Flavio Banned for unlimited period

[Jamie]

Can't say I really care much about anything that happens in F1 really, but I do seem to remember Schumacher driving Damon Hill off the track to ensure he and not Damon won the world title. Was there not also similar danger of untold damage to drivers, spectators, track and stewards?

yes, but no action was ever taken because Williams decided not to appeal over the crash.

[baz]

It doesn't matter if he's not officially listed as Chairman of QPR.
Football League rules state "Any shareholder or director must be removed if they are banned by a recognised sport's governing body."

It's really that simple.

Where are you quoting from?

All I can see on the FL website is that the fit and proper persons test is applied to Directors and Majority shareholders. Flav can still retain a minority shareholding

[shania]

Just a shame that some have been milking this story for weeks in the hope he was found guilty and kicked out of Rangers!!

Why some feel the need to constantly want to boot the club they profess to support is absolutely beyond me :(

Agree 100 percent. How Flavio is treated on here is nothing more than sickening and perverted. I thought we supported the club to some extent.

Some folks wouldnt shut up before we are relegated and bankrupt as well!!:devil:

[Bernie's Barnet]

yes, but no action was ever taken because Williams decided not to appeal over the crash.

so the F1 governing body can choose to wring their hands of a matter of safety and integrity if they wish? Interesting....

[Kirill]

How Flavio is treated on here is nothing more than sickening and perverted.

Bit OTT. Are you in love with him or something?

[paulmason]

so the F1 governing body can choose to wring their hands of a matter of safety and integrity if they wish? Interesting....

A bit like the FA don't you think on some tackles and comments ?

[paulmason]

Agree 100 percent. How Flavio is treated on here is nothing more than sickening and perverted. I thought we supported the club to some extent.

Some folks wouldnt shut up before we are relegated and bankrupt as well!!:devil:

Wow, so in your world it does not matter what he has done to drag the name of QPR into the gutter with him, sponsors and business partners will be looking ways of jumping flavio's stinking ship as we speak and all you care about is his money.

[Jamie]

so the F1 governing body can choose to wring their hands of a matter of safety and integrity if they wish? Interesting....

well if the team on the receiving end decide that they do not feel anything untoward happened and dont want to appeal, what ground do the FIA have to overrule them?....

If Schumi had gone to them and said he'd cheated then im sure they'd have acted....

[Bernie's Barnet]

A bit like the FA don't you think on some tackles and comments ?

Yes, Morgan's assault on Ian Hume last year just being one of a number. But either we are going to have moral, ethics and rules applied consistently throughout football or we aren't. As Arsene Wenger recently correctly said of Eduardo's dive vs Celtic, if that incident is going to be reviewed and judged in isolation, then every tackle, free kick and decision taken in every football match everywhere should be simailrly reviewed.

The real problem here is classifying F1 as a sport at all, it isn't, the human element in F1 isn't remotely relevant to the result, e.g. the all conquering Hamilton last year is given a car made from old beer crates this year and cannot remotely compete. It's a money making corporate jolly, with oversized scalextric cars required to provide the entertainment.

[paulmason]

Yes, Morgan's assault on Ian Hume last year just being one of a number. But either we are going to have moral, ethics and rules applied consistently throughout football or we aren't. As Arsene Wenger recently correctly said of Eduardo's dive vs Celtic, if that incident is going to be reviewed and judged in isolation, then every tackle, free kick and decision taken in every football match everywhere should be simailrly reviewed.

The real problem here is classifying F1 as a sport at all, it isn't, the human element in F1 isn't remotely relevant to the result, e.g. the all conquering Hamilton last year is given a car made from old beer crates this year and cannot remotely compete. It's a money making corporate jolly, with oversized scalextric cars required to provide the entertainment.

Can you see the funny side of you post "the human element in F1 isn't remotely relevant to the result"

[Bernie's Barnet]

well if the team on the receiving end decide that they do not feel anything untoward happened and dont want to appeal, what ground do the FIA have to overrule them?....

If Schumi had gone to them and said he'd cheated then im sure they'd have acted....

They have no responsibility for the safety of spectators and marshalls trackside then?

[qpr_matt]

Their is a difference between heat of the moment crashing into someone, like their is with a 2 footed challenge. Both are obviously wrong, and dangerous.

But making someone deliberatly crash to cheat the system and fix the race is the same as bribing match officials (Closest match between the 2 sports) and they should rightly get banned from the subsequent sport.

[Bernie's Barnet]

Can you see the funny side of you post "the human element in F1 isn't remotely relevant to the result"

I'm afraid it isn't. They may as well lay down grooves on the tracks at each of the F1 venues and just slot the cars into them. No "sport" involved at all.

[MYU]

Any news to who will take over Renualt?

I'm hoping to Eddie Jordan back, please please happen!

[Nodge70]

I'm afraid it isn't. They may as well lay down grooves on the tracks at each of the F1 venues and just slot the cars into them. No "sport" involved at all.

Not strictly true.

Look at the way Schumacher performed with an under powered Benetton running on an engine not much different to the one under the bonnet of a Ford Focus (and a similar performance in his first 2 years with Ferrari when by common consesus, Williams, McLaren and Jordan had superior cars). Same with Alonso for his 2 titles. Damon Hill leading the Hungarian Grand Prix start to within 100 yards of the finish in an Arrows for fec.ks sake! Loads of other examples too.

Within the top 3 or 4 teams the driver makes the difference - the exceptions of an all dominant car are pretty rare, but even then, still make exciting racing between the drivers (Prost/Senna in McLaren, Schumacher/Irvine in Ferrari, Hill/Villeneuve in Williams, Hamilton/Alonso in McLaren). I can only think of a really fallow season when a mediocre driver (Hakkinen) won in a really dominant McLaren.