As I explained earlier, Ferrari hasn't been assisted so much this year... Unless you'd like to question the way Ferrari was developed using stolen data without losing a single racer point... Wait, wasn't that the other way round?
I agree with what you wrote. In fact I'm quite astonished I found myself rooting for Ferrari this year since I've never felt any kind of sympathy for them until this season.
I wouldn't talk about arse licking... I'd just say that some people (not only Italians) are really smart asses. The way Ferrari reacted to every single episode of this year was focused on facts. When Ferrari got unjustly penalised for the tyre issue the FIA had to issue a statement that sounded like a way to avoid an apology, but Ferrari didn't make a fuss. They knew it wouldn't help.
All they did was to act in the smartest possible way avoiding any kind of emotional response. They kept their cool in the worst moments and aimed for a result. This simply didn't happen in McLaren, who messed up things very badly. The official complaint is likely to put them under the spotlight again as the super villain.
I really don't understand how such a team could waste an enormous amount of sympathy just like McLaren did.
Too many coincidences. Am I wrong, or McLaren during all this season has been using all the questionable tactics Ferrari has been renowned for, except that they were completely unsuccessful?
Probably, but the fact that only McLaren filed an official complaint tells me that this could be a widespread and well known practice, and just a team is trying to gain some advantage from whistleblowing. The whole paddock, as I reported yesterday, was in a bad mood (except for McLaren), so it looks like someone went too far.
Yes, it makes sense. You got penalised 3 times on CTRA and you keep repeating your mantra about how to race, each time drawing more criticism and annoying more people who like heated debates and races but dislike boring brats. A lot of people disagree and a lot of people wouldn't like to race with you here. You're unable to have a sound judgement in this forum and you don't want to listen to other people's opinions. Even in a track you're not alone, and I suspect you would have the same attitiude thinking you're always right. Why don't you shut up and listen instead of repeating your mantra like a broken record? Show me you have a brain and two ears.
In this case, more than a question worth asking, I'd like to have answers, and lots of them. But without any data to back up such hypothesis (or information about the reliability of the source) I'll consider this a conspiracy theory.
You're wrong. The evidence came from an Italian police investigation, and has been proved reliable. So McLaren wouldn't stand a chance.
Much more debatable is the way in which such evidence went from the Italian police to Ferrari, which has not been yet disclosed. I see an ethical problem here, but at the same time this ethical problem doesn't mean McLaren didn't use the data. It is certain.
This evidence would not only stand in a civil court, but it will stand in a criminal court, probably.
And this tells it all. Even an appeal at the court of Paris couldn't grant anything more than a huge fine or deduction from constructor points, starting from this deliberation. Anything more would be considered just one more outrage.
I don't know if it's a good decision or not, but I'm satisfied.
Intrepid, do you seriously believe in what you write? You know, you have a certain comedic sense... And I thought you had no sense of humour. I was wrong.
I've come to a solid conclusion, Intrepid. You could be the first to land in my ignore list. I don't like the way you attack and run away from the debate, reiterating your points ad nauseam.
Solid conclusions... just like testicles. They are extremely personal. Sometimes in a boring way.