The usual answer is that the FIA hadn't prosecuted him correctly, so Flavio appealed in a French court and won. I didn't study that in details myself though.
A lot of people who shared this sentiment were hung up on the idea that “no one turns off JS.” But some people do, for a variety of good reasons!
What % are we talking about? 50%, 25%, 10%, 1%, 0.1%? People make choices, but those are their choices. I need to get the job done and I can't cater to everyone's needs.
Duracel picked a wrong mascot.