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A black day for F1

22/09/09 - by Ian De Cotta - todayonline.com

FLAVIO Briatore quit as Renault team principal last week when the furore over "Crashgate" reached fever pitch. The flamboyant Italian did not admit to any wrongdoing over the incident, instead he claimed he was walking away to save Renault.

His actions, and those of Pat Symonds - Renault's executive director of engineering, who also quit - look to have worked, after Renault escaped heavy punishment for the incident.

 

The two-year suspended ban for the French team suggests the World Motor Sport Council feel Formula 1 cannot do with yet another marquee outfit quitting the sport.

 

What leaves a truly bitter taste in the mouth is that motor-racing's powerbrokers feel the integrity of the sport can be compromised

After the financial crisis forced Honda to exit and triggered BMW's decision to throw in the towel at the end of this season, the loss of the French manufacturers has obviously been deemed as a potential body blow that could have brought Formula 1 to its knees.

While McLaren were hit with an astonishing fine of US$100 million ($142 million) for spying on Ferrari to use their technology in 2007, Renault have escaped with what is effectively a warning from the motor-racing authorities.

No fine, no points deducted even.

But if you ask your driver to potentially risk his life - and perhaps the lives of some marshals and fans - again, we will come down hard on you.

We may have seen the last of Briatore, who has been banned indefinitely, while Symonds has been hit with a five-year ban. But I'm afraid Formula 1's message is business is more important than the integrity of the sport.

And that is soul-destroying.
 

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