Gentlemen, Start Your Engines!!

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How is it that the ONE driver that broke the rules by actually USING the information is still allowed to compete?
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I don't have all the details - after a while the speculation got a bit tiring and I'm just waiting for the real end result - but for now I agree with you.

the honorable thing would've been to disqualify everybody on the team from tire men to drivers -- but something tells me the sponsors would've been very unhappy about that.

if you're interested in reading about every (yes, *every*) single detail about mclarengate - it's been the major topic for weeks here :cool: :

http://forum.planet-f1.com/index.php?t=thread&frm_id=3&
 
Quote from Turok:

Ok, I know there are that many F1 fans on this forum, but for those that are there I've got a question.

(as an aside to the following, I am a fan of McLaren and also have been of fan of Alonso as he battled with Michael the last few years)

For the life of me I can't figure out how the heck Alonso wasn't disqualified from the driver's championship.

During the initial FIA investigation it was determined that inside McLaren, only Coughlin had access to the Ferrari information. Then Ron learns the details from Alonso, does the right thing, calls Max and says "Alonso and Pedro had and utilized the information". (yes, it's a bit more complicated than that, but I only have so much time).

In response to the above, McLaren is out of the constructor's championship, but Alonso is still in the hunt. How is it that the ONE driver that broke the rules by actually USING the information is still allowed to compete?

I just don't get it.

JB
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It's a matter of accepting responsibility (personal and team) for ones own actions and lacking that, the sanctioning body should have "forced" McLaren and those involved to accept responsibility. The FIA failed in their part of this equation. Should Hamilton or Alonso win the Driver's Championship, there will always be an asterisk next to their name.

Without question, the sponsors would have been upset if McLaren had been banned from competing for the rest of the year or next year, but what kind of pressure would those same sponsors put on these teams to compete within the rules? Unfortunately, the FIA appears to be operating on the public opinion poll basis rather than what is the right thing to do.
 
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