Max Mosley threatens to ban B.A.R.

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The 2005 season for BAR could come to an abrupt end on May 4th.
Aparently Geoff Willis has lied to the FIA stewards and if true, Max will ban the team.

The stats: Button weighed in at 73.6 Kg and the car at 532.5 Kg.
After Charlie Whiting ordered the fuel drain, the fuel weighed 11.5Kg.
After this, the car only weighed 521.0 Kg. which was a total weight of 594.6 Kg.
The minimum weight, including on-board camera is to be 605 Kg.
Thus, car number 3 was 10.4 Kg underweight.

Upond discovery, Charlie Witing asked Willis if the car had a secondary tank.
Willis denied this.
To BAR's surprise, the FIA stewards produced an Endoscope and examined the tank in detail.
The camera did indeed find another tank inside the original.

In general, all teams calculate their fuel consumption very accurately.
Most teams are so precise that the norm is 1.5 Kg of fuel remains after a race.
On Jenson's car it was 11.5 Kg. He carried an extra 13.5 Litres.
The amount of the hidden fuel is enough to extend the first pit stop by 3 extra laps.
While other teams need to add ballast weights, BAR could burn its extra weight.
This weight advantage amounts to about .4 seconds per lap.

Regulations do not prohibit the instalation of more tanks,but these must be clearly indicated in the technical drawings submitted to the FIA, which BAR had not done.
The car may not be underweight during any time during the competition.

Before May 4th, the FIA will now attempt to prove that BAR has deliberately and regularly cheated in this regard. They will examine; the times of the stops, the pumped volumes and the lap times of all past races, including 2004, where BAR was second in the constructors championship.

When Max was asked about the incident, he made it very clear that any infaction will be dealt with severly and there will be no compromise. BAR and Button will therefore lose much more than just 3rd place at Imola. "If anyone is caught, wilfuly and deliberately cheating, they will be expelled from the championship, no matter who it is" said Mosley.


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