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Ferrari - cheaters since 1998 19 May 2009 by Keith Collantine Ferrari has enjoyed much success since gaining its 'technical veto' As revealed on Friday, Ferrari today are attempting to prosecute the FIA in the French courts for, they claim, breaking the terms of their now-infamous 2005 agreement. The outcome of the trial could be crucial for the future of the sport, but most likely it will prove just another chapter in the latest F1 row - which has now transformed from a dispute over the rules into a conflict that asks fundamental questions about how F1 is run and governed. The technical veto The causes of the trial are remarkable enough to begin with. Last week Ferrari admitted to having had a ‘technical veto’ on the F1 rules since 1998 - seven years after Max Mosley was elected president of the FIA. That the sport’s governing body was willing to grant such an unfair concession to one team is shocking even to the most cynical of fans, as it lends credence to allega...

The Japanese GP at Fuji this year was a fairly good race. It was not without the mistakes and incidents and overtaking moves but as usual, it was spoiled by the FIA"T" in their eagerness to make sure FIArrari win at all costs. It is so obvious now that the championships (both of them) are coming down to the wire that the FIA"T" is anxious to make sure FIArrari win again even if they have to cheat in broad daylight.  First off, Lewis  made a mistake  and shouldn't have been too agressive given that he has the lead in the drivers championship. After all there's  only 2 races to go . He should have tucked in behind Kimi after that dreadfull start and played the long game. That move just gave the FIA"T" the excuse they needed to penalise him and hand some more points to Massa . On that note, first turns in F1 are normally like that so the  FIA"T" have no excuse to penalise Lewis  actually. It was just another blatant attempt to help FIArra...