McLaren Trial

[CVT]

i also think the drivers should be punished. much as i like Hamilton, he and Fernanda Alonso were involved - there's just no way they could have known.

for cooperating, they should have served a lesser "sentence". but no punishment altogether is pushing it.

Agree.

I'm rooting for LH (over FA) since he is writing history as we speak...

However, a driver is a champion not because of the driver alone. It's a collective effort by everyone in the team,- represented in the track by the driver and the car. Since the car, which is, say 1/2 of this team, is an anomaly,- then IMO, both LH and FA should be punished. For me, FIA's judgement is showbiz,- political and business, and is not "fair".

And again, as I stated in another thread, all parties were given a certain level of satisfaction.

For Ferrari,- it is the disqualification of McLaren from the world championship this year and the $100M fine; and the FIA's 'recognition' that indeed, McLaren in one way or the other have benefited from the stolen Ferrari documents. I am sure though that this does not stop here as Ferrari is filing legal suits on the McLaren team. The peace agreement between RD and JT earlier in the year is now deemed to be 'treacherous'...

On the other hand, for McLaren, they still have a chance for the driver's championship and they can still race. Participation in the 2008 Constructor's Championship is TBD.

For BE and the F1 Circus,- almost, an "uninterrupted" revenue...

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