[情報] 摸死你被控告幫助MS贏得1994年世界冠軍

[KRaikkonen (2007年世界冠軍)]

Max Mosley has been accused of helping Michael Schumacher win the 1994 world
championship by advising his Benetton team on how to handle a dispute with
the FIA.

Benetton were investigated by the FIA following the fuel rig fire that
engulfed Schumacher's team mate Jos Verstappen's car in the German Grand Prix.

The FIA accused Benetton of illegally removing a fuel filter from the
refuelling rig, but team boss Flavio Briatore insisted the removal of the
device had been done with the permission of the FIA. It is now alleged that
Mosley told Benetton's lawyer not to try to pin the blame on the FIA.
Benetton instead pleaded guilty and were not given a punishment.

The revelation came in an article in yesterday's Sunday Express (see below)
written by Christian Sylt. Sylt spoke to the lawyer who handled Benetton's
case, George Carman, who claimed Mosley approached him in a bar the day
before Benetton's hearing.

According to Carman Mosley told him: 「it was best… not to seek to blame any
FIA personnel.」

The potential value of Schumacher to Formula 1 at the time is hard to
underestimate. Within a few years the sport had lost several world champions
- Alain Prost and Nelson Piquet had retired, Ayrton Senna had died, and Nigel
Mansell was still dallying with Indy Cars.

And the financial value of a successful German driver was enormous. As Sylt
notes RTL currently pay ￡95.9m for the rights to air Formula 1. Mercedes had
joined F1 in 1993 and at the time were expected to take up an option on
Schumacher's services in the near future. From 1995 to 2006 two Grands Prix
per year were held in Germany, and BMW returned to the sport in 2000.

Schumacher had lent his support to Mosley in the wake of the sex scandal the
FIA president is embroiled in, saying last month:
"I know Max as a professional person and I really rate him very highly. I
always thought that I didn't want people to comment about my private life, so
there's no reason to get into other people's private life."

Mosley suggested last year that Schumacher would not have been world champion
in 1994 had today's rules been in place. He claimed that Schumacher would
have been stripped of his title for the crash with Damon Hill in the final
round at Adelaide.

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