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  • ohulancutash@feddit.uktoMicroblog Memes@lemmy.worldLegalized bribery
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    13 hours ago

    It was founded on lies and lobbying. Remember “taxation without representation”? Americans were on a 90% tax discount compared to the British. America was founded off the back of the particularly idiotic, greedy and gullible, and they’ve continued on that path to present. And some fool gave them weapons.











  • OK, but F1 isn’t like that. Toto was Bottas’ agent both at Mercedes and Sauber, and Bottas was happy with his services. There have been many similar examples. Hell, people who cheated at teams ended up poacher-turned-gamekeeper.

    The thing is that it’s largely self-policing. The teams aren’t shy about causing a riot if they feel wronged (or if they merely think they can gain a small advantage from the fuss). If the teams are willing to accept Susie, then she’ll be fine. And the indications are that the paddock holds her in very high regard.


  • Not meaningfully. There’s a revolving door between the FIA, FOM and the teams anyway, and FIA President isn’t supposed to get involved much in F1 either.

    Wolff and her husband are currently pursuing legal action in France against the FIA for a previous conflict of interest investigation in 2023, which was quickly dropped after every team principal except Horner signed a letter of support for her, and it was criticised as a malicious act taken by MBS who was in a dispute with Toto Wolff.