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The Expected and the UNexpected: Results of the Hearings

-The Expected-

Sorry it took me this long but after all I was waiting for the result of both of the hearings since it's only a day apart. Before the hearing, F1 fans around the world have been endlessly debating, arguing, speculating on what Renault's fate might be. A lot were rooting for the idea of Renault not penalized, but if they do, only a sort of light tap on the wrist since if fined $100 million, they might just pull out, the FIA wouldn't want that, would they? Well, Renault walked away like McLaren did, the first time around that is.

The hearing on the 5th saw Renault go without any sanctions imposed because tehre was insufficient evidence of Renault gaining a competitive edge from being in possession of McLaren data. Duh! Judging from their performance this year, a competitive edge they were missing in the first place... The first half of the season, the car was on a fritz. The second half saw better, but not as good as it takes to vie with McLaren for podium spots.

To be exact, out of the four drawings, three were of no use. While the fourth drawing, the so called "J damper" Renault admitted to taking into account "in preparing a request to the FIA for a clarification of whether a particular hypothetical system was within the rules (rather than for the purposes of copying it). The fact that Renault fundamentally misunderstood the operation of the system suggests that the 'J-damper' drawing did not reveal to Renault enough about the system for the championship to have been affected." To think I just thought that they might have copied by mistake the whole 06 Merc instead of the 07 one from how they sucked. Macca fans I know for one are not so happy about this.

Unless new evidence comes to light, the decision would stay that way. Now that this mess has been taken care of, I'm wondering, would McLaren pull a Ferrari and try to make Renault pay?


-The Annoyingly Maybe Not So UNexpected-

The second hearing on the 6th was for McLaren and the validity of their 08 car. The WMSC met up in Monaco (the same place where the hearing for Renault was held) to discuss the FIA Technical Department's report. Now brace yourselves, guess what? The WMSC have decided to call an EGM in Paris on February 14th, next year where McLaren, Ferrari, and the other teams can present their views on the report. McLaren's team present at the upcoming "extraordinary general meeting" better wear their lucky undies, bring their lucky charms, rabbit foots or anything else because potentially damning results is not an option for them, after all, it'd be a month from the start of the new season... To fill my normal dose of bashing, I'd bring it out on the FIA, the definition and pinnacle of III, Incompetent Inconsistent Idiots. I'd be a year older by the time Macca's fate would be known. *It's a limbo we just got kicked into...* In the mean time, who's up for guesses?

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