There's a saying that a little bit of knowledge is a dangerous thing to have. Whatever his faults, Strieff does have some experience in this area, which is fair enough - but between Schumacher and Bianchi, he's suddenly found himself in the thick of it, and he hasn't used his powers for good.
"In addition, when we look at the composition of the panel, we realise that fully HALF the members have a clear and unambiguous conflict of interest in any investigation. The current positions, and indeed future careers in motorsport, of those panel members who are not dear personal friends of the FIA president depend intimately on remaining in his good graces. Mind you, I am not impugning the integrity of anyone. That’s what’s so insidious with conflicts of interest. They only have to exist to have their negative effects"
Well Technically he is right about what he said on the after events of the incident regarding the helicopter and he did have evidence.
Except that you're taking things out of context. Streiff didn't say that half of the panel was made up of FIA members. He said that the panel was put together by Todt and Salliant for the purpose of exonerating the FIA of any wrongdoing. It's an accusation that they engaged in a criminal conspiracy to cover up their negligence, which is not the same thing as having members who are paid by the FIA.
Fact is there is a conflict of interest with the Panel straight from the get go so FIA's case is going to be basically Nil.
But then the race it self would have to be red Flagged if it's not possible to use the Helicopter, the Typhoon was known to all well before the race started.
What I meant was Helicopter/Ambulance but total time cannot exceed 20 mins.
So ... what, exactly?
Technically stop the race before it's not possible to comply with regulations.
So somebody was supposed to anticipate that variable weather conditions had the potential to prevent an obscure rule from being fulfilled at any given time during the race? If that were the case, then no race could ever be run.
do you?
But you're expecting that somehow, someone could could anticipate that the travel time by road to the hospital would exceed twenty minutes. And you're expecting them to be able to predict something so subjective with accuracy and reliability. Which is completely ridiculous, given that it is subject to so many variables beyond the control of the race organisers. What if, hypothetically, an ambulance was needed, but on the journey to the hospital there was an accident on the road ahead, or flash flooding, or a fallen tree, or any one of a hundred issues that could prevent the ambulance from arriving at a hospital in twenty minutes?
Im not intent on anything all I have done and Quote me otherwise, is show where they haven't followed their own rules.
Rules that were impractical to follow. Rules that, if followed, would have made the situation worse.
And they did know that time. But the conditions worsened before Bianchi could be transported to hospital. Things visibly deteriorated when Sutil went off, and Bianchi followed him moments later. It took time to stabilise him and get him out of the car. By your own logic, that is force majeure - the travel time to the hospital extended to twenty-five minutes while Bianchi was being attended to. So why are you arguing that the stewards didn't follow their own rules?
I didn't say you were that person. I said that you sound like that person.
Well it was already known before hand that it was 25 minutes to the hospital in Normal conditions.
But it wasn't known that the helicopter could not land at the hospital. The original plan was to airlift Bianchi, but they discovered that the conditions at the hospital had deteriorated to the point where landing was impossible. Think back to the actual race - a storm cell moved in, triggering Sutil's spin and Bianchi's accident. It was that same storm cell that hit the hospital. Conditions deteriorated in the time between Sutil going off and Bianchi being extracted from the car. Why don't you understand this? And what would you propose as an alternative - demolishing the circuit and building it closer to the hospital?
Under the regulations there should be a red flag instantly if the conditions can not allow, I get what your saying but the fact was the weather was known and to be fair they did recommend the race started earlier to avoid the scenario in the first place but was denied by the race promoter.
Do you?
where does it say this though, I have not seen anything claim that the time getting him out of the car didn't allow the helicopter to be landed at the Hospital.
The ambulance was a back-up plan. They had always intended to use a helicopter, but they wanted alternatives. When it had been considered in the morning, the travel time was within the acceptable window.
Im not blaming any doctors here or even fact anyone, I am using the FIA regulations as a source and then added what they said to show that it conflicts with it.
You're cherry-picking your facts to suit the argument. Allow me to punch a gaping hole in your case to show you what I mean:
Firstly, they did not know that the weather was coming. They knew that it could come, as typhoons - just like hurricanes and tropical cyclones; they are all the same thing - can and do change direction without warning. Given that the circuit only caught the outer rim of the typhoon, there was never any guarantee that it would hit (if there was, the race never would have taken place, since the winds can be faster than the cars).
So if you're not cherry-picking your facts, what are you doing?
