Interesting take....biased maybe but Mclaren dont seem to have a clue Michael critical of McLaren after appeal ruling - Planet F1 Sunday 18th November 2007 Sam Michael has endorsed the Court of Appeal's ruling in the 'cool fuel' saga and insists that Williams play a "very straight game". The British constructor's technical director told ITV that McLaren did not follow the correct procedures in their appeal of the Brazilian Grand Prix result. "The ICA rejected McLaren's claim because basically they were negligent and didn't follow the clearly documented procedure," he said. "It's very simple and straightforward and every team knows it." Michael also questioned the Woking-based outfit's motivation in going the FIA Court. He says McLaren did not have to take the route of an appeal, as they could have sought clarification on the regulations from F1's Technical Working Group. "I think normally we would have ended finishing it up on the Sunday night and if there was any ambiguity in the regulation, as there was in this one - not in terms of our cars being legal but in the regulations - it would just have got handled in the next TWG," he noted. "Although it was good to have those things [aired] in the ICA, I don't know how much it cost them [McLaren] to turn up with the four or five lawyers they had. "You wouldn't have expected them to spend that just to clarify a regulation when you can turn up for free at any TWG and do the same thing." Nonetheless, in the hearing the Grove-based team argued that the samples from the fuel rigs were not accurate. Data supplied by Ferrari and BMW proved that the three teams' fuel temperatures ranged from 30C-35C - and were well within the stipulated regulatory range. And Michael explained that McLaren's refusal to supply their data hampered their case. "Williams, BMW and even Ferrari who are not being investigated all openly gave their on-board fuel temperatures to the ICA," he said. "However, McLaren, who admit to measuring on-board fuel temperature, refuse to reveal their data. "Now, call me a cynic, but I submit that this is because that data is severely damaging to McLaren's case against Williams and BMW."
+1...what´s wrong with this people, they gather 5 top lawyers to claim something they apparently even did submited wrongly? ...and they say they dont want to win the title in the court room? damn, havent they had enough spanking? ...this was absolutely goofy...were´s Ron Dennis and his integrity and spirit of the rules?
