Il_leone
World Champion
http://www.planetf1.com/driver/3260/8786509/F1-s-Top-10-Scandals
I remember when reading a magazine about Grand Prix history from 1950 to then 1995 as it were there was an article of the Top 10 scandals in F1
At the time they listed the following were back then
The Water Bottle Row -
where during the beginning of the FISA/ FOCA war it was the British teams using Ford Engines with superior chassis against Ferrari/ Renault and Alfa Romeo who wanted to promote turbos. During 1982 both Piquet and Rosberg disqualified after running their cars underweight following a protest from Renault. The weight was measured at the end of the race but terms were deliberately using a water bottle to release water to cool the brakes and top up at the end . This lead to the British teams to boycott Imola 1982 as they needed to redesign their cars except Tyrell who participated due to pressure from sponsors
- The Shadow/ Arrows copyright design
Members of the Shadow team left to form Arrows and their new car was unveiled and looked like the Shadow back in the 1970's Arrows were sued for intellectual copyrights and the team were forced to redesign the car
-Tyrell disqualifed from a whole season 1984 for running illegal fuel to manipulate the weight. Later results showed the fuel sample was within the regulations for a non turbo but the team 's original verdict was upheld. Some saw it as a sinister ploy to gain unanimous verdict for promoting turbos for 1986 as it required all teams to do so and since Tyrell had no right then this made it easier
- Streiff's accident in Rio 1989 - the failure of the medical team to give him adequate aid as he began to feel lose feelings in his hands and is paralysed to this day
- Patrese Kangaroo court
in the aftermath of Peterson's death at Monza there were those who blamed Patrese as the cause as previous history about his wayward driving caused concern including James Hunt. This lead to some voicing not wanting to race next race if Patrese was allowed to compete. The FIA had a kangaroo court set up to ban Patrese from the next race. Obviously later replays showed Patrese was not involved in the accident - a huge embarassment to everyone
- The supposedly dud March in 1970's
- a wealthy person bought him a March chassis to complete in F1 but failed to qualify for the grand prix. Thinking he was sold a dud he went to prosecute the March owners for selling faulty product. It was a more a reflection of his own ability as the March owners had Ronnie Peterson demonstrate this by lapping two seconds faster in the same car at a test. This wealthy guy decided to retire after being upstaged and proven wrong
- Lauda's treatment at Ferrari 1977
Never forgiven the way Niki surrendered the drivers title in 1976. Ferrari had made Reutemann No 1 by allowing him access to new parts first during testing despite Lauda being the best driver then and leading the championship. Niki fighting against the forces against him proved to be superior driver through greater consistency and securing the title but walked out of the team once Ferrari wanted to test Villeneuve in a 3rd car having grown tired of the politics. HIs race engineer was shamefully treated by Ferrari for helping Niki secure the title
- James Hunt restart at British Grand Prix 1976
Hunt's car was damaged after Regazzoni and Lauda tangled. Hunt restarted in the spare car and won the race but a protest came from Ferrari about him starting in a spare despite Regazzoni always doing so but he had retired . The result was overturned under appeal and Hunt was disqualified
- Depailler's killed in testing in 1980
his car vaulted over a barrier killing him in the process testing at Hockenheim. What was scandalous was the catch fencing was not rolled out the time before he took the testing
Then No 1 at the time
Prost / Senna clash Suzuka 89/90
Need I say more
I remember when reading a magazine about Grand Prix history from 1950 to then 1995 as it were there was an article of the Top 10 scandals in F1
At the time they listed the following were back then
The Water Bottle Row -
where during the beginning of the FISA/ FOCA war it was the British teams using Ford Engines with superior chassis against Ferrari/ Renault and Alfa Romeo who wanted to promote turbos. During 1982 both Piquet and Rosberg disqualified after running their cars underweight following a protest from Renault. The weight was measured at the end of the race but terms were deliberately using a water bottle to release water to cool the brakes and top up at the end . This lead to the British teams to boycott Imola 1982 as they needed to redesign their cars except Tyrell who participated due to pressure from sponsors
- The Shadow/ Arrows copyright design
Members of the Shadow team left to form Arrows and their new car was unveiled and looked like the Shadow back in the 1970's Arrows were sued for intellectual copyrights and the team were forced to redesign the car
-Tyrell disqualifed from a whole season 1984 for running illegal fuel to manipulate the weight. Later results showed the fuel sample was within the regulations for a non turbo but the team 's original verdict was upheld. Some saw it as a sinister ploy to gain unanimous verdict for promoting turbos for 1986 as it required all teams to do so and since Tyrell had no right then this made it easier
- Streiff's accident in Rio 1989 - the failure of the medical team to give him adequate aid as he began to feel lose feelings in his hands and is paralysed to this day
- Patrese Kangaroo court
in the aftermath of Peterson's death at Monza there were those who blamed Patrese as the cause as previous history about his wayward driving caused concern including James Hunt. This lead to some voicing not wanting to race next race if Patrese was allowed to compete. The FIA had a kangaroo court set up to ban Patrese from the next race. Obviously later replays showed Patrese was not involved in the accident - a huge embarassment to everyone
- The supposedly dud March in 1970's
- a wealthy person bought him a March chassis to complete in F1 but failed to qualify for the grand prix. Thinking he was sold a dud he went to prosecute the March owners for selling faulty product. It was a more a reflection of his own ability as the March owners had Ronnie Peterson demonstrate this by lapping two seconds faster in the same car at a test. This wealthy guy decided to retire after being upstaged and proven wrong
- Lauda's treatment at Ferrari 1977
Never forgiven the way Niki surrendered the drivers title in 1976. Ferrari had made Reutemann No 1 by allowing him access to new parts first during testing despite Lauda being the best driver then and leading the championship. Niki fighting against the forces against him proved to be superior driver through greater consistency and securing the title but walked out of the team once Ferrari wanted to test Villeneuve in a 3rd car having grown tired of the politics. HIs race engineer was shamefully treated by Ferrari for helping Niki secure the title
- James Hunt restart at British Grand Prix 1976
Hunt's car was damaged after Regazzoni and Lauda tangled. Hunt restarted in the spare car and won the race but a protest came from Ferrari about him starting in a spare despite Regazzoni always doing so but he had retired . The result was overturned under appeal and Hunt was disqualified
- Depailler's killed in testing in 1980
his car vaulted over a barrier killing him in the process testing at Hockenheim. What was scandalous was the catch fencing was not rolled out the time before he took the testing
Then No 1 at the time
Prost / Senna clash Suzuka 89/90
Need I say more
