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Titolo: [ENG] Arbitration to lead to race annulments?

Source: Motorsport.com F1 News
http://www.motorsport.com/news/article.asp?ID=121377&amp;FS=F1
It's been suggested that if Williams and McLaren are successful in
theirarbitration case against the FIA, the results of the first three
races ofthe season could be made invalid. The two teams stated their
arbitrationintention earlier this year after being unhappy about the way
the FIAintroduced rule changes, saying F1's governing body was in breach
of theConcorde Agreement.
The situation is still ongoing but if Williams and McLaren are successful
inthe legal action, it leaves a way open for any other team to challenge
thelegality of the first three races. This would be on the basis that
they hadtaken place under rules that teams had not agreed to. The San
Marino GrandPrix would not be included as teams and the FIA met before
the event andagreed on the regulations.
There has been no recent comment from the FIA, Williams or McLaren on
thelegal situation, although Ron Dennis last commented that discussions
hadbeen favourable. Ironically, if the two teams do win the arbitration,
itwould be McLaren that stood to lose out if the scenario of the first
racesbeing annulled arose -- David Coulthard won in Australia and Kimi
Raikkonenin Malaysia. However, although a legal challenge ispossible, for
the moment it's only theoretical.
It's not currently a certainty that Williams and McLaren are still
intendingto go ahead with the arbitration but the ban on driver aids has
been delayeduntil 2004. This was because the FIA did not want to commit
extensivefinances to policing electronic devices, or the lack of them,
given that thegoverning body could lose the case.
Meanwhile, Williams and McLaren have lost a legal action against
BernieEcclestone. They claimed that they and the other teams should have
benefitedfrom the sale of shares in SLEC, which owns the commercial
rights to F1,back in 2001. The International Chamber of Commerce in
Switzerlanddisagreed.
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 given that thegoverning body could lose the case.
Anche perché il portare a fine anno l'eventuale cancellazione delle gare
darebbe il via ad azioni legali che, come scritto in un'altra notizia,
potrebbero dare il risultato definitivo del campionato solo a distanza di
mesi o anni. E non credo che la F.1 abbia bisogno di una cosa del genere a
livello di immagine. A meno che non si voglia davvero dare il colpo di
grazia a _questa_ F.1 per fare spazio a quella dei GC. La cosa mi
entusiasma davvero poco....
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 quella dei GC. La cosa mi entusiasma davvero poco....
Anch'io ho la sensazione che sia tutta una polemica fasulla, che però
viene orchestrata per confondere ancora più le acque alla vigilia di
decisioni importanti. Mi sembra che ogni apparenza di "concordia" (pun
intended) sia tramontata e da qui in avanti i colpi non verranno
risparmiati.
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