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They are making a point...

They should focus on the racing...


Mine wasn't as good as yours. I'll give myself an A+ for effort.

Not sure what you mean, but hey, get another A+ from me!

They are focusing on the racing, things like these behind the scenes happen all the time. And apparently FI started this by hitting on Haas first if you read the article

It seems as though Haas has a valid point. FI saying that it feels a exemption is justified kind of reinforces the Haas claim. Perhaps the old FI should not have made the original Haas/Ferrari claim.

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How petty and spiteful. I guess Haas would rather have 9 teams on the grid just so they can have more prize money. Their demands are not in the interest of the viewing public.

I think they actually have a pretty good point, but it's not really Force India's fault - more the fault of the bizarre way the whole thing has been handled.

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Haas are a long way ahead in the constructors. This seems to be purely about the ongoing fued they seem to have with Force India.

Weird. Are they trying to retaliate to what Renault did to them when they flagged their floor as illegal a few races ago? Seems so petty.

I think it's more to do with the fact that when Haas entered as a new constructor they received no prize money for the first couple of years because of Bernie's stupid revenue structure, yet "new" Force India are entitled to the money that the old team would have received (presumably because Liberty Media have elected to be more fair than Bernie was). I see their point, but two wrongs don't make a right here. "We didn't receive anything so they shouldn't either" is to me quite a petty attitude to take and does nothing to undo the wrongs of the past. As I said, I think the primary motivator here is spite and it is in no one's interest to uphold this protest.

So Haas follows the rules, pays their dues, yet FI gets a free exception worth millions, and it is Haas that are getting blasted here. That figures.

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But those rules are unfair. In my view every competing team should be treated the same regardless of how long they have been around, a view I have stated numerous times on this forum. The sport's new owners have taken a more commonsense approach with Force India and should be applauded for it.

I see what Haas are upset about but unless this protest somehow results in Liberty Media retrospectively redistributing all the money that they were unfairly deprived of, I don't see what Haas stand to gain here apart from some childish thumb-nosing.

Childish in your opinion. Not mine. You are talking of millions, millions that Haas had to wait to earn, but that the new Force India does not have to wait for. I won't argue that it may not be fair, but let's be rare to both teams... Either make the wait time for ALL teams retroactive or change the policy for the future. As I said, I believe Haas has a valid point, but if you want to see their objections as childish, it is your choice.

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Yeah, I agree with this. Harsh maybe, but Haas do make a point. You can't have it both ways.

I thought you were making a funny remark on Force India's new name. Racing Point Force India

Haha, I completely missed it, I honestly wasn't making a pun. But yeah, I see it now, and I declare yours just as good!!!!

The stewards have heard the protest and will announce their decision no sooner than before FP3.

there is a bit on racer.com and steiner explains this has been being discussed behind the scenes since they agreed to allow the new force india owners to get the money. they have not come to an agreement and haas wants an agreement wrote before the off season, so any new owner knows the exact rule

I can see what Steiner is getting at, and I understand (I think) his legal standpoint in terms of the protest, but if I was your average RPFI mechanic I'd be feeling pretty frustrated right now. Over half the year's points have been scrapped, the team they should have been fighting for is now throwing them under the bus when it already feels like they have an unfair advantage due to their relationship with Ferrari, and in the process of that throw they're being questioned as to whether the car those same men and women designed, built and developed is even theirs any more.

I agree there needs to be a precedent set now for the future, but I hope it goes in favour of RPFI because it's those people who have already suffered this year. They don't need to be kicked while they're down.

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Haas' case against Force India dismissed:
https://www.racefans.net/2018/11/24/stewards-dismiss-haass-protest-against-force-india/

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Haas have lodged an appeal:

https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/haas ... t/4303117/

It’s stupid because it’s not a new team, just new owners who invested TO RESCUE IT!
I get Haas’ point but it’s petty. The team was in serious trouble and the sale was necessary in order to keep it from disappearing to the depths of wherever the heck Caterham, HRT, and Marussi.

The question I have is… did Renault get to collect prize money when they bought Lotus??!?

If they did then Force India should use that as an example to be granted exemption just the same.
If they didn’t collect their first 2 years, then I can see Force India not being allowed to do the same thing.

Then there’s Brawn GP… it was purchased for all of $1 and they won the championship. Did they not collect their prize money??!? That one I highly doubt, but then they were sold off to Mercedes… did they also not collect prize money their first 2 years back??!?? Again, I doubt that was the case.

Either way, Gunther and Co. at Haas should concentrate on improving via upping their game, not hindering the acquisition of funds by fellow competitors.

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Those cases were all different in a particularly stupid and fiddly way, which is the same reason Racing Point Force India has a different point total to Force India instead of combining the two.

Due to some sort of gum in the transactional wheels, what happened - as I understand it - is that rather than Force India the team being sold to Lawrence Stroll and his investors, they actually bought all the assets and signed all the employees of that team and formed a new team that was identical in every respect to the previous one.

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And that differs from Mercedes buying Brawn, Brawn buying Honda, and Renault buying lotus how?
The end result is exactly the same… at team was purchased and rebranded entirely, whereas this teams name remained relatively unchanged. It’s still Force India, for this season at least, in which case they remained more the same team than any of the other examples I provided.

Each case is unique in how things unfold, but in the end, they were BOUGHT OUT and got rebranded entirely, so if they weren’t excluded from getting their prize money, neither should Force India, though I hope they lose the name altogether moving forward.

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Because they bought the entry as well as the team, whereas I believe Racing Point Force India is a new entry. That would be the entirety of it: it's a purely legal difference.

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Correct me if I'm wrong, but Brawn, Lotus, etc. all happened in the off season, this is a mid-season change and the reasoning is that if this is a new team then they are using another team's intellectual property. I'm glad it got resolved as it was a nasty business and did feel a bit like Haas getting back on them. I understand them trying though, they were targeted hard these past two years

https://www.racefans.net/2018/11/28/haa ... agreement/

holy cow, what a legal mess f1 needs to work through

I’d say the “when” and “what” was acquired is irrelevant because it is a new team under new ownership, period. Force India remained Force India just not under Sahara ownership.

All the rest of them were new owners and dawned completely different naming and branding. The force India merely dropped Sahara but the livery remained identical, as did the power train and staff. The same Team Principal, technical people, enggineers, mechanics, pit crews… it remained completely unchanged and business resumed without a single hitch or delay. They showed up to EVERY RACE, and qualified and raced just the same.

The FIA would be better served to simply tell Haas and everyone else…

https://youtu.be/GO_xfR64qSk

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I think Haas are in the right. Force India was scoring very well but run to the ground. a bit like Leeds United, who got to the Champion's League and then went bankrupt. The new owners should have had to wait to receive payments or the new teams ought to have this waiting period removed before that can receive these payments, otherwise teams may be tempted to burn themselves out and then sell on. Which is not a good thing for the sport or the employees.

Sorry but that's not something that would be commonplace in F1 because F1 Teams are big money technology corporations and the one thing they don't EVER want to
publicize are financial struggles because that creates a moniker of instability and no one wants to pony up their dollars to partner up with a company that may be circling
the drain. For all intents and purposes, to any potential sponsor, that screams NO RETURN ON INVESTMENT and that rule comes well before the first rule of fight club!

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GROSJEAN :: GASLY :: ERICSON :: LECLERC :: STROLL :: SEROTKIN :: HARTLEY

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I understand what you are saying, but legally, even adding a letter in a name means a completely different entity. It doesn't matter if they kept the same colours, it wouldn't make Brawn GP the same as Honda if they kept the Honda livery...

Check this:

https://www.autosport.com/f1/news/13875 ... 85000-fine

They actually avoided fines as they were applied to another team, not the new team.


They also kept the livery and name as not to confuse the fans:

http://www.espn.co.uk/f1/story/_/id/244 ... orce-india


The whole reason that Perez files a suit was to go to administration and save the team by changing the team name/ownership. You can't have it both ways, they are either a new team or the old team.

My point entirely! All those teams were also new teams and regardless of off season or in season, the team was under new ownership and carried new branding, yet they were allowed to collect their prize money. Haas got screwed but that’s their problem, but force India can argue they should get their earnings via using the examples of Honda/Brawn/Mercedes and Lotus/Renault.

It’s just how the judicial system works and is EXACTLY how attorneys base their cases. A good attorney will ALWAYS look for similar cases to first influence a jury and second, to get judges already considering previous rulings. Good attorneys set a prescedent by referring to previous cases and most people can remember on of the more famous and most referenced cases in history in Roe vs Wade.

If Force India’s attorneys are the least bit sharp, that’s how they’ll approach this case.

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The issue was that if they were re-classified a new team then they surely can't be allowed to have the previous money of another team. In the bizarre world of Bernie, where every team made secret deals on the side, this was game, but nowadays it shouldn't happen. I understand the precedent, but it doesn't mean it is right.

Racing FI will have a new name in 2019. (so will ferrari and haas)