Comments on: Max Mosley accused of helping Michael Schumacher win 1994 championship

By: Alex Jones

Alex Jones — Thu, 29 May 2008 15:30:37 +0000

IIRC, the FIA actually provided details and diagrams to some other teams to do the same modifications to the fuel rigs.

By: KB

KB — Wed, 28 May 2008 17:27:26 +0000

Like it matters?

Press must be at a loose end this year.

By: Michael Counsell

Michael Counsell — Tue, 27 May 2008 17:31:25 +0000

Didn’t a lot of teams also remove a certain part of the the fuel rig? I don’t remember.

This is a strange way of looking at it because Benneton were getting penalised left right and centre in 1994 and if they blamed the Mosley advised them not to blame the FIA it may have been a threat.

That year was almost set to be a last race decider with Nigel Mansell making an appearance. It was arguably contrived but more to favour Damon Hill who don’t forget was the son of one of the most popular drivers in history and the effective replacement of Nigel Mansell another of the most popular British drivers ever.

F1 became bigger than ever and started a controversial rivalry with Schumacher and Hill. If anyone was trying to manipulate anything it certainly worked…

By: the limit

the limit — Tue, 27 May 2008 13:09:08 +0000

I can imagine in another thirteen years some juicy information being made public about last year’s ‘spygate’ scandal.
This is what we have all believed for years, and the political goings on followed Schumacher on to Ferrari.
This is nothing new, as Benetton were under alot of suspicion concerning the legalty of their car anyway.
Frank Williams admitted that, before Senna was killed,
Aryton had voiced his concerns about certain elements of the Benetton car, in terms of it playing to the rules.
All of this has been well documented over the years, from many different sources, however, one fact is completely undeniable.
The 1994 World Championship was won and lost when Schumacher and Hill collided in Australia. If Damon’s car had not been so badly damaged, he would have been the champion, end of story.

By: Alianora La Canta

Alianora La Canta — Tue, 27 May 2008 11:23:01 +0000

The FIA statute of limitations for internal cases, as a general rule, is that once a championship is declared, it cannot be altered unless a legal decision has been made beforehand allowing a specific matter to be considered later (which was why such a rider was put on the McLaren/Ferrari case last July). For F1, this usually means the November or early December of the year in question. So nothing could be done about the 1994 championship results, even if the beans had been spilt on the first race of 1995. Of course, the “people still in a position to mess with F1″ point still stands.

By: DG

DG — Tue, 27 May 2008 09:15:31 +0000

I think the phrase ‘claimed Mosley approached him in a bar’ sums the whole situation up nicely.
Are dirty deals still being done in bars, even in 2008?

By: bernification

bernification — Tue, 27 May 2008 01:09:57 +0000

Didn’t MM make a comment along the lines that MS wouldn’t have been 1994 champ if it wasn’t for the seasons previous events?
Everything is coming out of the woodwork now though, and there is probably a lot more.

By: Don Speekingleesh

Don Speekingleesh — Mon, 26 May 2008 18:52:20 +0000

That’s where I first saw it alright. Was probably in 2004/2005. Don’t remember hearing the story originally in the press at all.

By: Diacho

Diacho — Mon, 26 May 2008 18:44:36 +0000

Just read both posts, Keith, very well written as always – congratulations!
Some incidents are missing, though: the win in GB in 98; throwing HHF off the track after a pit stop; spinning on purpose in a qualifying lap to escape the rain; NOT helping Irvine in 99, while playing soccer at home; parking in the middle of the track to force a red flag and a restart (I’m not talking about Monaco/Rescasse here. It’s another incident altogether); the barge boards incident in 2000…
Conspiracy theorists? Many people compare MS’s antics with Senna’s. Still, it’s pretty clear to me that Senna was nowhere near these kinds of tricks in his career. Even if you take the Japanese GP in 1990 in consideration, that’s one event only, compared to what? 15? And if not Senna, who in F1 history can be compared to Schumacher when it come to dirty racing?

By: Tengil

Tengil — Mon, 26 May 2008 17:16:40 +0000

Here is the original story from 2003, with a bit more meat:
http://forums.autosport.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=57753

It was things such as this I hoped would be the downfall of Max, but if it takes a sex scandal to get rid of him, then so be it.