http://frontwing.thepodcastnetwork.com/2005/06/29/news-from-paris/ Formula 1 with all the silly bits left in Wed, 8 Oct 2008 11:28:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1.2 http://frontwing.thepodcastnetwork.com/2005/06/29/news-from-paris/#comment-33 Eileen Thu, 30 Jun 2005 08:04:54 +0000 http://frontwing.thepodcastnetwork.com/2005/06/29/news-from-paris/#comment-33 Backstage politics will always be part and parcel of Formula 1, I'm afraid. Even if the FIA purposely delayed the punishment to september, I doubt that the politics will stop for the sake of racing. As the US GP fiasco has already proven, everyone in F1 has an agenda and everyone is just looking out for themselves rather than for the good fo the sport. This guilty verdict certainly bodes well for the FIA in that they could use it as a "bargaining chip" to get the other teams to conform to thier regualtions and demands - a sublte way of bullying the other teams to submit to the FIA's wishes. Lets see how this pans out, I'm praying that everyone will finally come to thier senses and just race for racing's sake... but that it isn't going to happen anytime soon I'm afraid. Backstage politics will always be part and parcel of Formula 1, I’m afraid. Even if the FIA purposely delayed the punishment to september, I doubt that the politics will stop for the sake of racing. As the US GP fiasco has already proven, everyone in F1 has an agenda and everyone is just looking out for themselves rather than for the good fo the sport. This guilty verdict certainly bodes well for the FIA in that they could use it as a “bargaining chip” to get the other teams to conform to thier regualtions and demands - a sublte way of bullying the other teams to submit to the FIA’s wishes. Lets see how this pans out, I’m praying that everyone will finally come to thier senses and just race for racing’s sake… but that it isn’t going to happen anytime soon I’m afraid.

]]> http://frontwing.thepodcastnetwork.com/2005/06/29/news-from-paris/#comment-34 Steve Marshall Thu, 30 Jun 2005 14:48:02 +0000 http://frontwing.thepodcastnetwork.com/2005/06/29/news-from-paris/#comment-34 Maybe the FIA think that delaying any punishment will let things cool a little as you suggest. By then either things will have kicked off seriously in which case punishment may be irrelevent, or all will be normal, in which case they can punish or not when the teams have settled down a bit. They don't want trouble this weekend when everyone is looking at F1, and a harsh punishment may cause that. Maybe the FIA think that delaying any punishment will let things cool a little as you suggest. By then either things will have kicked off seriously in which case punishment may be irrelevent, or all will be normal, in which case they can punish or not when the teams have settled down a bit. They don’t want trouble this weekend when everyone is looking at F1, and a harsh punishment may cause that.

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