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Originally Posted by go.pawel

It was a result of a deal with Ecclestone. The official explanation was that McLaren would struggle to fit into the smaller garages and smaller paddocks (especially with their huge media center).
The FIA hadn't opposed this solution, but the rumour has it that Mosley made an unofficial agreement with Dennis that the latter will step down from his position after the 2008 season. However, Dennis has recently changed his mind, which Mosley is not happy with. Since the allocation of pits is decided by FIA (Mosley), not by FOM (Ecclestone), McLaren got demoted to the back of the pitlane.

So just what kind of "fly-by-the-seat-of-your-pants" rules do the FIA and F1 go by? Do they simply make the rules up as they go along? This is not the hallmark of a class organisation.