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Are the FIA biased towards Ferrari? Yes, of course they are - but it all makes perfect sense.

Ron's Not Wrong
Frustration has obviously got the better of Mclaren's Ron Dennis in his recent outburst about the FIA favouring Ferrari.


Do the FIA favour Ferrari Š Is the Pope a Catholic? Of course they do Š OfŹ course he is.


Almost all the major sporting decisions have gone FerrariÕs way in the last ten years. Remember when Michael punted Jacques Villeneuve off the circuit in Jerez in 1997. The FIA race stewards didnÕt even see anything wrong in it.


It helps grease the wheels having former Ferrari sporting director Marco Piccinini as Max MosleyÕs deputy at the FIA. Piccinini is due to take over from Bernie Ecclestone as the head of SLEC (F1Õs commercial rights owner) when he retires, so you have Ferrari influence at the highest level. If Mosley had had his way, Jean Todt would be the next man to take the FIA presidency.


Ferrari won the Constructors' Championship in 1999 despite running illegal bargeboards at the Malaysian GP, then, when Mika Hakkinen turns up for a GP with the wrong engine seal in a McLaren he gets disqualified.


McLaren develop torque steer and pioneer the use of beryllium. It gets agreed by technical delegate Charlie Whiting, then as soon as Ferrari protest it gets banned.


In 2003 Ferrari spot Michelin exploiting a loophole in the tyre regulations - Max flies down to Maranello immediately and changes the rules about tyre measurement overnight. When challenged by journalists he says it was something the FIA were looking into, then Ross Brawn lets the cat out of the bag and say they asked the FIA to look into it, much to MosleyÕs embarrassment.


So yes, the FIA definitely lean towards the Scuderia, though not as explicitly as Dennis likes to make out. But why wouldnÕt they?


Looking at it from the FIAÕs point of view it makes perfect sense to keep Ferrari sweet. F1 would lose a tremendous amount of cachet if they lost Ferrari Š they are the most glamorous team, the most charismatic team, the most historic team and the most supported team. They are F1.


If they left F1 it would be like taking Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool, Man Utd and Newcastle out of the Premiership all at once. ThatÕs why it has been so important for Bernie to divorce Ferrari from the GPWC (Grand Prix World Championship) because you couldnÕt run a credible series without them. Whoever has Ferrari has the audience.


And it makes sense to have Ferrari people at the hub of the FIA because they come from a business with the greatest background in the sport. Spending time at Ferrari is, if you like, the greatest motorsport apprenticeship.


So, Ron isnÕt revealing anything shocking or new when he says the FIA favour Ferrari; whatÕs interesting is hearing him say it. It makes you think that he is losing the battle to keep the engine regulations the way he wants them for 2005.Ź



Max Should Clean Up His Act
BMWÕs Mario Theissen has echoed what a lot of commentators have been saying since the Belgian GP. Formula 1 race organisers need to find a way of cleaning up the track after a lot of carbon fibre damage in accidents.


The spate of high speed tyre blows at Spa and Indy Š Schumacher/Alonso/Coulthard/ Button/Montoya look suspiciously like the work of errant carbon fibre shards. But the race director wonÕt stop races for a thorough clean-up, thus endangering the lives of drivers.


Max Mosley seems to be obsessed with changing the rules to reduce speeds in a bid to improve safety. Safety is MaxÕs mantra. Rule changes must be forced through for safety reasons. Everything revolves around safety.


Yet F1 race circuits are still cleaned with the medieval technology of brooms. How stupid is that? Professor Sid Watkins insists on, and gets, state-of-the-art medical centres, complete with on-site operating theatres; journalists get newly-built media centres, and the marshals, they get a broom each.


If Max wants to cut down speed and increase safety perhaps he should limit the use of carbon fibre on front wings and barge boards which are the areas of the car most likely to be trashed by drivers in a race.


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