Paid marshalls a good thing?

[LaSarthe+Back]

Reading on Autosport that Di Montezemolo would like to see professional stewards employed at race meetings instead of "amateurs at large". Would you think this is a good thing, in that they know what they are doing/looking for, and how to do it.

Or is it a bad thing because the unpaid amateur will have passion for the sport and is not susceptible to unscrupulous behaviour from certain parties.

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/63587

[LaSarthe+Back]

Well, yes, that's what I was hinting at, but given that Autosport had not made any such angle of it, I wondered if there was something I'd not considered.

[LaSarthe+Back]

flemke said:

LaSarthe+Back said:

Well, yes, that's what I was hinting at, but given that Autosport had not made any such angle of it, I wondered if there was something I'd not considered.

In the article, he is quoted as using the word "stewards". Do you think he meant "marshals"?

Sorry, my mistake. I meant the people who make race (and championship) deciding calls.

Again, sorry.