You can't get much clearer than "But surely Brawn is a man of total integrity who would never take advantage? “What, working for Ferrari?” replies Ecclestone"
Yes Bernie's only too happy to upset people at the moment, especially those who he feels have done the dirty on him (currently Ferrari & Brawn) but that doesn't change what he said.
Anymore than his revelation that Ferrari get extra cash (80 million per WCC winning season) to stab their competitors in the back is anything other than proof Ferrari are not to be trusted.
Perhaps the Brawn supporters would care to explain what's honest & trustworthy about Ross' recent sacking of 300 odd people - people that turned down the opportunity to get paid a proper redundency before Christmas in favour of helping the team & are now faced with massively reduced/non-existent pays offs 'cos they've just been removed forma very new firm?
Actually, there's nothing honest or trustworthy about that is there?
I'm not saying that Bernie is a saint, far from it but Brawn is scum.
I'm sorry, but, what the f***? Making people redundant suddenly makes you scum? Where did you get that idea?
If people didn't take the pre-Brawn packages offered by Honda, then that's their problem. They took the risk, gambling their future on the possibility that the team may have been saved. You have to remember that Ross Brawn does not have the amount of money that Honda does, so it would cost him significantly to keep on staff that are not needed and it would cost him significantly to give them the same packages offered by Honda.
If I was in Brawn's position, I'd be making around that number of people redundant, because I sure as Hell could not afford to keep them on, especially when they are of limited use to me.
Such actions would only be dishonest and untrustworthy if he had made a clear-cut promise that all staff would be kept on. When money is tight, people lose jobs. You have to deal with it.
