Tuesday, April 28, 2009

Ecclestone: McLaren's punishment will be 'fair'

Fair? Since when have the FIA or WMSC been fair to McLaren? We'll see.
Monday 27th April 2009

Bernie Ecclestone has revealed that the WMSC will most likely heed Mercedes's warning when handing out punishment to McLaren in the Liargate scandal.

It is a widely held opinion in F1 circles that McLaren will face some sort of punishment in the form of a race ban, a monetary fine or a combination of the two.

In a thinly-veiled warning, Dieter Zetsche, the chairman of Daimler, recently stated that Mercedes may not remain in F1 if McLaren are slapped with an "unreasonable punishment."

"If circumstances should change, perhaps because of an unreasonable punishment by the FIA, it is possible that we could consider our engagement," he told German magazine Focus.

And it appears that the WMSC will heed Daimler's warning with Ecclestone revealing that, with all certainty, McLaren will receive a "fair" punishment.

"I am absolutely positive that Mercedes would like to look upon this as fair for everybody and, if there is any punishment to be meted out, it will be fair and I am sure they would support that," the F1 supremo told The Times.

"I don't think they would decide to leave Formula One because somebody had done something wrong and been punished. I think they will be very fair."

Source : Planet F1

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