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Post by QPR Report on Feb 9, 2010 10:33:06 GMT
According to Mosley's successor Briatore still guilty of race-fixing - Todt Date 2010-02-09 By Motorsport.com/GMM Share | Jean Todt is convinced Flavio Briatore was guilty of fixing the 2008 Singapore Grand Prix. Briatore, banned for life from motor racing by the FIA's World Motor Sport Council under the former presidency of Max Mosley, recently won a French legal bid to have the sanction declared illegal and overturned. But now that Frenchman Todt, 63, has succeeded Mosley, the FIA new president insists that Briatore remains guilty. "Proof? The facts were so obvious that someone (Pat Symonds) apologised," Todt told Italy's La Gazzetta dello Sport. "At the World Council, there was only one vote against the penalty," he revealed. The loophole that allowed Briatore to overturn his ban is that senior team personnel do not actually hold FIA licenses, meaning the governing body does not have the ability to revoke them. "We shall return to the issue, especially on the matter of licenses, so that all teams managers have to hold them," Todt confirmed. He added that the Paris court only invalidated the Briatore verdict due to the "procedural" technicalities. Meanwhile, Todt indicated that he is opposed to Mosley's budget caps, believing cost cutting can be better achieved "through the regulations". "For example, there should be an unique aerodynamic package for the entire year," he said. "It will cause grip problems in Monaco? Even better, we will see the skills of the drivers!" www.motorsport.com/news/article.asp?ID=356933&FS=F1
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Post by QPR Report on Feb 9, 2010 10:49:38 GMT
Planet f1 Todt: Briatore is still guilty Tuesday 9th February 2010 Flavio Briatore may have had his ban for race fixing overturned by a French court, but FIA President Jean Todt insists he is still guilty of fixing the 2008 Singapore Grand Prix. The former Renault boss was banned from all forms of motorsport by the FIA for his role in 'Crashgate' in which Nelson Piquet Jr was ordered to deliberately crash in order to aid his team-mate Fernando Alonso's victory charge. Briatore challenged the FIA's ruling in the French courts and had his ban overturned. Despite this, Todt maintains that there is no doubt that Braitore is guilty of race fixing. "Proof? The facts are so obvious that someone [Pat Symonds] has apologised," Todt told La Gazzetta dello Sport. "And at the World Council there was only one vote against the penalty," he added. The grounds on which Briatore was able to overturn his ban involved the fact that team bosses do not hold FIA license and therefore the FIA had no authority to implement the ban. Todt confirms that this loophole will be addressed, with the FIA looking to ensure team bosses are compelled to hold licenses. "We shall return to the issue, especially on the matter of licenses, so that all teams' managers have to hold them," admitted Todt. www.planet-f1.com/story/0,18954,3213_5927645,00.html
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Post by toboboly on Feb 9, 2010 10:58:18 GMT
One easy way of banning him there and then. Issue licenses to all the team principles/owners etc and leave a certain person out in the cold.
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