And what's this about him being sued for calling an employee gay?
Is the same employee who failed to turn up for work, fell asleep on the job, etc.

I think you have hit the nail on the head
, this post pretty much sum's everything up imo. Has anyone read the FIA rule completely through and if so is 'random' adhered to strictly or is there some underlying wording about inspecting an engine that may seem to have a very noticeable advantage?
I looked up both the sporting and technical regulations and there is no mention of these inspections, other than what is normally done in parc fermé. We have nothing but the FIA's word that these inspections are to carried out at random.

Ayrton Senna: WDC 1988,
1989, 1990, 1991
McLaren: WCC 1974, 1984, 1985, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1998,
1999, 2007McLaren: WDC 1974, 1976, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1998, 1999, 2008