The FIA World Motorsports Council has decided NOT to penalize Renault for its possession of McLaren technical data. Actually, 3 CD-ROM's woth of data that was uploaded to their computer system.
The FIA found insufficient evidence that Renault had used or benefited from the McLaren data.
A spokesman said, "Well, Renault sucked this season, and that was evidence enough for us. Oh, and Flavio promised us a date with his wife. Besides, it isn't like they were stealing from Ferrari."
Ron Dennis was in the hospital with a wound to his head, described as the result of bashing it against a wall multiple times.
Sorry, but this is ridiculous. McLaren gets fined $100MM, and Renault gets NOTHING? Word was that Renault had threatened to withdraw from F1 if they were fined like McLaren; maybe the FIA blinked.
I'm no fan of McLaren, but the disparate penalties reek of favoritism.
Look for Alonso to sign with Renault in the next week, now that the threat of sanctions has been lifted. Kovalainen may be headed for McLaren.
Friday, December 7, 2007
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