Wednesday, June 26, 2002

As I predicted this morning FIA fined Ferrari 1 million dollars for the podium scene in Austria. Noticed three things: no fine was given for the result of the race, FIA say they didn't like it but can do nothing about it; no fine was given to the drivers since they were just "obeying orders" (didn't that defense fail at Nuremberg?); the fine is half a million dollars and another half if they misbehave again, I expect both of Ferrari's drivers to follow protocol pretty closely from now on... 12:06:58 PM  What do you think? ( Thoughts) Who linked? []

The FIA meets today to see how it will punish Ferrari for the Austrian fiasco. Despite what you may read elsewhere, team orders are not illegal in F1, so I bet they will just received a fine for the podium violation of protocol and a pretty please not to do the change of places again, so that F1 doesn't lose too many spectators. 6:35:08 AM  What do you think? ( Thoughts) Who linked? []

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