by "Bob Loblaw Made Me Make a Phoney Phone Call to Edward Rooney" (braddelaparker)
Published 05/15/2017 at 16:52
by "Bob Loblaw Made Me Make a Phoney Phone Call to Edward Rooney" (braddelaparker)
Published 05/15/2017 at 16:52
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1. The FIA issues a purportedly plainly-stated, easy to understand regulation.
2. Every single team on the grid except for Force India manages to comply to the letter of the law. Force India doesn’t even come close .
3. The FIA issues Force India a nominal fine that it states up front isn’t a fine that they ever expect to collect on but rather simply serves as official documentation that the FIA expects teams to comply with the reg because the FIA is large organization that has rules and procedures and simple nudges and winks won’t suffice.
4. Force India responds that they’re perfectly fine with the non-fine and that they understand the FIA and it won’t be an issue moving forward.
I know Stef is very well liked around here and I include myself in the group that enjoys her non-F1 work, but holy shit this is the third or fourth F1 issue in the 2017 season that she’s attempted to blow a rather small thing out of proportion and I don’t get it.
"For Sweden" (rallybeetle)
05/15/2017 at 16:58, STARS: 5
More like Forced Narrative India amirite?
"EL_ULY" (uly)
05/15/2017 at 17:01, STARS: 0
lolz :]
"TheTurbochargedSquirrel" (thatsquirrel)
05/15/2017 at 17:04, STARS: 3
The issue is that Force India’s design was approved at Sochi, passed though tech, and was not mentioned to the team as a possible issue until after the race. Also it is the same concept as what Red Bull is doing.
"Bob Loblaw Made Me Make a Phoney Phone Call to Edward Rooney" (braddelaparker)
05/15/2017 at 17:08, STARS: 0
HEYO!
"For Sweden" (rallybeetle)
05/15/2017 at 17:13, STARS: 0
I haven’t read Stef’s article, but that won’t stop me from making puns.
"Clemsie McKenzie" (thestirringcolumn)
05/15/2017 at 18:02, STARS: 1
Exactly. FIA approved their solution and then suddendly it’s not ok and they’re been fined. I see that F.I. doesn’t follow the spirit of the rule at all, and telling them off is fine, but saying their design is good to go and then fining them doesn’t make sense.
"Future next gen S2000 owner" (future-next-gen-s2000-owner)
05/15/2017 at 18:48, STARS: 0
I thought the issue was the fact that FI made attempt to clear the number beforehand, went through inspection fine and was then told they were wrong.
Wasn’t that the issue?
I only skimmed the article. I didn’t read the whole thing.