FIA vs. The Sunday Times

Tslick · 12-10-2007

The World Motor Sports Council has authorized FIA to issue libel proceedings against the UK newspaper The Sunday Times, which ran an article claiming that FIA was engaged in a witch-hunt against the McLaren-Mercedes team.

Will FIA pursue this course and open their books?

http://www.fia.com/mediacentre/Press...071207-14.html

DansSlk · 12-10-2007

The article was written by Martin Brundle who I'm sure F1 fans remember so he is clearly qualified to comment on the matter, if the FIA are dumb enough to pursue this then Mad Max really will be living up to his name.

The general consensus at Merc is that so long as we use round wheels then they are going to say we are cheating, this will either end in McLaren pulling out effectively killing the company or Merc getting involved proper and then i imagine the FIA will be ass kissing real fast because for a company such as Merc that spends over £1 million a day on R&D alone good lawyers arrive by the bucket load.

mcat · 12-11-2007

The behaviour of FIA and Max Mosley in particular is ruining F1 in the eyes of the fans. I urge everyone at SLKWorld to sign the petition

http://www.gopetition.com/petitions/...nt-of-fia.html

PaKKo · 12-11-2007

Disagreements between Mosley and Dennis are common since a long time in F1, so I didnt surprise when Mclaren team was penalised last season. I think its a particular problem between this two guys.

So I have to remember you the treat that F.Alonso has suffered in all this years, the incident in Hungria G.P. this year (...) as example.

PaKKo · 12-13-2007

http://www.speedtv.com/articles/auto/formulaone/42078/

“McLaren wish to make a public apology to the FIA, Ferrari, the Formula 1 community and to Formula 1 fans throughout the world and offer their assurance that changes are now being made which will ensure that nothing comparable to what has taken place will ever happen again,” the statement concluded. “McLaren have also agreed to pay the costs incurred by the FIA for their investigation."

I think this public statement will help Mclaren team to start 2008 season as clean as possible.

Tslick · 12-13-2007

Interesting politics, here's FIA's response http://www.fia.com/mediacentre/Press...131207-01.html

.... It looks like the London Times will not get a chance to open FIA's books.

View Poll Results: Will FIA pursue liable proceedings?
Yes - FIA has nothing to hide	0	0%
No - FIA wants to keep their books closed	7	100.00%
Voters: 7. You may not vote on this poll

12-10-2007	#1 (permalink)
Tslick Elite SLK World Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Long Beach, Ca Vehicle: SLK32 AMG Posts: 1,326 Country: Thanks: 74 Thanked 56 Times in 29 Posts	FIA vs. The Sunday Times The World Motor Sports Council has authorized FIA to issue libel proceedings against the UK newspaper The Sunday Times, which ran an article claiming that FIA was engaged in a witch-hunt against the McLaren-Mercedes team. Will FIA pursue this course and open their books? http://www.fia.com/mediacentre/Press...071207-14.html

12-10-2007	#2 (permalink)
DansSlk Due For Service Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Wales Vehicle: 05 B55S (Brabus 6.1 S) Posts: 6,748 Country: Thanks: 95 Thanked 221 Times in 173 Posts	The article was written by Martin Brundle who I'm sure F1 fans remember so he is clearly qualified to comment on the matter, if the FIA are dumb enough to pursue this then Mad Max really will be living up to his name. The general consensus at Merc is that so long as we use round wheels then they are going to say we are cheating, this will either end in McLaren pulling out effectively killing the company or Merc getting involved proper and then i imagine the FIA will be ass kissing real fast because for a company such as Merc that spends over £1 million a day on R&D alone good lawyers arrive by the bucket load. __________________ One thing you will learn with German cars - If it's simple it ain't happening.

Similar Threads
Thread	Thread Starter	Forum	Replies	Last Post
1/4 mile times	midget fidger	SLK R171 General Discussion	16	07-13-2008 10:42 AM
FIA WRC Rally Acropolis 2008	ir-ops	Off Topic	0	05-19-2008 06:56 AM
Used review in The Times	Finalcut	SLK R171 General Discussion	1	02-03-2008 11:25 AM
NY Times article	bclark	AMGs	4	06-22-2007 06:53 PM
All times are GMT -5.	easty	Help and Support	3	08-21-2006 05:47 PM

12-11-2007	#3 (permalink)
mcat Founding Member #3 Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Switzerland & UK Vehicle: 2006 SLK350 MT LHD & 2009 SLK350 7G RHD Posts: 274 Country: Thanks: 1 Thanked 4 Times in 4 Posts	The behaviour of FIA and Max Mosley in particular is ruining F1 in the eyes of the fans. I urge everyone at SLKWorld to sign the petition http://www.gopetition.com/petitions/...nt-of-fia.html

12-11-2007	#4 (permalink)
PaKKo Senior SLK World Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Vehicle: R171 Posts: 173 Country: Thanks: 0 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts	Disagreements between Mosley and Dennis are common since a long time in F1, so I didnt surprise when Mclaren team was penalised last season. I think its a particular problem between this two guys. So I have to remember you the treat that F.Alonso has suffered in all this years, the incident in Hungria G.P. this year (...) as example.

12-13-2007	#5 (permalink)
PaKKo Senior SLK World Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Vehicle: R171 Posts: 173 Country: Thanks: 0 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts	http://www.speedtv.com/articles/auto/formulaone/42078/ “McLaren wish to make a public apology to the FIA, Ferrari, the Formula 1 community and to Formula 1 fans throughout the world and offer their assurance that changes are now being made which will ensure that nothing comparable to what has taken place will ever happen again,” the statement concluded. “McLaren have also agreed to pay the costs incurred by the FIA for their investigation." I think this public statement will help Mclaren team to start 2008 season as clean as possible.

12-13-2007	#6 (permalink)
Tslick Elite SLK World Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Long Beach, Ca Vehicle: SLK32 AMG Posts: 1,326 Country: Thanks: 74 Thanked 56 Times in 29 Posts	Interesting politics, here's FIA's response http://www.fia.com/mediacentre/Press...131207-01.html .... It looks like the London Times will not get a chance to open FIA's books.

Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 1 (0 members and 1 guests)