BAR fans..you read this yet?
07-03-2003, 12:08 PM
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. BTW, I think that debt is outstanding to Teleglobe - a Canadian company....
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It wasn't Teleglobe....
BAR to Counter-Sue PPGI
Friday July 4th, 2003
The BAR Formula One team will counter-sue Monaco production company PPGI after the firm's legal claim forced the Brackley-based outfit to miss first practice for the French Grand Prix.
PPGI claimed the BAR owe them a $3 million commission for negotiating sponsoring rights with Teleglobe five years ago.
Team principal David Richards said today that an emergency court hearing in the central town of Nevers had freed their cars locked up on yesterday, when police and bailiffs turned up at the Magny-Cours track.
BAR said PPGI had written assurance that the company would not seek legal intervention before the end of June. However, PPGI breached the agreement and BAR will counter-sue as a consequence.
"Further to proceedings at the time of the Monaco Grand Prix, the team's lawyers had been in discussion with those of PPGI, with the clear objective of reaching a mutual agreement," said BAR in a statement. "In order to facilitate this process, PPGI provided written assurance to the team that they would not seek any further legal intervention prior to 30 June.
"The timing of the court's orders on 23 and 25 June is clearly in breach of this agreement, which was in good faith, and the subsequent material damage which has been inflicted upon the team this weekend will necessitate a counter-claim by the team on PPGI. In addition the judge ordered PPGI to pay a proportion of BAR's legal costs."
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BAR Cleared to Race after Court Win
Friday July 4th, 2003
By Alan Baldwin
Jenson Button and Jacques Villeneuve were cleared to race in the French Grand Prix today after a local court lifted an order to impound their BAR cars.
Team principal David Richards said an emergency court hearing in the central town of Nevers had freed the cars locked up on Thursday when police and bailiffs turned up at the Magny-Cours Formula One circuit.
"The order was totally invalid and it has been lifted by the court this morning," he said.
BAR are being sued by Monaco production company PPGI, who claim the constructor owes them a $3 million commission for negotiating sponsoring rights. Richards said BAR, whose British and Canadian drivers were forced to miss the first hour-long free practice session, could now counter-sue for damages.
"You can quite clearly see the methodology which has been used in this situation and we are now considering our position re damages," he said. "Now we can definitely prove damage."
The cars had been locked in sealed trucks at the circuit overnight with legal notices posted on the doors preventing mechanics touching them. Richards said both drivers would take part in first qualifying but would clearly be hampered, although continuing wet conditions would level things out.
"We're just going to go around slowly this afternoon, clearly it's a new circuit here now and the drivers have never driven on it before," said Richards. "So they will drive around sensibly and there is little question that they will be at the back of the grid for qualifying tomorrow. How much of a handicap that will prove depends on the weather conditions."
Richards, who said his lawyers has been working on the case for months and were astounded by Thursday's action, criticised the slow pace of the legal system.
"It's really strange that we went into court at nine o'clock, presented our case in 10 minutes and we didn't get a judgement until 11.30, from a lay judge unfortunately, like a local magistrate," he said. "We went into court and said there's no basis for what you've done and it took him over two hours to agree that was the case."
In the meantime, the team had to wait. A local lawyer representing BAR clutched a folder of documents and paced up and down outside the motorhome before the rain came and forced him inside.
With no cars to work on, Canadian Villeneuve's race engineer Jock Clear spent half an hour fixing a malfunctioning coffee machine in the team motorhome, overseen in his labours by technical director Geoff Willis.
Willis told reporters BAR could get the cars ready within half an hour, plenty of time before the first single-lap qualifying session starts at 1200 GMT.
BAR to Counter-Sue PPGI
Friday July 4th, 2003
The BAR Formula One team will counter-sue Monaco production company PPGI after the firm's legal claim forced the Brackley-based outfit to miss first practice for the French Grand Prix.
PPGI claimed the BAR owe them a $3 million commission for negotiating sponsoring rights with Teleglobe five years ago.
Team principal David Richards said today that an emergency court hearing in the central town of Nevers had freed their cars locked up on yesterday, when police and bailiffs turned up at the Magny-Cours track.
BAR said PPGI had written assurance that the company would not seek legal intervention before the end of June. However, PPGI breached the agreement and BAR will counter-sue as a consequence.
"Further to proceedings at the time of the Monaco Grand Prix, the team's lawyers had been in discussion with those of PPGI, with the clear objective of reaching a mutual agreement," said BAR in a statement. "In order to facilitate this process, PPGI provided written assurance to the team that they would not seek any further legal intervention prior to 30 June.
"The timing of the court's orders on 23 and 25 June is clearly in breach of this agreement, which was in good faith, and the subsequent material damage which has been inflicted upon the team this weekend will necessitate a counter-claim by the team on PPGI. In addition the judge ordered PPGI to pay a proportion of BAR's legal costs."
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BAR Cleared to Race after Court Win
Friday July 4th, 2003
By Alan Baldwin
Jenson Button and Jacques Villeneuve were cleared to race in the French Grand Prix today after a local court lifted an order to impound their BAR cars.
Team principal David Richards said an emergency court hearing in the central town of Nevers had freed the cars locked up on Thursday when police and bailiffs turned up at the Magny-Cours Formula One circuit.
"The order was totally invalid and it has been lifted by the court this morning," he said.
BAR are being sued by Monaco production company PPGI, who claim the constructor owes them a $3 million commission for negotiating sponsoring rights. Richards said BAR, whose British and Canadian drivers were forced to miss the first hour-long free practice session, could now counter-sue for damages.
"You can quite clearly see the methodology which has been used in this situation and we are now considering our position re damages," he said. "Now we can definitely prove damage."
The cars had been locked in sealed trucks at the circuit overnight with legal notices posted on the doors preventing mechanics touching them. Richards said both drivers would take part in first qualifying but would clearly be hampered, although continuing wet conditions would level things out.
"We're just going to go around slowly this afternoon, clearly it's a new circuit here now and the drivers have never driven on it before," said Richards. "So they will drive around sensibly and there is little question that they will be at the back of the grid for qualifying tomorrow. How much of a handicap that will prove depends on the weather conditions."
Richards, who said his lawyers has been working on the case for months and were astounded by Thursday's action, criticised the slow pace of the legal system.
"It's really strange that we went into court at nine o'clock, presented our case in 10 minutes and we didn't get a judgement until 11.30, from a lay judge unfortunately, like a local magistrate," he said. "We went into court and said there's no basis for what you've done and it took him over two hours to agree that was the case."
In the meantime, the team had to wait. A local lawyer representing BAR clutched a folder of documents and paced up and down outside the motorhome before the rain came and forced him inside.
With no cars to work on, Canadian Villeneuve's race engineer Jock Clear spent half an hour fixing a malfunctioning coffee machine in the team motorhome, overseen in his labours by technical director Geoff Willis.
Willis told reporters BAR could get the cars ready within half an hour, plenty of time before the first single-lap qualifying session starts at 1200 GMT.
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07-04-2003, 07:01 AM
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With no cars to work on, Canadian Villeneuve's race engineer Jock Clear spent half an hour fixing a malfunctioning coffee machine in the team motorhome, overseen in his labours by technical director Geoff Willis.
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