Comments on: Flavio awarded 15,000 Euro and F1 ban lifted http://badgergp.com/2010/01/flavio-is-back/ Formula 1 isn't boring... Tue, 07 Feb 2012 03:36:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: oscar http://badgergp.com/2010/01/flavio-is-back/#comment-2124 oscar Sat, 16 Jan 2010 23:13:56 +0000 http://www.f1badger.com/?p=12352#comment-2124 Who knows what really happenned but I was surprised at the time that the FIA banned Flatuovio without a hearing where he could present his case, I would have thought an indefinite suspension would have been more appropriate pending a hearing with him. In best FIA, Bernie style that hearing with Flavio could have been held when the wind had blown over and there was some way to make money out of it. I am not sure the french court can enforce a return, anyway we are now seeing an appeal. Anyway I love Formula 1 and I love all of it, it is a sport, business, politics, reality show and now law practise all rolled into one. Who knows what really happenned but I was surprised at the time that the FIA banned Flatuovio without a hearing where he could present his case, I would have thought an indefinite suspension would have been more appropriate pending a hearing with him. In best FIA, Bernie style that hearing with Flavio could have been held when the wind had blown over and there was some way to make money out of it. I am not sure the french court can enforce a return, anyway we are now seeing an appeal.

Anyway I love Formula 1 and I love all of it, it is a sport, business, politics, reality show and now law practise all rolled into one.

]]> By: Jon B http://badgergp.com/2010/01/flavio-is-back/#comment-2123 Jon B Sun, 10 Jan 2010 20:42:12 +0000 http://www.f1badger.com/?p=12352#comment-2123 In this case the biggest loser is Piquet Jr. He wasn´t banned by the FIA but all the FIA teams clossed their doors to him and he has to run away and hide on NASCAR. Meanwhile Briatore is free to return and even in the italian press there are rumours about he replacing Eccleston at the time of his retirement. By the way are agree with the Badger article about Piquet Jr: he had a brilliant career before F1 and he was a pontelially good F1 driver totally wasted, mistreated and destroyed by Briatore. On the italian and spanish press (which are totally in Briatore´s side) people is claming that there aren´t real evidences of Briatore´s guilt. And the FIA condemed Briatore only on the basic of the statements from Piquet Jr, Symonds and Mister X saying there was this "suggestion" from Briatore to force a provoke the accident in purpose a two hours before the race. So if Briatore isn´t guilty neither is Piquet Jr? He isn´t a cheater or a potential homicide as all the press around the world is saying. There are no evidences that he really did what Briatore suggest him ... maybe he just has another real accident more. The telemetry of Singapour accident is the same of other of his several accidents. In this case the biggest loser is Piquet Jr. He wasn´t banned by the FIA but all the FIA teams clossed their doors to him and he has to run away and hide on NASCAR. Meanwhile Briatore is free to return and even in the italian press there are rumours about he replacing Eccleston at the time of his retirement.

By the way are agree with the Badger article about Piquet Jr: he had a brilliant career before F1 and he was a pontelially good F1 driver totally wasted, mistreated and destroyed by Briatore.

On the italian and spanish press (which are totally in Briatore´s side) people is claming that there aren´t real evidences of Briatore´s guilt. And the FIA condemed Briatore only on the basic of the statements from Piquet Jr, Symonds and Mister X saying there was this "suggestion" from Briatore to force a provoke the accident in purpose a two hours before the race. So if Briatore isn´t guilty neither is Piquet Jr? He isn´t a cheater or a potential homicide as all the press around the world is saying. There are no evidences that he really did what Briatore suggest him ... maybe he just has another real accident more. The telemetry of Singapour accident is the same of other of his several accidents.

]]> By: Chris T http://badgergp.com/2010/01/flavio-is-back/#comment-2122 Chris T Tue, 05 Jan 2010 21:40:33 +0000 http://www.f1badger.com/?p=12352#comment-2122 The question is, if the FIA can't bring the bans back in, will any team employ them ever again? I would like to think not! The question is, if the FIA can't bring the bans back in, will any team employ them ever again? I would like to think not!

]]> By: Dave H http://badgergp.com/2010/01/flavio-is-back/#comment-2121 Dave H Tue, 05 Jan 2010 17:50:37 +0000 http://www.f1badger.com/?p=12352#comment-2121 Even though i hate all the off-track politics, it does make me giggle sometimes. Every time a decision is made someone has to appeal it! What are the FIA afraid of with Flavio? There's got something he knows that makes them go weak at the knees. I'm surprised Pat's ban was also lifted though, a 5 year ban i felt was almost justifiable, and the same penalty should've been awarded to Flavio (and Piquet) at the time rather than the ridiculous lifetime ban. Even though i hate all the off-track politics, it does make me giggle sometimes. Every time a decision is made someone has to appeal it!

What are the FIA afraid of with Flavio? There's got something he knows that makes them go weak at the knees. I'm surprised Pat's ban was also lifted though, a 5 year ban i felt was almost justifiable, and the same penalty should've been awarded to Flavio (and Piquet) at the time rather than the ridiculous lifetime ban.

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