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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...

Hmm it seems that Ferrari have a special arrangement with the FIA where they have veto powers over the technical regulations. Makes one wonder whether all those drivers and constructors trophies that they've won was done with merit or by influencing the regulations to suit their car. Suddenly Schumacher's record doesn't look so great. If that is not cheating, I don't know what is. Saturday 16th May 2009 Ferrari team boss Stefano Domenicali insists the Scuderia do want to remain in Formula One - but not under Max Mosley's terms. Speaking in the wake of Friday's failed attempt to reach a compromise with the FIA President over his planned £40 million budget cap, Domenicali confirmed that the Scuderia have lodged an injuction against the FIA's 2010 regulations. Ferrari feel that Mosley is weilded too much power in his attempt to force new regulations on the teams without consulting them, especially...

Brawn is so right, I agree wholeheartedly. A budget cap is necessary whether it's good or bad times but allow technical freedom within that cap. That way the smartest team will progress forward and win. And we the fans would still get to see proper racing which is determined by the best drivers with the best team support. And that support is not fake because it is not just a truckload of cash but cash spent wisely to get the best results under the cap. Saturday 9th May 2009 Ross Brawn fears today's Formula One teams are becoming nothing more than an army of "Swiss watchmakers". Like many of his fellow team principals, Brawn is frustrated by the FIA's budget-cap regulation for next year that paves the way for a two-tier sport. Motor sport's world governing body last week announced a £40million cap with the dual purpose of slashing spending among the present teams, but also to attract new marques....