Comments on: Briatore: “Justice has been done”; F1 return on hold

By: Roger

Roger — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 16:55:55 +0000

Have Flav and Pat forgotten …both men are still guilty of conspiring to cause the accident in Singapore …?????

By: Robert

Robert — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 13:17:41 +0000

I don’t think that anyone here seriously doubted that… Regards The morals and ethics of the people in F1. They start from the top with people like Bernie / Mosley / Dennis / Todt / Schumacher … Senna even… Alonso too.. And Briatore (you could go on and on) … They’re cut from the same mustard. It’s in their nature to do anything that is required for success; whether that success be on the track, to further their image or for the money. For these type of very successful people whatever their field may be, they do the maximum it takes to achieve their aim. To be successful for these people and particularly in F1 the smartest and most successful will be the one person who can bend the rules and sometimes break them, and for everyone to be none the wiser. If piquet jnr had not brought this to our attention where would we be? Probably all heralding briatore for his charismatic charachter and flavor he brings to the sport. On piquet how can we be sure… 100% sure his word that Briatore was involved Is fact? Symonds basically admitted he was involved and therefore we can be sure of his involvment.. We have these factors as I can see it:
Piquet implicating Briatore.
An unknown, unnamed witness who’s existence cannot be proven .. To us anyway(not sure about behind closed doors) .. Whose motivations for implicating flavio may be as personally driven as piquets; this we again don’t know.
Then we have max, whose motivations for banning Briatore are clear to all.
Then we have Briatore who flattly and strongly denies the claims he was aware of what transpired.
Telemetry , footage , piquet and symonds have proven it was a planned crash… But i don’t see anyone who is in an objective position to say and prove that Flavio was definetly involved. If he came out tomorrow and said ‘yes’ I knew I authorized it… Banish his scams from motorsport.. He hasn’t yet so we cannot do that. Then how does it make sense that: the 2 people that admitted guilt get; let off… And a smaller 5 year ban? While someone who did not even have an opportunity to defend himself get a life sentence??? It is nonsensical ! He may have , he may not have.. But no one has proven actually either.. Benefit of the doubt I think needs to be given unless some new evidence comes to prove for sure.

By: Frankie Allen

Frankie Allen — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 11:36:52 +0000

At the present time, there is no regulation that stops him. The French courts have decided the penalty that was passed onto Briatore was not done in a correct and fair manner, so that decision is void and he is not banned from anything. I just cannot see Briatore coming back, his only ally is Ecclestone and it would not surprise me if the FIA introduced some sort of licensing scheme to cover future attachments to the sport. That way you don’t get the massive legal battle in the courts and the publicity is minimised for the good of the sport.

I cannot fully describe my contempt for the FIA under Mosley but I am very hopeful of what I have seen from Todt. This mess is none of his doing and I believe they are getting their house in order. I fully understand they should not let this decision rest, but there are a lot of simple, easy ways of rending Briatore in a neutered state. We have had what was looking like one of the worst years ever in F1, with manufacturers leaving, McLaren lying and Piquet deliberately smashing into the wall. Then completely over shadowed by the return of Schumacher, the Button move and all the team pair ups causing a lip smacking start to the next season. It would be a disappointment if this is over blighted by more elongated court proceedings.

By: FerrariStu

FerrariStu — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 11:15:52 +0000

If either Flavio or Nelson (or indeed Pat)come back to F1 then we will be left in no doubt about the morals and ethics of people involved in Formula One.

Money and Image rules all.

By: Frankie Allen

Frankie Allen — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 11:15:13 +0000

As I stated before James, it’s on the birth certificate (without the ie).

By: Stephen Kellett JAF1

Stephen Kellett JAF1 — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 10:23:31 +0000

My guess is there is some form of anti-spam system (which I am triggering somehow) that relies on name or email address and that is why my comments disappear into a black hole – that would explain why it happens regardless of browser or cache/cookie settings.

Glad you found the book useful.

Flav was on Radio 4 “Today program” this morning. I had no idea he was so unintelligible – he doesn’t appear to talk so much as mumble. His grasp of English appears to be poor (not that my Italian is any good).

By: Josh

Josh — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 09:57:34 +0000

So what about Pat? Can he now work in F1 or is he still banned for 5 years?

Would love to see him at Mercedes for a Benetton Brawn/Schumacher/Symmonds reunited-comeback-story.

By: James Allen

James Allen — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 08:27:42 +0000

Well it must be you, because over 200 people have posted comments in a steady stream in the last 24 hours and there is no sign of any break. The book is excellent and I’ve recommended it to quite a few people.

By: Shahzad

Shahzad — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 04:01:51 +0000

Flav’s BACK & 15,000 euros RICHER…….but I reckon he has a tough road ahead in F1 Job hunting…….well at least he can now HANG around the Paddock quiet often now

By: Stephen Kellett JAF1

Stephen Kellett JAF1 — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 00:58:19 +0000

The smart bet would be to enjoy the egg on Max Mosely and the FIA’s face and move on to other things.

You cannot seriously think he is that smart or lacking in the vanity department to do that.

James – your website is broken. I cannot post to your website using any browser, even if I delete all caches, cookies etc. Now trying a new email address and name.

And yes, I did recommend Inbound Marketing. Did you find it useful.