Briatore ban lifted

Azza · 5 Jan 2010 at 14:13

Breaking news on SSN now.

Malt_Vinegar · 5 Jan 2010 at 14:15

Interesting...
I shall go hunt for more info!

Duke · 5 Jan 2010 at 14:20

Great

Blackvault · 5 Jan 2010 at 14:20

Just seen James Allen tweet about it. Still waiting more news.

Blackvault

Jay Psi · 5 Jan 2010 at 14:24

Just caught it on the BBC Sport website ticker.

Can't say I'm surprised ...

GingerNinja1989 · 5 Jan 2010 at 14:34

Oh fiddlesticks!

Guerrilla · 5 Jan 2010 at 14:40

Doesn't have a lot to say but is on BBC's website...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsport/formula_one/8440675.stm

GingerNinja1989 · 5 Jan 2010 at 14:45

Can you really see him working in F1 (or any other motorsport, come to think of it) after the whole debacle anyway?

Malt_Vinegar · 5 Jan 2010 at 15:00

GingerNinja1989 said:
Can you really see him working in F1 (or any other motorsport, come to think of it) after the whole debacle anyway?

This is F1 - ANYTHING can happen.

Schumacher manufactured crashes to win himself the Championship, he continued to race, and now is back...

Like I said, ANYTHING can happen

alex24 · 5 Jan 2010 at 15:04

He had the cheek to demand almost £1m in damages? What a ****.

Vampire · 5 Jan 2010 at 15:05

GingerNinja1989 said:
Can you really see him working in F1 (or any other motorsport, come to think of it) after the whole debacle anyway?

He's pretty thick skinned, and if he thinks he can make money or annoy the establishment then he'll probably do it.

Duke · 5 Jan 2010 at 15:07

alexhull24 said:
He had the cheek to demand almost £1m in damages? What a ****.

I posted in the other thread about some of the deals he has in F1, so he would have lost a lot more than €1m even in the short term. Looks like he got €15k lol.

Not that it wasn't his own fault though.

GingerNinja1989 · 5 Jan 2010 at 15:41

Vampire said:
He's pretty thick skinned, and if he thinks he can make money or annoy the establishment then he'll probably do it.

Allow me to rephrase: Who would employ him now?

Duke · 5 Jan 2010 at 15:59

Pat Symonds’ five-year ban was also overturned.

dalin80 · 5 Jan 2010 at 16:38

So a race was rigged with a dangerous crash and everyone got off completely scot-free.

incredible.

Fanatic · 5 Jan 2010 at 19:14

I don't get why it is just a "French court"... is this a French court that has anything to with motor-sport?

Duke · 5 Jan 2010 at 19:26

Fanatic said:
I don't get why it is just a "French court"... is this a French court that has anything to with motor-sport?

The FIA is in France.

xen_ · 5 Jan 2010 at 19:40

So there was absolutely no punishment for any of the parties involve in crash gate now

*sigh*, first bit of 2010 F1 bull****, and I'm sure there will be a lot more to come.

NightSt@lk3r · 5 Jan 2010 at 20:16

Even though the ban has been overturned the FIA are looking at requiring all key personnel in F1 teams to hold a License, Licenses which Flav and Pat will be refused.

JRS · 5 Jan 2010 at 20:28

Ah well. Renault International Assistance strikes again. Not a single proper punishment for the Crashgate debacle has stuck.

And to think most of you reckon Ferrari get all the breaks from officialdom....