It’s a shame because the FIA have got away with it and the championship was a sham

Not sure I really buy the “for the good of the sport” argument - would have been better to have a clear ruling.

But then it’s all political isn’t it!

Posted By: Jim on December 16th 2021 at 10:29:59

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Merc have withdrawn their appeal (n/m) (Other Sports) - NxNW, Dec 16, 10:07:53
- In football teams deliberately score an own goal to make it fair (Other Sports) - NorskyNormann, Dec 16, 11:57:36
  - Exactly this - IMHO if the position was reversed Hamilton would not have passed Verstappen (Other Sports) - Ruttles, Dec 16, 12:55:01
    - Tainted like the premier league Liverpool won (Other Sports) - Steven_P_Morrissey, Dec 16, 14:14:48
- I lost interest in F1 (Other Sports) - Captain Bligh, Dec 16, 10:26:17
  - I still didn’t know why Hill didn’t keep plodding around to finish the race in Australia (Other Sports) - Augustus Pablo, Dec 16, 10:43:43
    - Kwik fit can change a wishbone while you wait FFS. Sort it out WIlliams (n/m) (Other Sports) - Steven_P_Morrissey, Dec 16, 12:36:53
    - Yeah, what munter said below (Other Sports) - Captain Bligh, Dec 16, 10:54:23
      - As a Schumi fan, I was't quite so gutted Hill pulled into the pit lane and got out the ca (n/m) (Other Sports) - Steven_P_Morrissey, Dec 16, 12:37:48
    - Unfixable. Patrick Head said this in his book (n/m) (Other Sports) - munter, Dec 16, 10:46:40
      - Could have pushed it round, even it took all day (n/m) (Other Sports) - jamesward, Dec 16, 10:48:00
        
        would be black flagged for that. Anyway Hill got his reward in 96 (n/m) (Other Sports) - munter, Dec 16, 10:49:22
  - Nowhere near (Other Sports) - NxNW, Dec 16, 10:40:13
    - Hey, don't shoot the messenger (Other Sports) - Captain Bligh, Dec 16, 10:48:25
      - or when Senna hit Prost and won the title. (Other Sports) - Farkeball, Dec 16, 10:57:53
        
        Mansell Australia '96 tyre blow out (Other Sports) - Captain Bligh, Dec 16, 11:09:56
        
        Loved the 85-94 era (Other Sports) - munter, Dec 16, 11:17:37
        
        Yeah. I know time tends to distort and we all remember (Other Sports) - Captain Bligh, Dec 16, 11:27:28
        
        86, not 96. (n/m) (Other Sports) - Captain Bligh, Dec 16, 11:11:14
  - You could get a job on the pinkun app for sure (n/m) (Other Sports) - Steven_P_Morrissey, Dec 16, 10:32:43
    - I could, but what difference does it make? (n/m) (Other Sports) - Captain Bligh, Dec 16, 10:55:14
- Probably the right thing to do (Other Sports) - Old Man, Dec 16, 10:16:27
  - It’s a shame because the FIA have got away with it and the championship was a sham (Other Sports) - Jim, Dec 16, 10:29:59
    - They've withdrawn it in lieu of a full review to set up clear rules (Other Sports) - jamesward, Dec 16, 10:35:01
      - I get that (and clearly a deal has been done) but doesn’t change the fact (Other Sports) - Jim, Dec 16, 10:37:06
        
        Yep - but that can’t be undone now unfortunately (n/m) (Other Sports) - SimonOTBC, Dec 16, 16:31:21

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