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The following examples illustrate some suggestions which are currently under consideration:
1. Unless tactical considerations make this impossible, team orders which are agreed within a team before a competition starts should be made public. "If you plan to fix the race or rig the championship, let us know before the season starts so we can save the price of a ticket or turn off the television." This is what Jean Todt has aleady done. Govern yourselves accordingly.
2. If the finishing order between two drivers has been pre-arranged, they should take up these pre-arranged positions as soon as is practicable, having regard to all the circumstances. "If TGF is programmed to win, Rubens should let him by in Lap 1, not 100 feet from the finish line." See No. 1 above.
3. Team orders which a team considers it necessary to issue during a competition, eg “hold positions”, should, whenever possible, be made public as soon as they are given . "Tell us the race finish is rigged so we can leave early and beat the traffic out of the parking lot." This is the only rule that makes any sense, and this also allows us to see if the Designated Loser disobeys orders too (e.g. Pironi, whom you see now even Bernie and Max admit was lying when he made up all those excuses for why he won a race that was not his to win.)
It'll be interesting to see what rules, if any, they come up with next season after hearing from the racing world at large. And whether Ferrari will obey them.
Thanks for posting that link.
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