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... not from the FIA, however!

http://thejudge13.com/2013/01/07/the-my ... hartstein/

This article gives slightly more info as to why he may have been sacked. Still shocking that absolutely no explanation has been given about this. Makes the FIA look like they want to hide something. Surely something will come out eventually, just a case of when, and what

The problem I have with Harstein's position on the matter is that AFAIK so far it is all talk and no action. It's all very well to comment as he is, but so far they are just vague statements without any apparent substance.

If he has genuine concerns for safety in Formula 1 and believes that these are not being addressed and/or there is some sort of cover-up then he should come out and say something directly and not just make insinuations.

If he believes he has been unfairly sacked then he should pursue a wrongful dismissal claim.

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Agreed. He's been highly unprofessional about it all. I'm not at all surprised the FIA wont comment, he's been treating it like he got expelled from school.

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This.

It's clear he's pissed someone off in the wrong place. If he wants answers he should peruse them privately. The FIA don't have to tell anyone publicly why they chose to replace him. It has nothing to do with us really.

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As I understand it he was on a rolling contract that hasn't been renewed so he wasn't sacked as such, just not re-employed. In situations like that there isn't really any path for the employee to take like claiming wrongful dismissal, so he doesn't really have a leg to stand on in that respect.

As for the reasons behind it, he must have some idea what has cause was, maybe some fall out with Todt as implied in the article. It will come out sooner or later no doubt.

Crummy reporting, and doesn't tell us anything new.

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Just what I was going to say, His contract has not been renewed he has not been fired and If he was this unprofessional during the course of his work I am not surprised they have decided to look else where.

I think there is something in Employment law (at least in the UK) that if you are employed on rolling contracts for four consecutive years, you are classed as a permanent employee with continuous employment and have the same rights with respect to unfair dismissal as any other permanent employee.

This is to stop companies pretending an employee (oe their post) isn't really permanent by employing them on and off over a number of years.

It could be anything. Even something as simple as pricing himself out of a contract. If the FIA can employ someone to do the same job at half the cost, they are going to go for that option - anyone would.

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I don't think it's anything to do with rolling contracts but things like hours and how many people you actually work for, whether you have to book holidays and stuff like that.


http://www.freelanceadvisor.co.uk/resou ... -a-worker/

I wonder what the French rules are?

The bit that leaves a bad taste for me is this stuff he's threatening to spill the beans on something if he doesn't get what he wants. If the drivers are at risk then to me he should be spilling the beans whether he gets the job back or not. But it seems he would be willing to forget all that if he gets his wishes.

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Disclaimer: The above post maybe tongue in cheek.

"I thought I'd get your theories, mock them, then embrace my own. The usual."

I'd love to know what the whole story here was.

Who cares already?

While at first it was a bit intriguing, the way he has handled himself really made me question if a person with this level of maturity and professionalism (or lack there of) should be in charge of overseeing the safety in such an extremely risky sport.

In 2008 I was found myself in a similar situation and as messed up as it was, never once did the thought enter my mind to take to public media to express my feelings on the situation. I took it as a lesson learned and then proceeded to take as many of his well-paying big money clients as I could. Now he's working for some company making less than what he used to make when he worked under me.

I can't help but think this guy really hurt himself in the way of finding new employment because anyone interviewing or considering him will certainly see his affiliation with Formula 1 and will almost certainly google his name and see how he handled this entire situation. NEXT!!!

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Second place is the first loser!

IMO the FIA obviously don't need Mr Spanky as the head to look stupid. JT is doing a great job filling boots.....

Is that you Gary?

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Updated. Cleraly, the Doc and FIA had disagreements on where to go in the future

http://thejudge13.com/2013/01/09/hartst ... f-the-fia/

They didn't renew his contract because they didn't have to. That is the way of the world Gary, sometimes we get replaced by people for reasons we will never know but the FIA did nothing against the rule book in not renewing his contract.

If he pissed off the wrong person then that is what happens. I did the same thing with my employer just last year. I got sacked as a result. He sounds bitter, he sounds like he has a very high opinion of himself, which as a doctor he has a right to but he does seem to take it further and he isn't going to win his job back but dissing the FIA at every public opportunity. In fact he's making himself rather unemployable.

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The title needs updating really. He wasnt sacked - his contract just wasnt renewed - big difference.

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Corrected.

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I've run out of patience with tyre threads. There is an official one: USE IT.

fair enough