- 15 Sep 07, 15:49#13927
Le coeur a ses raisons que la raison ne connaît point. 
"The other teams I hope will understand the financial penalty we will swallow in the interests of the sport," he told reporters on Friday, adding that McLaren is able to pay in full without risking going out of business.
It is rumoured that Dennis' complete acceptance of the FIA sanction might be in exchange for the ending of any separate legal action, such as that waged by Ferrari in Italy.
He insists that the fine is ‘disproportionate’ to the wrongdoing.
But the closure would be “for Formula One" , Dennis added. "I don't want to drag this thing out. It has to be complete closure."
Well duh! News has it that they got off lightly (e.g., the drivers were left in competition against all logic**) and a complete ban for 07 and 08 was 5 minutes away. So, any appeal by RD would have faced the very real risk of an outcome less favorable for McCheaters, including a ban for next year. So don't give me that crap about doing it for F1, etc.
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He said it is his ‘personal opinion’ that McLaren ‘logically’ should have also lost the drivers' points as well.
Mosley admitted that, ‘for the fans’, however, it is better that the four-way battle for the 2007 crown was left intact.
"Everyone can have an opinion, and this was the opinion of the majority," he said, "but the simpler solution would have been exclusion for 2007 and 2008."
Mosley was also asked whether Fernando Alonso, whose argument in Hungary with Ron Dennis ultimately triggered the release of the incriminating email evidence, will receive the FIA's $1m reward for whistle-blowing.
"I don't think he needs it," the Briton joked.
It is rumoured that Dennis' complete acceptance of the FIA sanction might be in exchange for the ending of any separate legal action, such as that waged by Ferrari in Italy.
He insists that the fine is ‘disproportionate’ to the wrongdoing.
But the closure would be “for Formula One" , Dennis added. "I don't want to drag this thing out. It has to be complete closure."
Well duh! News has it that they got off lightly (e.g., the drivers were left in competition against all logic**) and a complete ban for 07 and 08 was 5 minutes away. So, any appeal by RD would have faced the very real risk of an outcome less favorable for McCheaters, including a ban for next year. So don't give me that crap about doing it for F1, etc.
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He said it is his ‘personal opinion’ that McLaren ‘logically’ should have also lost the drivers' points as well.
Mosley admitted that, ‘for the fans’, however, it is better that the four-way battle for the 2007 crown was left intact.
"Everyone can have an opinion, and this was the opinion of the majority," he said, "but the simpler solution would have been exclusion for 2007 and 2008."
Mosley was also asked whether Fernando Alonso, whose argument in Hungary with Ron Dennis ultimately triggered the release of the incriminating email evidence, will receive the FIA's $1m reward for whistle-blowing.
"I don't think he needs it," the Briton joked.
Le coeur a ses raisons que la raison ne connaît point. 