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It's not stopped him coming out and crticising the team in the past. He's a grown man and more than able to make decisions for himself. Lewis did the right thing by apologising though, so fair play to him for that.

McLaren to answer further charges at the WMSC.

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/74346

$50M fine and excluded from the WCC.

I would expect nothing less.

What a shame to part in this manner. I believe he has been working for McLaren since 1974 and though his last actions probably can't be justified, I thank him for his work at McLaren!

wouldn't surprise me if Mercedes actually pulls the plug soon.

Yeah I fear the same thing.

Fear? They will buy Brawn out

So according to WMSC McLaren still lied about the matter multiple times in Malaysia early on thursday, no wonder they are in big shit

Dont know if Virgin will accept that.

tell me you are joking

Go Porto

the "problem" is whether it was just ryan and lewis that did this or the whole team.

I had no part in the whole affair, thank you very much.

They are still screwed tbh, they either allowed two team member to bring the sport into disrepute, or were complicit with two team members in bringing the sport into disrepute, ether way the top brass at McLaren will be held accountable for Ryan & Hamilton's actions regardless of whether they knew about it.

My only "issue" with this at the moment is Lewis still has his job - he has his own mind does he not?
I cannot really imagine why they did what they did, it would be like arguing black is white, given hindsight, it's a stupid and extremely arrogant thing to do to think you could get away with something like that.

I'm sorry but Lewis is not some wet behind the ear child, he lied plain and simple. Saying he was "misled and that is the way it went" doesn't wash with me, surely he doesn't expect me to believe that he, the Formula One World Champion, was unaware that the FIA record all radio communications between team and driver? If he is that easily manipulated, then he needs some professional help.

If somehow Mclaren did end up pulling out, i would think it's bad for F1. Mclaren have a huge support fan base, and hamilton has a big fan base also, this would be really big and f1 may lose alot of fans due to this. Even though they have lied, and done a few bad things in the past 3 years, i would rather keep them on the grid. But someday they have to learn not to lie or cheat. I think they are on the way out, even though i hate mclaren with a passion, i would rather them stay. The Ferrari vs Mclaren days were good to watch.

Michael Schumacher was deemed to have lied about his 'mistake' in Monaco by the stewards and at the stewards.

If the info is correct then it's just 2 people that lied, not the team itself.
The FIA can sidestep UK Law over unlawful fines by issuing them from Paris, but they cannot sidestep the EU ones about Restricted Practice anywhere in Europe, if the FIA exclude McLaren, expect this to get very dirty.

what a perfect time for Mercedes' general meeting today...

interesting observation....