Flavio Briatore is calling for McLaren to be excluded from the F1 World Championship in light of the Stepneyga

Question

1 apart from helping his own team renault what has flav got aginst mclaren when he used to have a problem with ferrari in the past.
2 how much weight will flave input have for the fia ,if any at all?

http://www.planetf1.com/story/0,18954,3213_2640233,00.html

Answer 1

Maybe he's pi88ed off that Alonso left Renault to go to McLaren and Renault don't look like championship contenders this year Here's one to ponder Ferrari are not unknown to use underhand tactics maybe they set the whole thing up to get rid of the compatition.

Answer 2

Here's a possible scenario...

McLaren end up being excluded from the Championship and Alonso receives an internal disciplinary "slap on the wrist" from McLaren for unsporting behaviour to his team-mate (during qualifying today). These two factors help Alonso to decide to return to Renault (as Pat Symonds hinted at in this month's F1 Racing magazine). This all means that Ferrari are happy, Flavio Briatore and Renault are happy, and Fernando Alonso is happy.

That is, of course, idle speculation but a possibility! To answer your second question, Briatore is a well-respected and occasionally feared figure in the world of F1 and his opinions will be taken on board by the FIA and WMSC, but I couldn't imagine him being a deciding factor in their investigations.

Answer 3

I think people need to realise that they will never expel or suspend the McClaren team, regardless of what they have done.

This is simply because of money - if they throw McClaren out of the competition, who the hell is going to carry on watching F1 if only one team is going to end up winning all of the time? No one.

This will lose F1 - and the FIA - a HUGE amount of money from lost revenue, gate receipts, etc. They cannot let this happen. This is why they will not suspend or throw out McClaren - the money is just too important.

It's a catch 22 situation. By throwing McClaren out, they are basically punishing the whole of Formula 1.

For this very same reason, it is why most of the match fixing teams in Italy stayed in Serie A - because if they threw all of them out it would lose Italian football far too much - perhaps even an unrecoverable - amount of money.

Or if a corrupt business is found out - the fine is often very small in comparison to the severity of the crime, because it is more in the interests of the government to keep the business running to get corporate tax and all of the tax/revenue from the employees/company rather than make the company go bust or force them into laying off staff or cutting back on financial forecasts.

I'm pretty sure this will be blown out of court with perhaps the two scapegoat engineers taking the rap for what is a rather messy affair - even Ferrari have f*cked up - they were using an illegal car for much of last year...

Answer 4

I think Flavio is right. McLaren should be disqualified.

1. He probably wants Alonso back in the team (because right now Fisi and Heikki aren't exactly front-row qualifiers) and at the same time, he does have some problem with Ron Dennis... that basically explains what he's got against them.

2. Knowing Flavio, he would probably come up with ways to prove that he is right and to convince the FIA.

But anyway, Flavio shouldn't waste his time trying to prove that McLaren are in the wrong. He should work on Renault first...

Answer 5

Work it out! Doesn't his name say enough? Flavio is Italian! Maybe, he would like a Ferrari as his next car and expects a discount LOL Seriously though, I think his attitude is more to do with Alonso than McLaren. Alonso doesn't deserve his place with McLaren and as we have just seen, he believes he can win the championship through cheating. This reflects on the whole McLaren team. To be honest, I agree! McLaren should be excluded, as Alonso is going to win the Championship by castrating Hamilton if he can get away with it. No team deserves to participate in F1 if it's driver can not compete fairly. Ron Dennis should have put Alonso in his place from the very beginning but didn't. This reflects on Ron Dennis's ability to manage the team. Either McLaren should go or Alonso should go.

Answer 6

Flavio Briatore has a lot more pull with F1 than most people realize. I would not be surprised that it was more him than anything else that convinced Moseley to order the appeal hearing. And, as one of F1's senior figures -- his nationality has nothing to do with it -- for him to weigh in critically on an issue that has NOTHING to do with his team, they're going to listen. Maybe won't change any minds in the end, but he definitely commands attention.

Answer 7

can we've a link to the tale...its by means of no ability up on any of the main information components yet?? Edit: So... its only an determination open to FIA in the event that they arrive to a decision to punish Mclaren as harshly as they are in a position to? even though it only wont happen...there is way too lots money at stake and distinctive commercial pursuits that FIA wont choose to disillusioned. in the event that they're got here across accountable, they are going to get a factors deduction and a great high-quality, thats all.

Answer 8

Yes but Briatore is an arrogant Pr**k and the reason alonso is such a scumbag. Briatore has a prob with whoever is winning. The FIA have never and never will take this guy seriously he moans about everything.

Answer 9

Poor old Flabio; he's a bit of a yesterday's man, living on past glories.

I don't think the FIA will be too bothered about what he has to say.

Maybe he wants Alonso back next year?

Don't you think that this could be the main reason?

Answer 10

Since when has Flavio had any pull with the FIA? It's got nothing to do with him, and he certainly won't affect the outcome!