Here's the latest on Flavio's situation with the result of his appeal imminent.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/h ... t/formula_one/8440675.stm
Notwithstanding the final decision when it arrives, I'd be interested to know what people here think about this situation.
In all honesty, I can't figure out whether he should be banned for life or not.
The thing is, the thought of a team and/or driver deliberately crashing a car is scary. Obviously it's potentially very dangerous and it's certainly not in the true spirit of the game, so to speak.
However, is this behaviour any worse or more dangerous than one driver 'accidentally'
colliding with another, in an attempt to either hinder his progress or end his race altogether?
EDIT:
A couple of collision examples.
Schumacher and Villeneuve in 1997:
http://www.jamesallenonf1.com/ ... ks-comebacks-and-regrets/
Meanwhile Schumacher has again reiterated that the greatest regret of his career is the deliberate collision with Jacques Villeneuve in Jerez 1997, which cost him the world championship and his reputation,
“I have some moments that if I could have them again, yes I would do them differently – probably 1997 in Jerez, ” he said. “I would have had a couple of opportunities to avoid all this and still win the championship, but you take your lessons and you learn from them.”
... and the infamous Senna vs Prost incident at Suzuka in 1990:
http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/200 ... reatest-f1-videos-part-x/
The sequel to the 1989 encounter, and to many there more shocking of the two because of the speed at which Ayrton Senna took Alain Prost out of the race. Without a moment’s hesitation or regard for the safety of Prost, himself or any of the other drivers, Senna rammed Prost off at the first corner of the 1990 Japanese Grand Prix to win the championship. It was outrageous, but there was nothing the FIA or its incandescent President Jean-Marie Balestre could do to punish him.
Senna's radical move was inspired by his dormant fury at what had happened in 1989, and fuelled still further by his outrage at having won pole position for the race, but not being allowed to exercise what had been the fastest driver’s right to choose which side of the grid he started from. Senna reasoned that if Prost gained an advantage at the start, the responsibility for the consequences did not rest with himself. Dangerous reasoning.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/h ... t/formula_one/8440675.stm
Notwithstanding the final decision when it arrives, I'd be interested to know what people here think about this situation.
In all honesty, I can't figure out whether he should be banned for life or not.
The thing is, the thought of a team and/or driver deliberately crashing a car is scary. Obviously it's potentially very dangerous and it's certainly not in the true spirit of the game, so to speak.
However, is this behaviour any worse or more dangerous than one driver 'accidentally'
colliding with another, in an attempt to either hinder his progress or end his race altogether?EDIT:
A couple of collision examples.
Schumacher and Villeneuve in 1997:
http://www.jamesallenonf1.com/ ... ks-comebacks-and-regrets/
Meanwhile Schumacher has again reiterated that the greatest regret of his career is the deliberate collision with Jacques Villeneuve in Jerez 1997, which cost him the world championship and his reputation,
“I have some moments that if I could have them again, yes I would do them differently – probably 1997 in Jerez, ” he said. “I would have had a couple of opportunities to avoid all this and still win the championship, but you take your lessons and you learn from them.”
... and the infamous Senna vs Prost incident at Suzuka in 1990:
http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/200 ... reatest-f1-videos-part-x/
The sequel to the 1989 encounter, and to many there more shocking of the two because of the speed at which Ayrton Senna took Alain Prost out of the race. Without a moment’s hesitation or regard for the safety of Prost, himself or any of the other drivers, Senna rammed Prost off at the first corner of the 1990 Japanese Grand Prix to win the championship. It was outrageous, but there was nothing the FIA or its incandescent President Jean-Marie Balestre could do to punish him.
Senna's radical move was inspired by his dormant fury at what had happened in 1989, and fuelled still further by his outrage at having won pole position for the race, but not being allowed to exercise what had been the fastest driver’s right to choose which side of the grid he started from. Senna reasoned that if Prost gained an advantage at the start, the responsibility for the consequences did not rest with himself. Dangerous reasoning.
