The 7 Michelin teams (Guilty verdict cancelled!)

Julian Mayo · Post by **Julian Mayo** » Fri Jul 01, 2005 12:34 am

Kapel wrote:
Ed wrote:As expected, Michelin's motorsport director Pierre Dupasquier will be present at the Friday Press Conference following the practice sessions. Also present will be Collin Kolles (Jordan), Jean Todt (Ferrari) and Hiroshi Yasukawa (Bridgestone). Should be interesting!
This should be exiciting!!!

BTW Ed,who decides whom to call for the press conf

Also Ed,am i the 3rd person to cross over 1000 post after Julian & JV.???.not counting u

Well done Kappy, more I T ?

lemon_martini2 · Post by **lemon_martini2** » Fri Jul 01, 2005 2:18 am

Spot who's got FAAAAARRR too much time on his hands

Ed · Post by Ed » Sun Jul 03, 2005 9:03 pm

The 7 Michelin teams have offered to race at Indianapolis at the end of the season.

McLaren team boss Ron Dennis said the teams put the offer to Indianapolis through Bernie Ecclestone.

A date of the 23rd of October has been suggested.

Julian Mayo · Post by **Julian Mayo** » Sun Jul 03, 2005 9:58 pm

Ed wrote:The 7 Michelin teams have offered to race at Indianapolis at the end of the season.

McLaren team boss Ron Dennis said the teams put the offer to Indianapolis through Bernie Ecclestone.

A date of the 23rd of October has been suggested.

Free admission I take it ??

Ed · Post by Ed » Wed Jul 06, 2005 12:51 am

The offer to race at Indy has been apparently rejected by IMS CEO Tony George

Ed · Post by Ed » Wed Jul 06, 2005 12:54 am

The Red Bull Racing team released a statement today confirming that they are appealing against the decision of the World Motor Sport Council. The statement read:

Having considered the World Motor Sport Council?s verdict, Red Bull Racing has today submitted an appeal against the decision made in Paris on Wednesday 29 June.

Ed · Post by Ed » Sun Jul 10, 2005 2:48 am

The FIA announced today that the appeal by the 7 Michelin teams will be heard by the International Court of Appeal on the 28th of September.

Full statement

Kapel · Post by **Kapel** » Fri Jul 15, 2005 5:15 pm

Looks like all the 7 teams would be relieved of all the charges

What happened to Mosely??

R we looking at a compromise here?

Is the political cloud clearing up??

Julian Mayo · Post by **Julian Mayo** » Fri Jul 15, 2005 6:00 pm

Kapel wrote:Looks like all the 7 teams would be relieved of all the charges

What happened to Mosely??

R we looking at a compromise here?
Is the political cloud clearing up??

They are all smiling and nodding at each other, scary huh?

K-D · Post by **K-D** » Fri Jul 15, 2005 6:45 pm

Teams absolved by the FIA Senate, who have recommended to the Council to aquit all 7 teams, since the "new evidence" show that the teams were legally bound by their tire supplier, not to race.

I expect the council to follow the advise of the Senate.

The only recourse the FIA had, according to rules and regulations were to go after the teams, this they did and now every one have made theri points, and will move on. The FIA have not forgotten about this, and eventually Michelin will pay for this. I expect that they will not become the single tire supplier to F1, when it is awarded.

This matter is solely the responsability of Michelin (I know that I owe replies to JayVee on the "Force Majeure" rules, I have only found part of it yet, so still looking).

Ed · Post by Ed » Fri Jul 15, 2005 11:30 pm

Thanks Kapel and K-D

The teams submitted 'new evidence' to the FIA Senate. This 'new evidence' proved to the FIA Senate that the teams were not able to race at Indianapolis in its current configutaion as their tyre supplier prohibited them from doing so.
The FIA Senate is now of the view that disciplinary action against the teams would not be appropiate and would not be in the interest of the sport. This recommendation will be put to a vote by the World Motor Sport Council.

The full statement from the FIA is now available here

Regardless of the politics behind this, it is a positive step and will make it easier for all the stakeholders to find a solution for the future of Formula 1

sgd · Post by **sgd** » Sat Jul 16, 2005 2:47 am

Ed wrote:Thanks Kapel and K-D

The teams submitted 'new evidence' to the FIA Senate. This 'new evidence' proved to the FIA Senate that the teams were not able to race at Indianapolis in its current configutaion as their tyre supplier prohibited them from doing so.
The FIA Senate is now of the view that disciplinary action against the teams would not be appropiate and would not be in the interest of the sport. This recommendation will be put to a vote by the World Motor Sport Council.

The full statement from the FIA is now available here

Regardless of the politics behind this, it is a positive step and will make it easier for all the stakeholders to find a solution for the future of Formula 1

Sure! That are good news indeed! =)

Ed · Post by Ed » Sat Jul 23, 2005 1:56 pm

FIA World Motor Sport Council Statement

Having examined the new evidence previously submitted to the FIA Senate, the FIA World Motor Sport Council has voted overwhelmingly to accept the recommendation of the FIA Senate regarding events at the 2005 United States Grand Prix.

The guilty verdicts of June 29 made against the seven Michelin teams have therefore been cancelled.