Marcus Ambrose has been a norty boy

[Smitty]

Ambrose fined $15,000
The Age May 13, 2005 - 5:04PM


V8 Supercar series leader Marcos Ambrose has been fined $15,000, his third punishment in the aftermath of a weekend collision with rival Mark Skaife.

Ambrose was fined by governing body, the Confederation of Australian Motor Sport (CAMS), for what it termed prejudicial conduct.

The fine followed an investigation into comments he made after the initial punishments received for his first turn collision with front row partner Skaife at Perth's Barbagallo Raceway.

Ambrose, the reigning series champion, had been black flagged and given a drive-through penalty during the race and was later docked 25 championship points at a stewards hearing.

An angry Ambrose told reporters on Sunday: "From what I understand they (stewards) were still angry about the Pukekohe incident and thought this was a chance for a square-up."

A CAMS statement on Friday said Ambrose admitted he'd breached the rules with his comments and accepted the penalty.

Despite the fines and loss of points, Ford driver Ambrose still holds an 11-point championship lead going into the fourth round at Eastern Creek next weekend.
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The 'conduct prejudicial' rule of the AVESCO operations manual reads: "A person must not do any act, make any omission or engage in any conduct - which includes words - which is or may be reasonably: (a) seen as being prejudicial to the interests of any meeting, or (b) likely to bring the sport of motor racing into disrepute."

© 2005 AAP

[HRT433]

good. and America can keep him once he gets there.

[Patrick]

$15,000 is a drop in the bucket for what he gets paid.

This fine won't bother him, what he should have lost is more points equal to what Skaife lost, then that would have hurt, ouch!

[CarlFST60L]

I didnt mind ambrose, that was until after the race when he started baging out the series, saying he was glad he was leaving... I cant stand the thought of the guy, i hope he dosnt come crawling back if he dosnt make it in USA

U S A, U S A, U S A

[Niggle]

good. and America can keep him once he gets there.

I'll second that.

[drone14]

We just need to tell an immigration official that we "suspect" him of being an illegal alien. They'll throw him in the deportation line quicker than you can say "V8 Supercar".

[HacketR8]

They really need to put this dog back in his box. You only need to look at how he is driving when he is not on the front of the grid. His behavour only goes to demonstrate his win at any cost attitude and adds even more weight to the "extra wire" incident last year. Next he will be telling us that because he is a Tasmainian, he has two heads and that he tucked the wrong one into his race suit.

This is for you Macus . The yanks will kick your arse!

[Wazz_ChevLS1]

Why is it that Ambrose thinks everyone should get out of his way like he owns every track he races on........... he should leave for the US sooner as he already has the American attitude that he is better then everyone else.

Ok I'll get back in my box now.

[Plan B]

Why is it that Ambrose thinks everyone should get out of his way like he owns every track he races on...........

Because; they are in his way! The cars are as heavy as elephants... And he's making the power....

[plonkerchops]

They really need to put this dog back in his box. You only need to look at how he is driving when he is not on the front of the grid. His behavour only goes to demonstrate his win at any cost attitude and adds even more weight to the "extra wire" incident last year. Next he will be telling us that because he is a Tasmainian, he has two heads and that he tucked the wrong one into his race suit.

This is for you Macus . The yanks will kick your arse!

Im sure the yanks will welcome him with a few friendly nudges. They'll just love a c0cky aussie coming over to show them hows its done

[SLE355]

Im sure the yanks will welcome him with a few friendly nudges. They'll just love a c0cky aussie coming over to show them hows its done

Well rubbing's racing

[hoon69]

boohoo cause a holden aint winning the championship
and ambrose is starting to act up like a knobhead with stupid remarks etc

skaife after the ingall incident pushing sbr team owner is anything to go by
then name a friggin driver who hasnt been revved up? they all do it from time to time whoopy doo dar f'n day!

i for one think they should be allowed to say what they want about drivers but as said in autoaction not so to the stewards etc
he should of known he'd cop a fine for them fighting words and is justified the guy got hot under the collar who cares obviously ppl are more concerned about a ford driver then they are about holden in general not on top of the 2005 championship

he deserved the drive through
and the fine
nuff said
he's still a top driver and still the champ nothing else matters and he will more then likely get the 05 championship just to rub salt into holdens wounds LMFAO

[Rick76]

"These comments were made largely in the heat of battle and without myself and the team being able to sit down and analyse the incident and what flowed from it," Ambrose said.

"My comments that have been taken to mean the points penalty was imposed because no action was taken in New Zealand and also because I had driven too well in the race were in hindsight completely inappropriate and could only cause harm to our sport."

Ambrose says he should have stayed out wider and allowed both lead cars to make the turn. "Peripheral vision is limited in the cars. I made a judgment call that I was clear and that call proved to be an error," he said.

"I expressed anger at the incident and the penalty. My language at the time was inappropriate. This was wrong and I apologise for any offence caused.

"If it was inferred that I called into question the fairness of the judicial system, I did not mean to do so and I apologise unreservedly.

"I now recognise that my comments have caused some grief to the Championship, to Stone Brothers, and to my personal sponsors and to sponsors of the team for this I am sorry."

Ambrose said he wanted to state "for the record" he had formally admitted to a breach of the Reckless Driving rule and accepted the additional points penalty for that reason.

[plonkerchops]

boohoo cause a holden aint winning the championship
and ambrose is starting to act up like a knobhead with stupid remarks etc

skaife after the ingall incident pushing sbr team owner is anything to go by
then name a friggin driver who hasnt been revved up? they all do it from time to time whoopy doo dar f'n day!

i for one think they should be allowed to say what they want about drivers but as said in autoaction not so to the stewards etc
he should of known he'd cop a fine for them fighting words and is justified the guy got hot under the collar who cares obviously ppl are more concerned about a ford driver then they are about holden in general not on top of the 2005 championship

he deserved the drive through
and the fine
nuff said
he's still a top driver and still the champ nothing else matters and he will more then likely get the 05 championship just to rub salt into holdens wounds LMFAO

no-ones questioning his ability to drive, I dont think anyone would question that he is a class pedaller. Unfortunately hes not a graceful winner, becoming more smug the more sucessful he is . Maybe he should take a lesson off the Brocks or Richards( Jim ) consummate professionalism on how to be graceful in winning. The sign of a true champion. The Ford /Holden Neanderthal-ism is irrelevant , he underestimated Skaifes stubborn pigheadedness as being lesser than his own fat ego and Skaifes ( quite rightedly ) self righteousness in being on the racing line caused the ensuing carnage...of sorts.
Now he paying the price , had his arse reemed for speaking out of turn, and had to backpedal to appease management and sponsors.

[hoon69]

rick76 has the qoute that i agree with..


he F'd up made a few wrong choices under pure anger without looking at the whole incident/penalty results etc before commenting
he messed up for sure was rightly penalised and he has to learn that cause he's on top he isnt inferior to anyone except himself i agree he made some disappointing comments and as a fan it did him no favours.

all up its a honest mistake whether he's back peddling or not he's admitted it finally and thats that,even if it took a threat or a word from his team n sponsors etc he wont make the same mistake again im sure of that.

richards sum'd it up in his interview he saw it 50/50 but i still reckon ambrose got the right punishment at the track on the day.