Ferrari puts the F in FiA
04-20-2009 | 09:27 AM
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Ferrari puts the F in FiA
http://www.paddocktalk.com/news/html/modul...topic=1&catid=1
Well, well, well...look what we have here boys and girls. 
The FIA on Monday backed Adam Parr's claim that Ferrari said it fielded technically illegal cars in formula one.
04-20-2009 | 11:07 AM
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Oh god...not another one of these threads....
Many teams not only Ferrari....
oh and uhem...
Parr clarifies Ferrari legality comments
Ferrari acknowledged that multiple vertical transitions had been used by many teams in the past, including Ferrari itself, and argued that all such prior uses (including its own) had constituted a technical violation of the (technical regulations) which had been tolerated
oh and uhem...
Parr clarifies Ferrari legality comments
He added: "To be absolutely clear, it was never our case that their cars were illegal. It was, if anything, their case. So we rejected that as being quite wrong. I want to be absolutely clear, on the record, that we have never said and we do not believe that for one minute either the Ferrari cars, or Renault cars, or anyone else's cars, for the last eight years have been illegal. What we say is that they, and we, have used the same principles for eight or nine years."
04-20-2009 | 02:16 PM
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Originally Posted by Triple-H,Apr 20 2009, 02:22 PM
Too bad Mike could not read the entire article...
04-20-2009 | 11:50 PM
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Originally Posted by zdave87,Apr 20 2009, 08:36 AM
Wasn't it Smokey Yunick who once said " It's only cheating if you get caught'?
will you all ever get over this stuff. these teams all try to find a way to gain an edge on the others. when the richer teams were using traction control before ti was banned was that cheating? or having your engineers be able to make adjustments to the car while on track . moving the engine behind the driver, still having fuel in the tank when weighed dry. flexable wings, four front tyres and on and on. fia makes the rules and the teams go about bending them yr after yr. some of the best rule bending has given us great racing.
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04-21-2009 | 08:49 AM
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Exactly. All of the teams bend and break the rules. Whether it's on-track or off. To think otherwise is, in my opinion, tantamount to sticking one's head in the sand.
The only difference is who gets caught and the stiffness of the penalties (and public outcry) when the teams do get caught.
I'm of the opinion that the frequency of being caught and the degree of penalty when it happens depends largely on the color of the bodywork on the car....
I'm surprised more teams don't field red in the hopes that the stewards won't be able to tell the difference (from their lack of response to teams and the decisions handed down after races I'm convinced they're not watching the race anyway so maybe it would work )
The only difference is who gets caught and the stiffness of the penalties (and public outcry) when the teams do get caught.
I'm of the opinion that the frequency of being caught and the degree of penalty when it happens depends largely on the color of the bodywork on the car....
I'm surprised more teams don't field red in the hopes that the stewards won't be able to tell the difference (from their lack of response to teams and the decisions handed down after races I'm convinced they're not watching the race anyway so maybe it would work
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