Thanks TM for the amount in £'s.
Whats £49.2M to Mclaren though?
Santander are though.Still a lot of money to any company, they aren't a bank or anything....
But they'll not have to pay the full penalty though. They can subtract the prize money for the amount of points they would have got.Furthermore, the team will pay a fine equal to $100m, less the FOM income lost as a result of the points deduction.
Ferrari says it is 'satisfied' that the full story behind the spying controversy emerged in today's World Motor Sport Council hearing in Paris.
The FIA stripped McLaren-Mercedes of all its 2007 constructors' championship points, fined the team $100 million, and demanded that its 2008 design is presented for inspection before the start of next season.
"Ferrari acknowledges the decision of the FIA to sanction Vodafone McLaren Mercedes for its breach of Article 151c of the International Sporting Code," said a team statement.
"In light of new evidence, facts and behaviour of an extremely serious nature and grossly prejudicial to the interest of the sport have been further demonstrated.
"Ferrari is satisfied that the truth has now emerged."
The FIA has said that it will release more details of the evidence at the centre of the case tomorrow.
McLaren is due to respond to the outcome of the hearing in a press conference this evening.
However, due to the exceptional circumstances in which the FIA gave the teams drivers an immunity in return for providing evidence, there is no penalty in regard to drivers points."
Wait.... I thought ONLY Alonso and De la Rosa provided their emails to the FIA? Shouldn't Hamilton be punished for that?
Well, it used to have something to do with travel money. In the case of Tyrrell in 1984, the team was excluded after exhausting all appeals, and had to pay for all of their travel expenses for the 1985 season. Only the top 10 points-scoring teams receive travel benefits for the following year. I'm not sure if it has anything to do with that anymore, since the F1 circus dropped down to 10 teams (and back up, of course) about 4-5 years ago.Well, I'm sorry for Ron too, but to be perfectly frank, who cares about the bloody constructor's championship anyway? Really, who cares about it?
I'm shell shocked! Poor Ron Dennis, last year he didn't win any races and now when he won alot of them he's disqualified. He just isn't lucky at all.
Wait.... I thought ONLY Alonso and De la Rosa provided their emails to the FIA? Shouldn't Hamilton be punished for that?
Well, it used to have something to do with travel money. In the case of Tyrrell in 1984, the team was excluded after exhausting all appeals, and had to pay for all of their travel expenses for the 1985 season. Only the top 10 points-scoring teams receive travel benefits for the following year. I'm not sure if it has anything to do with that anymore, since the F1 circus dropped down to 10 teams (and back up, of course) about 4-5 years ago.
the drivers were given immunity if they came forward with evidence
The FIA have screwed F1 too many times,
Remember all the stupid rules and restrictions the put on the sport.
I think a seperate body should be set up to deal with these issues, one which has F1's best interests at heart and is totally dedicated to F1 alone.
remember the dud race in Indy, they could have put a chicane in the last turn.
I'm suprised no-one's mentioned "bringing the sport into disrepute" yet, as McLaren and Ferrari would be just as guilty as each other, regardless of the spying controversy.
True, that.The only victims are the fans.
The FIA have screwed F1, I dont care what Mclaren did, its created a title fight and the FIA have just come and amde this entire constructors season utterly pointless.
To be honest, this kind of sanction is nothing with today's F1, teams like Mclaren, Toyota and Ferrari would pay that bill like "Fair enough, here you go".
Are you saying that Ferrari should've just bitten the bullet and just thought to themselves "better luck next year"?.
The only victims are the fans.
Sure, new evidence came to light, but what if it were another team that made the complaint?
So, integrity of the sport isn't a high priority with you then.
I completely forgot about that - university and all - but it fits right in with my point. I think half the reason why Ferrari challenged the previous decision is because they can't stand the fact that someone might actually be better than them. Kimi Raikkonen was one of McLaren's best drivers and signing him was supposedly a major coup on Ferrari's part, but McLaren retaliated by signing two excellent drivers (think of them what you will). Ferrari's basically saying they're the only ones allowed to win or have a decent car.What about when Toyota stole software from Ferrari and basically nothing was done? I dont like the precedent set today, I think its dangerous for the future of the sport.