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Brundle accuses the FIA of double standards

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  1. PSk

    PSk F1 World Champ

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    Brundle is now my new hero :), and I mean that!

    Bravo Brundle, somebody that is prepared to say it how it is and take the consequences.

    Pete
    ps: I tripped over this as I search for evidence that Renault did indeed copy McLaren's radiator design as I said in a couple of other posts.
     
  2. Mr Payne

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    Brundle is quality. I enjoy his commentating for ITV.
     
  3. PSk

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    ... in proving double standards:

    Hmmm, probably when designing the 2007 Renault ...
    I guess Ron needs to join in ...

    Unfortunately I cannot access the archived news doco's ... but I am very sure I read Flavio Briatore admitting that they basically copied the McLaren radiator design. This was in the very early days when he was sort of supporting McLaren in their case. Ofcourse once they got involved, things changed.
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    +1 Brundle is a class act, have you watched him on the World's Fastest Car DVD?
     
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    David vs Goliath.

    Let's hope David (Brundle) prevails. Unless GB has some really eccentric libel laws this is not libel IMVHO.
     
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    kraftwerk Two Time F1 World Champ

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    Hell!! Pete I agree again ;)

    Lets hope the FIA take on the media and lose.
     
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    Sunday Times is owned by News Corporation isn't it? Revenue last year of US$28.655 billion. They've got much deeper pockets than Max.



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  8. Redline Drift

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    I still wanna know why Brundle was shut down midway through his gridwalk in China?
     
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    You are absolutely correct however I believe I read somewhere that the FIA are issuing or have issued the writ in French courts presumably as that is where they are domiciled

    I have a fear that this story could get very very big & bad for F1 as it is fundamentally linked to the future of the sport and its succession
     
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    What??? An Englishman is YOUR hero?? ;)
     
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    He covers the race along with another chap in the Canadian coverage of the races.

    Good on him, fight the machine Mr. Brundle the world of F1 needs you.
     
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    Bernie and Flavster bought a Soccer team together !?
    Total conflict of interest.
    But Bernie has Ron by the short ones. Can you imagine how RDs life would be if he sued the guy that puts on his show.

    The statement that F1 is free, open, and democratic is laughable.
    Its a Monopoly.
     
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    Like previous Posters, too bad the GPMA did not succeed.
     
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    I'm still trying to figure out how they bought Queens Park Rangers together without Jean Todt having a heart attack, its unbelievable. The sport is supposed to be unbiased, but you then you join in on a multi-million dollar venture with a team principle, good job Bernie.
     
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    +1 But, like so many other things here, because Ferrari was with Bernie and Max most of this board was on their side.
     
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    LOL I spent all year disagreeing with pete I don't no whats got into him. He is ok in my book now a true all black in AUS..:)
     
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    And that point has been proved without doubt this year, manifested by an appropriate agent Mad Max.
     
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    +100
     
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    Which one is a bigger monopoly, F1 or nascar ?
     
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    Interesting articles pete: just confirms what I assumed.

    This made me laugh out loud:

    The fact that the FIA is taking legal action against a major mainstream publication is slightly worrying because back in 1997 Mosley gave an interview with F1 Racing magazine in which he remarked that "the day you start being offended by criticism is the day you're getting too old or going crackers or something of that kind."

    Ten years on is that still true?
     

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