F1 becoming a farce
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What on earth is going on with F1 right now?
Look at it this way - perhaps things might make some sense to those who follow the sport closely but for the casual spectator F1 has as much cred as the Tour de France..
The FIA are getting involved with in team politics (i.e. McLaren at Hungary) then send a message that what happened in Hungary quali is more serious than McLaren having technical info from Ferrari (as they can't score points in the race now). McLaren accuse Ferrari of cheating in Oz. Renault are kicking off with the FIA re: McLaren. There is an on going fight over the Toro Rosso and Aguri team cars. There is fighting over the new 2008 ECU's and then we have team managers fighting with drivers (Tost v Speed).
And all this against a background of Honda's illegal fuel tank, mass dampers, flex floors and Buttons contract saga.
What a mess.
Look at it this way - perhaps things might make some sense to those who follow the sport closely but for the casual spectator F1 has as much cred as the Tour de France..
The FIA are getting involved with in team politics (i.e. McLaren at Hungary) then send a message that what happened in Hungary quali is more serious than McLaren having technical info from Ferrari (as they can't score points in the race now). McLaren accuse Ferrari of cheating in Oz. Renault are kicking off with the FIA re: McLaren. There is an on going fight over the Toro Rosso and Aguri team cars. There is fighting over the new 2008 ECU's and then we have team managers fighting with drivers (Tost v Speed).
And all this against a background of Honda's illegal fuel tank, mass dampers, flex floors and Buttons contract saga.
What a mess.
2priestsferrari said:
What on earth is going on with F1 right now?
Look at it this way - perhaps things might make some sense to those who follow the sport closely but for the casual spectator F1 has as much cred as the Tour de France..
The FIA are getting involved with in team politics (i.e. McLaren at Hungary) then send a message that what happened in Hungary quali is more serious than McLaren having technical info from Ferrari (as they can't score points in the race now). McLaren accuse Ferrari of cheating in Oz. Renault are kicking off with the FIA re: McLaren. There is an on going fight over the Toro Rosso and Aguri team cars. There is fighting over the new 2008 ECU's and then we have team managers fighting with drivers (Tost v Speed).
And all this against a background of Honda's illegal fuel tank, mass dampers, flex floors and Buttons contract saga.
What a mess.
Politics in F1 is nothing new.Look at it this way - perhaps things might make some sense to those who follow the sport closely but for the casual spectator F1 has as much cred as the Tour de France..
The FIA are getting involved with in team politics (i.e. McLaren at Hungary) then send a message that what happened in Hungary quali is more serious than McLaren having technical info from Ferrari (as they can't score points in the race now). McLaren accuse Ferrari of cheating in Oz. Renault are kicking off with the FIA re: McLaren. There is an on going fight over the Toro Rosso and Aguri team cars. There is fighting over the new 2008 ECU's and then we have team managers fighting with drivers (Tost v Speed).
And all this against a background of Honda's illegal fuel tank, mass dampers, flex floors and Buttons contract saga.
What a mess.
2priestsferrari said:
What on earth is going on with F1 right now?
Look at it this way - perhaps things might make some sense to those who follow the sport closely but for the casual spectator F1 has as much cred as the Tour de France..
The FIA are getting involved with in team politics (i.e. McLaren at Hungary) then send a message that what happened in Hungary quali is more serious than McLaren having technical info from Ferrari (as they can't score points in the race now). McLaren accuse Ferrari of cheating in Oz. Renault are kicking off with the FIA re: McLaren. There is an on going fight over the Toro Rosso and Aguri team cars. There is fighting over the new 2008 ECU's and then we have team managers fighting with drivers (Tost v Speed).
And all this against a background of Honda's illegal fuel tank, mass dampers, flex floors and Buttons contract saga.
What a mess.
The real question is Where have YOU been over the past 50 years?Look at it this way - perhaps things might make some sense to those who follow the sport closely but for the casual spectator F1 has as much cred as the Tour de France..
The FIA are getting involved with in team politics (i.e. McLaren at Hungary) then send a message that what happened in Hungary quali is more serious than McLaren having technical info from Ferrari (as they can't score points in the race now). McLaren accuse Ferrari of cheating in Oz. Renault are kicking off with the FIA re: McLaren. There is an on going fight over the Toro Rosso and Aguri team cars. There is fighting over the new 2008 ECU's and then we have team managers fighting with drivers (Tost v Speed).
And all this against a background of Honda's illegal fuel tank, mass dampers, flex floors and Buttons contract saga.
What a mess.
EDLT said:
2priestsferrari said:
What on earth is going on with F1 right now?
Look at it this way - perhaps things might make some sense to those who follow the sport closely but for the casual spectator F1 has as much cred as the Tour de France..
The FIA are getting involved with in team politics (i.e. McLaren at Hungary) then send a message that what happened in Hungary quali is more serious than McLaren having technical info from Ferrari (as they can't score points in the race now). McLaren accuse Ferrari of cheating in Oz. Renault are kicking off with the FIA re: McLaren. There is an on going fight over the Toro Rosso and Aguri team cars. There is fighting over the new 2008 ECU's and then we have team managers fighting with drivers (Tost v Speed).
And all this against a background of Honda's illegal fuel tank, mass dampers, flex floors and Buttons contract saga.
What a mess.
The real question is Where have YOU been over the past 50 years?Look at it this way - perhaps things might make some sense to those who follow the sport closely but for the casual spectator F1 has as much cred as the Tour de France..
The FIA are getting involved with in team politics (i.e. McLaren at Hungary) then send a message that what happened in Hungary quali is more serious than McLaren having technical info from Ferrari (as they can't score points in the race now). McLaren accuse Ferrari of cheating in Oz. Renault are kicking off with the FIA re: McLaren. There is an on going fight over the Toro Rosso and Aguri team cars. There is fighting over the new 2008 ECU's and then we have team managers fighting with drivers (Tost v Speed).
And all this against a background of Honda's illegal fuel tank, mass dampers, flex floors and Buttons contract saga.
What a mess.
Exactly, this has been going on since day one, and it happens in all sports - just look at the Plato/Neal saga in the BTCC
2priestsferrari said:
What on earth is going on with F1 right now?
Look at it this way - perhaps things might make some sense to those who follow the sport closely but for the casual spectator F1 has as much cred as the Tour de France..
The FIA are getting involved with in team politics (i.e. McLaren at Hungary) then send a message that what happened in Hungary quali is more serious than McLaren having technical info from Ferrari (as they can't score points in the race now). McLaren accuse Ferrari of cheating in Oz. Renault are kicking off with the FIA re: McLaren. There is an on going fight over the Toro Rosso and Aguri team cars. There is fighting over the new 2008 ECU's and then we have team managers fighting with drivers (Tost v Speed).
And all this against a background of Honda's illegal fuel tank, mass dampers, flex floors and Buttons contract saga.
What a mess.
Very valid point. I think what F1 and Cycling have in common at present is that they're doing their dirty washing in public and all it serves to do is lower each sport's credibility in the eyes of Joe Public (we all love motor racing regardless right?), and therefore make a mass sponsor question the effectiveness of it's sponsorship of such a sport.Look at it this way - perhaps things might make some sense to those who follow the sport closely but for the casual spectator F1 has as much cred as the Tour de France..
The FIA are getting involved with in team politics (i.e. McLaren at Hungary) then send a message that what happened in Hungary quali is more serious than McLaren having technical info from Ferrari (as they can't score points in the race now). McLaren accuse Ferrari of cheating in Oz. Renault are kicking off with the FIA re: McLaren. There is an on going fight over the Toro Rosso and Aguri team cars. There is fighting over the new 2008 ECU's and then we have team managers fighting with drivers (Tost v Speed).
And all this against a background of Honda's illegal fuel tank, mass dampers, flex floors and Buttons contract saga.
What a mess.
Ironically, there has never been a golden age where spying and gamesmanship didn't take place in F1 just as there has never been a truly clean era in cycling. Just now we are told about it in the media as it sells papers apparently.
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