FIA Flavio Briatore to sue the FIA

[Brogan]

That's typical Mosley behaviour though.

You're forgetting that he's an ex-lawyer...

 

[FB]

Flabio now planning to sue NPj and all the other drivers who reneged on their contracts during his "life ban", unless he plans to sue NPj for damages, deformation of character, lieing...

Oh, hang on, the court didn't say you didn't do it Flab just that the FIA didn't have the authority to ban you. So, anyone want a convicted cheat running there team? An infectious leper as far as sponsors are concerned and a man who you couldn't trust as far as you could throw him? And, let's face it, given Flabio's size that ain't very far!

http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2010/jan/06/flavio-briatore-nelson-piquet-legal

 

[cider_and_toast]

Wait a mo though, Saint Flabio of Briatore is on ceefax telling everyone "I didn't do it Guv'nor"

When the worm hole that links our reality to Planet BernMaxFlab closes let's hope they don't find a way to re-open it shall we??

And on top of all that we still don't know who Witness Alonso X is ???

 

[Brogan]

Unfortunately Briatore has taken the court's judgement to mean that he is innocent of the charge, which is not the case.

All the court did was rule that the punishment was unjust, nothing more.

 

[snowy]

Innocent until proven guilty...

The triboonal questioned the FIA's proceedings and judgement saying that the Presidents conflict (prosecuter, judge, jury and executioner) of interests made the whole case questionable. So Flavio probably is within his rights to proclaim his innocence unless the FIA want to put him on trail.

 

[Brogan]

As expected, the FIA are going to appeal the verdict.

The FIA has decided to appeal the decision of the Tribunal de Grande Instance to overturn the motorsport bans handed down on Flavio Briatore and Pat Symonds for their involvement in race fixing.
[...]
Following discussions between FIA president Jean Todt and other representatives of his organisation over the weekend, motor racing's governing body has decided to appeal that French court's verdict.

A statement issued on Monday said: "The President of the FIA has consulted the FIA Senate and the FIA's lawyers about the decision of the Tribunal de Grande Instance de Paris of 5 January. It was unanimously agreed that an appeal would be prepared.
[...]
The FIA has also made it clear that while the appeal is underway, it believes the decisions of the World Motor Sport Council are still valid - meaning Briatore and Symonds still cannot work in motor sport.

However, the FIA has told Briatore-managed drivers that it will not enforce the original ban on issuing mandatory F1 Superlicences to those whose careers are looked after by the former Renault boss.

"While the appeal is underway, the World Motor Sport Council's decision of 21 September 2009 remains in full effect," added the statement.

FIA to appeal Briatore case verdict

 

[Brogan]

It looks like this has finally been resolved.

The decision handed down by the Tribunal de Grande Instance of Paris on 5 January 2010 at the request of Mr Flavio Briatore and Mr Pat Symonds, which the FIA has appealed, revealed a poor understanding of how the disciplinary procedure before the World Motor Sport Council (WMSC) works. In accordance with the undertakings made by the FIA President during his campaign, it will be proposed at the next General Assembly, at the end of 2010, that a structural reform, on which the FIA Statutes Review Commission is currently working, be adopted to prevent other misunderstandings.

In the meantime, at its meeting in Bahrain on 11 March 2010, the WMSC decided on the one hand to adopt a Code of Practice to clarify the working of its disciplinary procedure, and on the other hand to give the FIA President full authority to seek a definitive outcome, whether judicial or extrajudicial, to the disputes with Mr Flavio Briatore and Mr Pat Symonds, best preserving the interests of the FIA.

After discussions between their lawyers and those of the FIA, Mr Flavio Briatore and Mr Pat Symonds have each made a settlement offer to the FIA President with a view to putting an immediate end to the legal proceedings.

Each of them recognising his share of responsibility for the deliberate crash involving the driver Nelson Piquet Junior at the 2008 Grand Prix of Singapore, as "Team Principal" of Renault F1 where Mr Flavio Briatore is concerned, they have expressed their regrets and presented their apologies to the FIA.

They have undertaken to abstain from having any operational role in Formula One until 31 December 2012, as well as in all the other competitions registered on the FIA calendars until the end of the 2011 sporting season.

They have also abandoned all publicity and financial measures resulting from the judgment of 5 January 2010, as well as any further action against the FIA on the subject of this affair.

In return, they have asked the FIA to abandon the ongoing appeal procedure, but without the FIA recognising the validity of the criticisms levelled against the WMSC’s decision of 21 September 2009, as well as to waive the right to bring any new proceedings against them on the subject of this affair.

Considering that the judgment of 5 January 2010 concerned only the form and not the substance of the WMSC’s decision of 21 September 2009, and that the undertakings and renunciation of all claims expressed by Mr Flavio Briatore and Mr Pat Symonds are in line with what the WMSC is seeking, the FIA President has considered that it is in the best interests of the FIA not to allow the perpetuation of these legal disputes, which have received a great deal of media coverage and which, regardless of the outcome, are very prejudicial to the image of the FIA and of motor sport, and thus to accept this settlement solution, thereby putting an end to this affair.

http://www.fia.com/en-GB/mediacentre/pressreleases/FIA/2010/Pages/fia_tribunal.aspx

 

[teabagyokel]

And the Mayans were right. The world will end in December 2012...

 

[fat jez]

So after going on about the Tribunal de Grande Instance finding him innocent, he's now admitted he's guilty for a lesser punishment.