a fine) is applied. This is a big circus conducted by multibillioners to increase their own fortunes, and the rule, the real one, is Ferrari will win and from time to time our friends will also do. Please be patient and wait for your turn.

By: Pink Peril

Pink Peril — Sat, 15 Dec 2007 05:11:15 +0000

You summed it up perfectly with that one word: pathetic.

I hope Ferrari enjoy their phyrric victory of 2007 in the constructors & drivers championships, and that McLaren rise above this annus horibilis to beat them on track next year – which is where it really counts.

By: matthew

matthew — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 14:44:41 +0000

Can the teams rally together and put forward a legal ‘no confidence’ proposal the the FIA and the governing members? Especially given their unbalanced non-punishment of Renault compared to McLaren.

Seems unlikely but the FIA have really stepped over their bounds this year and very almost ruined the F1 season.

I still say, “let the teams do whatever espionage they want – and counter it however they can”