monisha kaltenborn has publicly agreed with most of the other team principles in condemning mercedes for there recent underhand 3 day tire testing operations ,
http://www.gptoday.com/full_story/view/453802/Sauber_Merc_gained_an_advantage/
with alot of the teams now condemning mercedes where does this leave mercedes if the FIA tribunal rules them guilty of such a massive breach of the rules
obviously a fine will not hurt them as the rich and fat having there mid life crises that buy there overpriced road cars will eventually end up paying it so i dont believe the FIA will go down that route ,
the only fair thing would seem to be a deduction of points or a possible ban for mercedes with ross brawn possibly losing his job -
----------- worrying times for mercedes --
sauber --- mercedes gained advantage
posted on 9/6/13
man unt devil
why is it only pirelli"s fault , mercedes could have played fair as red bull did and decline from doing a sneaky test -
the rules are quite clear about in season testing and red bull deliberately broke that rule , the other team principles are united in believing they have gained an unfair advantage for this year and probably next year
--------- hence the punishment has to fit the crime --
posted on 9/6/13
What was the crime? RedBull said they weren't given the opportunity so I'm not sure where you plucked the decline thing from.
The FIA and Pirelli have made an almighty ck up. If the rule was clear there would be no confusion.
Maybe the FIA should just ignore it like they do with redbulls multiple rule infractions
posted on 9/6/13
man unt devil
horner issued a statement that red bull declined to do any test on the grounds of unfair advantage ,the rule was clear hence why only merc did it with a 2013 car -
finding a loophole in the design characteristics of the car and underhand testing are two different things --------------------- hence why merc are in a tribunal situation with the threat of major sanctions hanging over there heads --
posted on 10/6/13
Redbull declined it so they won't get an unfair advantage
That's a good one
posted on 10/6/13
Redbull declined it so they won't get an unfair advantage
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Maybe they have set a limit on how many illegal items that have on their car this year
posted on 10/6/13
man unt devil
as i said red bull and horner had the integrity and honesty to do the right thing --
http://www.crash.net/f1/news/192073/1/red_bull_rejected_pirelli_test_approach.html
posted on 10/6/13
So if they had honesty and integrity, why then did they ar first deny they weren't given an opportunity to test the tyres?
Honesty and integrity at RedBull
posted on 10/6/13
man unt devil
end of the day they turned down the test for fear of braking the rules ---------- merc didnt and now hopefully will pay the price --
posted on 10/6/13
So it was in fear of braking the rules not for honesty and integrity then
posted on 10/6/13
man unt devil
whatever it was red bull had the integrity not to do it --