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F1's 70th Bday is not at peaceful as they'd want...

Reading that apparently a lot of teams are annoyed with the FIA's clemency towards the pink cars. Renault is considering an appeal, they have 24 hours to think about it and 96 hours to file, instead of the usual 1 hour.. They plan to appeal the punishment level, not the result. SAid that teams spend 20% of their time on aero development of such elements, and the punishment is nothing compared to the time and $ spent to gain such an advantage... Zak Brown was apparently particularly pissed off as well and Maclaren could appeal as well "they've been found guilty but can continue to use the parts. They always said they copied based on pictures, the ruling proves that was BS, the entire car is suspicious at this point". Even Williams who decided to bite their tongue until now is considering appealing. Binotto has the same thoughts re: level of punishment (ironic given their secret agreement) ..

Also Mercedes is nowhere near signing the new Concorde agreements - apparently even Ferrari is OK now (they must have kept some concessions like their vetos or some $$), but Mercedes is supposedly very dissatisfied about how their contribution to F1 is perceived and want more $ too... Toto says they're not ready to sign (they got the best car, the most famous driver) - F1 is saying "we talked to everyone, we're moving forward and won't be delayed in signing"... The mood is frosty ;-)