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Originally Posted by legion View Post
Has the FIA made one decision that benefited McLaren all season?
Yes, they let their drivers continue to compete in the WDC even after the Team was caught stealing documents and using them.

I would say that was a huge break.

Using their argument in the courtroom yesterday, Hammy and Fernando should not have even been in the WDC after their Stephneygate hearings.

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McLaren continually maintained in the build-up to the appeal there motive was for clarity of the regulations, and not for Hamilton to win the title in the courtroom.

However, after initially arguing whether McLaren's case was first admissible, and then the merits of their action, the team's lawyer Ian Mill QC called for disqualifcation of the three drivers and a reclassification of the championship.

That prompted Ferrari's lawyer, Nigel Tozzi QC, to brand McLaren as "naked opportunists," further suggesting they are "shameless hypocrites devoid of any integrity".
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