I know Bob Bell and I would be very surprised that he was involved in this.
Concerning Pat Symonds, he his a real motorsport guy and maybe he was aware about this. I don't think it was his idea but it's possible that he has been convince to manage it by Flavio. Flavio had an huge influence capacity level, people can judge Pat but I don't know a lot of body that would resist to him when they are subordinated.
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