When the claws come out: Newey says Schumacher as dangerous as ‘Crashgate’
January 15, 2010 by vmr
Filed under Parc Fermé, People & Events, Top Story
While it has yet to be fully explained, Maurice Hamilton tweeted today that Red Bull designer Adrian “Newey says Schuey deliberately colliding with Hill and Villeneuve much more dangerous than Crashgate.” Hamilton, according to his profile at British newspaper The Guardian, “has been the Observer’s motor racing correspondent since 1990. A published author, he can [...]
FIA to appeal, issue SL’s to drivers
January 11, 2010 by Negative Camber
Filed under Prime & Option, Top Story
The Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile, world motorsport’s governing body, has decided to appeal the decision of the Tribunal de Grande Instance in overturning a lifetime ban from motorsport on Flavio Briatore.
The decision was tempered with the announcement that the FIA would not hamper drivers, currently managed by Briatore, from getting a Super License to compete [...]
Should Briatore sue the Piquets?
January 6, 2010 by vmr
Filed under Prime & Option, Top Story
Wednesday has brought continued drama to the race-fixing scandal that we simply will not allow to die. While the French courts have ruled that the FIA sanctions against Flavio Briatore were illegal and the FIA has suggested that it will appeal that decision to a higher French court, Briatore himself has now suggested that he [...]
Op/Ed: Briatore laughs last?
January 6, 2010 by Negative Camber
Filed under F1B Op-Ed, Negative Camber, People & Events, Top Story
As we reported at F1B today, the first level of French court justice overturned the bans on defamed, former Renault team principle Flavio Briatore and ousted technical director Pat Symonds. The FIA had issued a ban for messrs. Briatore and Symonds for their involvement in the 2008 Singapore crash scandal.
Much has been made of [...]
Update: FIA will likely fight to keep Briatore ban in place
January 5, 2010 by vmr
Filed under People & Events, Top Story
As was mentioned earlier Tuesday here at F1B, the first level of French courts have determined that the FIA has no jurisdiction to ban former Renault team principal Flavio Briatore (and former Renault engineer Pat Symonds) from all FIA-sanctioned events. The FIA has released a statement strongly opposed to such a ruling, suggesting that it [...]
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