Team Dynamik.....2005.....What a challenge!

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Several people have pointed out to me the 2005 challenge that Team Dynamik face. If the FIA throws out their appeal, what are the likely consequences?

If the two cars have to start a lap down in each race at Adelaide, then it would seem hard for them to be able to finish inside the Top 32 - the prerequisite for away races.

This means that they will only have a marginal chance of appearing in NZ for Round 2 - Kieron and Simon's "home" race. Of course, if that happens, then it follows logic that they will miss Round 3 at Barbagallo as it is another Top 32 car round.

They will make it to Round 4 at Eastern Creek, but unless an absolute miracle happens, then Round 5 at Shanghai and Round 6 at Hidden Valley are unlikely to see the Dynamik cars front up either as they are both Top 32 car rounds.

By the time the championship moves to Round 7 at QLD Raceway, Dynamik will most likely have only contested 2 championship rounds out of 6.

Summising that all this occurs as above, that means that 2005 for Team Dynamik will only contest 9 rounds of the 13 available championship rounds.
This has further ramifications, because they can drop their worst round, which won't change anything really as it will be a DNS round that goes.

This could get really nasty, as it wouldn't take much bad luck nor mathematical aptitude to suddenly realise that this team faces the very real fear of finishing 2005 with a pair of Level One franchises outside of the Top 30 - or in the "danger zone". Apart from the potential of having a sponsor family that misses out completely on 4 rounds of exposure, the team must surely be left in a vulnerable position with respect to franchises and requirements set out for Level One franchise ownership.

Now if the FIA overturn the rulings dished out in Australia, then there is no real issue at all, and part of the above may not happen at all. But if they uphold the localised penalties, do the FIA have the power to impose further penalties on Team Dynamik?

Right now, all this seems somewhat unknown. Have Team Dynamik bought the sport into disrepute sufficiently enough to have to forfeit their franchises to TEGA?
With the recent purchase of a Level Two and the resulting field reduction to 34 cars, do TEGA see this pair of Level Ones as an easy way to seal the grid at a static 32 cars - the same 32 cars turning up at every round.

All this is very interesting, and you have to wonder for how long the whole "appeal of penalties issued" saga could drag out for. At some point, someone has the potential to flex their muscles - will it be the FIA and if so what will the ramifications be in Australia?
If it isn't the FIA, could it be TEGA, and again, the same question of potential outcomes could be asked.

For all the alleged wrongdoings - and it is still alleged whilst under appeal - that currently surround Team Dynamik, you have to take your hat off to Kieron for the amount of investment that he has made in putting Team Dynamik together. It is no easy task, but now everything seems to be swinging like a pendulum on a Grandfather Clock.

Will this spell the end or will it be the start of an uprising from Adelaide? At some point, we will all know the answers. But how long is a piece of string and in how many ways can it be tied?