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<blockquote data-quote="Topper" data-source="post: 432039" data-attributes="member: 186250"><p>I have to say there <strong>has </strong>to be more going on here than meets the eye. The punishment does not seem appropriate for the crime from what little we have been so far told about this case. I can remember a very embarrassing for Ferrari many years ago when they were enhancing the fuel with additives but they did not even get a fine let alone constructor points wiped out. There has to be something else happening here not one decision makes any sense.</p><p>If they are guilty of something then they must show the public what they are guilty of because to strip Mclaren of the points and leave the drivers alone suggests that the drivers had little benefit from whatever <strong>it </strong>was. Or are they afraid of the public backlash if they did remove the top two drivers from the championship?</p><p>Unfortunately it is another ridiculous case of intellectual property rights and none of that makes any sense to me. The cars use an internal combustion engine, four wheels, the same tyres the same fuels and are all governed by the same rules and regulations, what kind of information could have been so top secret as to justify a points removal and at <strong>least $100 million fine</strong> some estimates are more like $170 miliion. It just does not add up at all.</p><p>Jackie Stewart before the hearing seemed to think that there was a witch hunt going on, driven by Ferrari. <a href="http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/13092007/23/stewart-crime-t-justify-penalty.html" target="_blank">This</a> is his latest statement</p><p>I also think that for Ferrari to say they are "satisfied with the punishment" suggests they are comfortable with the fact that they will have little or no competition for next season which will probably just about kill off the sport altogether.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Topper, post: 432039, member: 186250"] I have to say there [B]has [/B]to be more going on here than meets the eye. The punishment does not seem appropriate for the crime from what little we have been so far told about this case. I can remember a very embarrassing for Ferrari many years ago when they were enhancing the fuel with additives but they did not even get a fine let alone constructor points wiped out. There has to be something else happening here not one decision makes any sense. If they are guilty of something then they must show the public what they are guilty of because to strip Mclaren of the points and leave the drivers alone suggests that the drivers had little benefit from whatever [B]it [/B]was. Or are they afraid of the public backlash if they did remove the top two drivers from the championship? Unfortunately it is another ridiculous case of intellectual property rights and none of that makes any sense to me. The cars use an internal combustion engine, four wheels, the same tyres the same fuels and are all governed by the same rules and regulations, what kind of information could have been so top secret as to justify a points removal and at [B]least $100 million fine[/B] some estimates are more like $170 miliion. It just does not add up at all. Jackie Stewart before the hearing seemed to think that there was a witch hunt going on, driven by Ferrari. [URL="http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/13092007/23/stewart-crime-t-justify-penalty.html"]This[/URL] is his latest statement I also think that for Ferrari to say they are "satisfied with the punishment" suggests they are comfortable with the fact that they will have little or no competition for next season which will probably just about kill off the sport altogether. [/QUOTE]
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