Damon Hill Now Unsure about Bahrain
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Eric Mc said:
Not necessarilly. The teams apparently have two transport plans in place. One to Barhrain and one not.
LOL yes I appreciate that there will be two options. I wondered if anyone knew whether the kit had been shipped or whether they were still holding off from actually making a decision? Eric Mc said:
I can see the pilot of the 747 freighter with all the F1 cars sitting on the tarmac at Shanghai, opening a sealed envelope and reading the enclosed letter which says,
"Captain, fly us to........"
IIRC there are three sets of kit - stuff that goes by plane (cars mainly), and then two separate sets of other stuff that goes by sea. So the stuff that was in Australia goes to China, the stuff that was in Malaysia is en route to Bahrain, and so on. "Captain, fly us to........"
That way if one set gets stuck somewhere it's less of a problem.
As was said before, it seems Bernie doesn't want to cancel, as then he has to pay, so, he waits for the regime to cancel. . . which they seem determined not to do.
In the meantime all the animals in Bernies "circus" are obeying the lion-tamers whip & going ahead with the show.
It is the type of mentality that has been responsible for wars commencing, & evil regimes continuing unchecked.
If you take any feelings of Motorsport enthusiasm out of your equation (although at that circuit anyhow, it is hardly a factor) this is nothing other than a scandalous money grabbing charade to try & convince the world of the "normality" of what has been ( & still is) going on there.
If it happens, it will be a shameful day for F1, even if everyone goes & comes back OK.
In the meantime all the animals in Bernies "circus" are obeying the lion-tamers whip & going ahead with the show.
It is the type of mentality that has been responsible for wars commencing, & evil regimes continuing unchecked.
If you take any feelings of Motorsport enthusiasm out of your equation (although at that circuit anyhow, it is hardly a factor) this is nothing other than a scandalous money grabbing charade to try & convince the world of the "normality" of what has been ( & still is) going on there.
If it happens, it will be a shameful day for F1, even if everyone goes & comes back OK.
I watched this film last year. Its quite long, but worth a watch imo.
http://www.aljazeera.com/programmes/2011/08/201184...
Until there is an end to the trouble, F1 shouldn't be going anywhere near the place.
http://www.aljazeera.com/programmes/2011/08/201184...
Until there is an end to the trouble, F1 shouldn't be going anywhere near the place.
Eric Mc said:
I can see the pilot of the 747 freighter with all the F1 cars sitting on the tarmac at Shanghai, opening a sealed envelope and reading the enclosed letter which says,
"Captain, fly us to........"
I've got this mental picture of Slim Pickens in his cowboy hat in Dr. Strangelove.................."Captain, fly us to........"
Damon Hill was interviewed on the Today programme this morning. He's obviously internally conflicted about the situation.
tvradict said:
I watched this film last year. Its quite long, but worth a watch imo.
http://www.aljazeera.com/programmes/2011/08/201184...
Until there is an end to the trouble, F1 shouldn't be going anywhere near the place.
Good find. I'm increasing impressed by Al Jazeera.http://www.aljazeera.com/programmes/2011/08/201184...
Until there is an end to the trouble, F1 shouldn't be going anywhere near the place.
Riff Raff said:
Eric Mc said:
I can see the pilot of the 747 freighter with all the F1 cars sitting on the tarmac at Shanghai, opening a sealed envelope and reading the enclosed letter which says,
"Captain, fly us to........"
I've got this mental picture of Slim Pickens in his cowboy hat in Dr. Strangelove.................."Captain, fly us to........"
Damon Hill was interviewed on the Today programme this morning. He's obviously internally conflicted about the situation.
Adam205 said:
Seeing as there is a race in China first you would think that all the kit was headed there....
.Piglet said:
With only two weeks to go, presumably the kit is already on its way there?
Seeing as there is a race in China first you would think that all the kit was headed there....
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Well I have all our Shanghai tickets, where to after that I am not too bothered.
vette
I actually reposted the OP's link on my Facebook, with the subtitle "a man who was already pretty high up in my estimations goes a little higher...."
For far too long most of the journalists who follow the F1 circus have been neutered in their opinions for fear of having their access restricted should they not tow the "party line". It's been said between the lines many times, but as far as I'm aware it's really only Motorsport magazine who have the balls to really write what they want about F1, perhaps because they no longer send correspondents there?
But for Hill, well I applaud him for at least coming out & talking about the situation. Will Webber mention it this year?
I'm not the type to get involved in political protests if I'm honest, but a country that can lock up its medical practitioners for treating the injured needs to be stood up against.
For far too long most of the journalists who follow the F1 circus have been neutered in their opinions for fear of having their access restricted should they not tow the "party line". It's been said between the lines many times, but as far as I'm aware it's really only Motorsport magazine who have the balls to really write what they want about F1, perhaps because they no longer send correspondents there?
But for Hill, well I applaud him for at least coming out & talking about the situation. Will Webber mention it this year?
I'm not the type to get involved in political protests if I'm honest, but a country that can lock up its medical practitioners for treating the injured needs to be stood up against.
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