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Post by filosofee Fri 14 Sep 2007, 22:17

Formula One boss Bernie Ecclestone says McLaren were
"minutes away" from being thrown out of the World Championships of 2007
and 2008 because of 'spygate'.


McLaren were fined £49.2m and lost their points in the constructors' championship after being found guilty of receiving data from a Ferrari spy.

But Ecclestone told the BBC: "It came very close to McLaren being thrown out, it really was a genuine possibility"

"A few of us sort of battled on and campaigned for the fine instead."
Had McLaren been thrown out of the championship altogether, it would have meant the end of the drivers' title challenges of both Lewis Hamilton and Fernando Alonso.

Yes, I know it's not cricket but it's interesting.
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Post by Makaveli Fri 14 Sep 2007, 23:15

Damn thats a big fine!
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Post by filosofee Fri 14 Sep 2007, 23:24

Thankfully the drivers won't be 'hurt' by it.
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Post by tac Sat 15 Sep 2007, 02:10

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Post by furriner Sat 15 Sep 2007, 08:04

tac wrote:tumbleweed


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Post by Guest Sat 15 Sep 2007, 08:57

It's just unbelievably stupidly disproportionate. Railtrack only got fined £4M after killing people.

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Post by skully Sat 15 Sep 2007, 09:04

Just shows how much cash is in F1.
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Post by Shoeshine Sat 15 Sep 2007, 10:16

A massive fine for something the FIA say in their report isn't proved and may have been advantageous to McLaren; when the person that tipped them off about the emails was Ron Dennis himself and is in a long line of favouritism towards Ferrari.

Ridiculous.

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Post by biff harde Sat 15 Sep 2007, 11:46

He deserves it for inflicting Bow Wow Wow on the world.

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Post by Peregrine Periwinkle Sat 15 Sep 2007, 12:26

Rob I wrote:It's just unbelievably stupidly disproportionate. Railtrack only got fined £4M after killing people.
I think we need to consider the commercial value (i.e. extra profits) that would have come to McLaren as a result of having a Championship winning car compared to a second string car.

McLaren has a turnover of approx $500 million per year.

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