Re: the Stoddart/FIA/Vic Court (leaving aside the issue of Stoddart's piss poor performance in not being ready)
A complete load of bollocks!
If I'd been the Vic Supreme Court Judge, I would have slapped Max in gaol for contempt. WTF does he think he is telling the court what it can and can't decide. But as the action was withdrawn on Sunday morning, I can only conclude that Max's guts returned when he realised he could make threats and impugn others without danger of actually being called to account for his actions.
The "regulations" and "international rules of motor sport" are just contract terms, nothing more and certainly not any form of legislative authority. Its a pure commercial dispute and who else but the courts decide such things when the parties can't agree. Stoddart seemed to think he had obtained a variation of the terms in January when everyone said it was OK to run his 2004 car. Others, it seems, had different views.
The court granted an "injunction" to allow Minardi to take part in prac & qually with a view to hearing the arguments from both sides about participation in the race...I'm quite sure the FIA knows what an injunction is notwithstanding how they may portray it in the press.
Its as much a beat up by FIA as it was by Stoddard. I would think a lot of race organisers would have the FIA back in the very courts they slagged off, to redress any withdrawal of events should they attempt it.
I think we can all all stop running around in circles and wringing our hands about withdrawal of motor sports from Australia.
Phew....that feels better. Nothing more to see here, please move along.
loved it. on the site i saw it, it had other car sounds too so I think i'm just about to go googling
They're all losers, aren't they? 
