Justice?

Now the Ninja is not one to complain but....

 

In the technical and extreme yet unreal world of Formula 1, the rules of common sense rarely seem to apply and perhaps the sour grapes are due to an unwavering support for McLaren in all that they do, both on and off the track (more on that later) but surely the recent ruling on the Renault 'Crashgate' incident by the FIA is unfairly lenient.

 

Let's compare...

 

McLaren were fined $100 million and thrown out of the constructors' title in 2007 for receiving plans for competitor's cars from a disgruntled employee. They did not coerce the other team's employee to hand over the details nor did they conduct any spying of their own yet they were handed down a whopping fine and lost a chance at the title. They merely handled stolen goods.

 

Yet Renault, who contrived to have one car crash deliberately to change race strategy in favour of their other driver (who subsequently won the race) were recently given a paltry two year suspended ban from F1. All this despite putting the lives of their driver, other drivers, race officials and spectators at risk by deliberately causing a crash. No fine, nothing, and the ban only comes in to effect if they do something similar again in the next two years. Anyone would agree that this is highly unlikely...

 

Many Mac fans feel that the team is often treated unfairly and this recent incident seems only to confirm this feeling...

 

Anyway, racing resumes this weekend so the Ninja has little doubt it will all be quickly forgotten about....until the next time