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[irons_4_ever]

At an extraordinary meeting of the World Motor Sport Council held in Paris on 29 April 2009, Vodafone McLaren Mercedes admitted five charges of breaching article 151c of the International Sporting Code relating to events at the Australian and Malaysian Grands Prix.
The following decision was taken:
“Having regard to the open and honest way in which McLaren Team Principal, Mr Martin Whitmarsh, addressed the WMSC and the change in culture which he made clear has taken place in his organisation, the WMSC decided to suspend the application of the penalty it deems appropriate.

“That penalty is a suspension of the team from three races of the FIA Formula One World Championship. This will only be applied if further facts emerge regarding the case or if, in the next 12 months, there is a further breach by the team of article 151c of the International Sporting Code.”

he full reasons for this decision will be issued shortly.

http://www.fia.com/en-GB/mediacentre/pr ... 90409.aspx

[Hanwombat]

Hmm it only will be if more information emerges

[Ste L]

:yikes:
Ah crap

Maybe I should change my avatar back

still gonna be racing though


only will get banned for 3 races, if they f*** up or more comes of the enquiry..




EDIT : aahhh, you changed your post

[Juliet P]

That's fine - now they just have to behave like little macca angels for the next 12 months...

[Hanwombat]

still gonna be racing?


only will get banned for 3 races, if they f*** up or more comes of the enquiry..

I have edited my post, I read it incorrectly

[Ste L]

ok


luckily i quoted you, so i dont look stupid at least

[8-ball]

I don't think that there is anything further to emerge from this issue so in effect McLaren have got away without a punishment. They should have been fined and the case closed. Now when Dave Ryan publishes his tell all-memoirs Mclaren could find themselves in hot water again. Yet another bad decision by the FIA

[Gaz]

still gonna be racing?


only will get banned for 3 races, if they f*** up or more comes of the enquiry..

I have edited my post, I read it incorrectly

I did the same thing just swore out loud in my office "F**K" then actualy read it and was like whew!!

Well good news approprite punishment yadayada.

Good we can get on with racing now and winning the 2009 WDC and WCC.

[Hexagram]

Ya there has been alot said on this topic, the ruling is in the best interest in the sport. Lets get on with the racing!

[Denthúl]

Hooray. I was half-expecting a fine as well, but this seems to be the best punishment as far as I am concerned. Now let's keep things on the track for a few races, shall we? I'm getting bored with all the off-track drama

[DOOOMKULTUS]

This is no punishment at all,why the hell was meting held anyways,what a lot of crap,all this hoopla for what,man this is BS.
Useless off track publicity,that brought more disrepute to sport than the actual incident when you take in to consideration what finally happened at the meeting today,which is, nothing.

[Cordyceps]

should have at least given lewis a 20 points deduction or something

[Gaz]

should have at least given lewis a 20 points deduction or something

No its pretty fair, considering past examples.

[SarahB62]

Well it seems like the FIA have finally made a sensible decision. No more politics please and let's draw a line under it and just get racing. And no toys out of the pram please tifoso fans

[f1usa]

So McLaren needs to do three things, (1) Do not try to win a race. (2) Do not try for a podium finish. (3) Keep an eye on Jarno Trulli.