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To: vds4 who wrote (2155)	6/26/2002 5:13:59 PM
From: X Y Zebra	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 5130

yes, after your post, it made me think to check it up

To: vds4 who wrote (2155)	6/26/2002 5:14:50 PM
From: X Y Zebra	Respond to of 5130

in all probability... a conspiracy, no doubt ! -gg

To: vds4 who wrote (2155)	6/26/2002 5:28:22 PM
From: X Y Zebra	Respond to of 5130

A surprise to me... (Personally I think that Bernie Ecclestone interceded so as not to make a further show that would negatively affect the sport (Formula One) Luckily, Michael Schumacher gets to keep his points and it does not affects or change what happens on the track. After all... "team orders" have been always present. While Ferrari made a huge mistake on the PR dept. the matter ends here and now, I think Ferrari learned the lesson. As for the punishment... mere peanuts, not even a slap of the hand... and frankly, it may be all picked up by Ferrari itself. ______________________ Ferrari Fined $1 Million over Austrian GP Incident Wednesday June 26th, 2002 By Alan Baldwin Formula One World Champion Michael Schumacher, teammate Rubens Barrichello and Ferrari were fined $1 million on Wednesday for their actions on the Austrian Grand Prix podium in May. But Schumacher, cruising towards a record-equalling fifth world title this season after six wins in nine races, escaped any other sanction after appearing before Formula One's ruling body in Paris. The German, both banned and stripped of points in the past, left the hearing with his 46-point lead intact and his presence at next week's British Grand Prix assured. The fine - half of which was suspended for a year - will not trouble Schumacher, one of the wealthiest sportsmen in the world with earnings estimated at up to $100 million a year, any more than it will concern the richest and most glamorous team in Formula One. Ferrari and the two drivers had been summoned to a hearing of the International Automobile Federation (FIA)'s World Motor Sport Council following their controversial one-two 'team orders' win at Spielberg. Jeers And Boos Ferrari ordered Brazilian Barrichello to allow Schumacher through to win. He did so in the final few metres, sparking jeers and boos from the crowd and worldwide outrage at Ferrari's tactics. The drivers then switched places on the podium and Schumacher insisted that Barrichello take the trophy. The FIA Council deplored in a statement the manner in which Ferrari had given the team orders. But it also ruled out punishing the drivers for that action because both men were contractually obliged to do what the team told them. As expected, it also ruled that Ferrari had done nothing illegal on the track. The statement highlighted a "long-standing and traditional right of a team to decree the finishing order of its drivers in what it believes to be the best interest of its attempt to win both world championships." Ferrari used team orders again last weekend, this time telling Schumacher to remain behind Barrichello in another Ferrari one-two at the Nurburgring that some may have seen as cancelling out the Austrian manipulation. The podium procedure in Austria had not been followed, however, and that allowed the FIA council to flex its muscles to ensure the Austrian debacle did not go unpunished. Embarrassment "It is the duty of each team to ensure that its contracted drivers observe the podium procedures and do not in any way embarrass the national authorities of the country where a Grand Prix takes place," the FIA said in a statement. "The World Motor Sport Council imposed a fine of $1.0 million on (Ferrari, Schumacher and Barrichello) jointly, half to be paid immediately and half to be suspended for one year," the statement said. "The fine will become payable immediately should a similar offence occur within the next 12 months." The drivers, who attended the meeting, left afterwards through a rear exit to avoid the throng of reporters and television crews gathered outside the FIA's Place de la Concorde headquarters. atlasf1.com