McLaren Mercedes fined $100 Million!

[nqd]

thats kinda harsh...compared to the patriots getting fined 500k for kinda doing the same thing

[static808]

Originally Posted by nqd

thats kinda harsh...compared to the patriots getting fined 500k for kinda doing the same thing

no comparison. its not stealing defensive signals, what mclaren did was steal the whole damn playbook. its a shame too, cuz the race between alonso and hamilton was real good this year. now this news takes up all the headlines...

--B

[WRBlue]

Originally Posted by nqd

thats kinda harsh...compared to the patriots getting fined 500k for kinda doing the same thing

Except that the Super Bowl winner doesn't make BILLIONS for winning the super bowl like the constructor's champion does...

I think the fine gets reduced by the amount that would have been earned in the Constructors Championship. So the fine will end up being something like $50 mil.

Last time I read anything about it - cause it usually isn't published, the constructor's champion purse is about $2 billion US. And McLaren all but had it locked up. McLaren's racing budget this year was $402 million.