penalty of 192 points

[rs2000]

this was cut & paste from another site.

still very relevant.

"I am writing to you to question the penalty imposed on Marcus Ambrose after his Qld 300 win on Sunday. I understand that as his team breached the rule with regard to the ECU, some penalty must be imposed, but the penalty you have chosen is outside your own guidelines. I'm a bit puzzled how B 7.3 has been appropriately applied here; the clause states:

7.3.1 The Stewards must have regard to the most appropriate penalty or penalties and should take into account the following factors in assessing any penalty to be imposed:

7.3.1.1 whether the offender made an early admission of a breach of the Rules or whether the Stewards found against them following an inquiry,

7.3.1.2 the seriousness of the offence,

7.3.1.3 whether the offender gained any advantage;

7.3.1.4 whether the offence resulted in a disadvantage to another person;

7.3.1.5 if the offender is a member of a multi-Car team, the Stewards must consider whether the offence was committed to assist an other team member to gain any advantage.

7.3.1.6 any other aggravating or mitigating factors,

7.3.1.7 the specific maximum and, if specified, the minimum penalties in the

Schedule B 4 Tables and any Further Penalties,

7.3.1.8 in considering the penalties of fines and loss of series’ points (“points”), the Stewards must take into account the standing of the driver in the relevant series points score; and where the driver is:

(a) in the top twenty of the points score, must firstly consider a penalty of

deducting points; and

(b) not in the top twenty of the points score, must firstly consider a penalty

of a fine; and

7.3.1.9 any previous breaches of the Rules, whether or not such breaches appear in the offender’s Pass Book/Licence.

The table of penalties referred to (B 4) lists 85 as the maximum points deduction (and a $15,000 fine) for a technical breach that is deemed not intentional.

If the maximum penalty is 85 points, how did CAMS come to a decision to impose a penalty that is approximately 2.3 times that value (192 points)? Especially as SBR admitted the breach, and admitted that it was unintentional, and CAMS found that it did nothing to aid performance - in fact the plug in question was not plugged in to anything. Also, with regard to breaches by other drivers, I understand that PWR Racing was found to be in breach of the Rules, in that at the end of Race 1 at the Clipsal 500, post race scrutiny revealed that the Control ECU Loom was not in compliance with the Rules. A penalty of $1,000 was imposed. Also, Car #28, Matthew White, was found to be in breach of the Rules, in that at the end of Race 1 (Clipsal 500), post race scrutiny revealed that the Control ECU Loom was not in compliance with the Rules. Stewards imposed a reprimand.

So we have 3 breaches of the ECU rule:

1. PWR - $1000 fine

2. M White - reprimand

3. SBR - 192 points, $10000 fine.

I can see the consistency that has been applied here and it all seems very fair - NOT!!!

I just hope that common sense and justice prevail on Thursday at the official appeal - if not, I think you will have a lot of race fans disillusioned with motor racing in general, and I hope that AVESCO find you (CAMS) in breach of your own rules and fine you for bringing the sport into disrepute

[xr6t~>]

would we get an answer from the appeal tonight?..hope ambrose gets his points back

*fingers crossed*

[turb06]

Sports tonight will have the answer no doubt, it will probably be on the net first though.

[TURBO4LT]

Fingers and toes crossed...... its starts at 7pm tonight so hopefully we find out later

[xr6t~>]

anyone here got an opinion on what the result of the appeal would be?

[turb06]

This is what I hope to be the outcome.

Ambrose points reinstated. His drive was legit and there was no performance gain.

SBR still fined. There was still a breach of the rules.

[xr6t~>]

I agree with sbr being fined and ambrose's points beign re-instated..but I still rekon $10,000 is a bit much for a breach that gave no performance gain..

[xr6t~>]

wooooo~!!!...ambrose's points were re-instated and the fine was reduced to $5,000

ambrose is back in the lead..

http://www.v8supercars.com.au/news/latestn...Ind=M&gid=11987

[ducatijb]

My faith in the system has been restored......

[TURBO4LT]

Good to see