No Minardis in action in Melbourne?
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It is possible that we will not see a Minardi in action at Melbourne. The team wants to start the season with a 2004 contender that conforms to 2005 safety standards but not to 2005's technical regulations.
The Minardi team has spent all of its budget building the 2005 contender which will not be ready until the San Marino Grand Prix and, because of this, the team would have to race in the first three races of the season in the PS04B. To do so the other nine teams would have to agree that Minardi would race a car that doesn't comply to the 2005 technical regulations. Eight teams have already agreed. The only team that hasn't yet is Ferrari.
"All of the F1 teams (with the exception of Ferrari) have supported us. We believe the cars will be running to legal regulations. If Ferrari and the FIA wish to make an issue of this then it is up to them," Stoddart told to Autosport.
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FIA-President Max Mosley was clear though: "If there was no prior agreement and Minardi presented to us the 2004 car, which would be illegal under the current regulations. So the scrutineers would not put a sticker on it and it would never go out of the pit lane in Australia."
Stoddart replied to that: "We say the cars do comply and if the scrutineers say no then we would protest, and I would be surprised if we were not allowed to race under protest."
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Et semmosta. Tämä kyllä osoittaa melkoista kahtia jakoa koko sarjassa toteutuessaan. Eli tilanne on aina vain kirkkaammin muut vastaan FIA/Ferrari. GPWC sen kuin kertää tuulta purjeisiinsa, jos FIA ja Ferrari todellakin estävät Minardin osallistumisen kauden ensimmäisiin kisoihin.