Has anyone else noticed that when the Formula 1 season gets down to the last few races and Ferrari are not winning, there always seems to be some dodgy investigation in to their opposition. Renault in the last two years and McLaren this year.
Of course, McLaren were in possession of the Ferrari dossier. But were they? Where they as a company? As far as I can tell, the only evidence I have read about, including the FIA's official hearing statement, suggests that one employee at Ferrari gave the dossier to one employee at McLaren. In addition he was sharing Ferrari race information with Alonso and his compatriate De La Rosa.
In my mind, all this proves is the involvement of 4 people. It proves nothing against McLaren as a team. The FIA have, again and as usual, tripped over themselves to do Ferrari's bidding. Why not just award Ferrari the constructor's championship at the beginning of the year and save a lot of time? The Italians' victory this year will be utterly vacuous. Let's not forget they won the first race of the year with an illegal car and suffered no penalty whatsoever. The FIA did nothing but ask them very politely if they wouldn't mind changing their car. No points deduction, no fine, nothing.
Ferrari need to remember that they are 20% of Formula 1, not 50% or more. Furthermore, the FIA have a responsibility to keep motor sport competitive and they should be penalising the real cheats: Ferrari in race 1 and Alonso and De La Rosa for the spy scandal. This whole episode smacks of a personal vendetta and there is something really distasteful about it all.
Those that come off the worse are Alonso, De La Rosa, Jean Todt and FIA President Max Mosely who have all personally shown themselves as very small and petty men lacking guts and moral fortitude.
Bastards ... slimy bastards all over the world!
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