Formula 1 Bollox

[James]

Me and Paul we were watching the F1 yesterday and EXTREEMLY ANNOYED by the way it finished... Wise words from D@ Pander (Paul) ....

 

Letter to Ferrari & ITV from Paul ...

 

Dear Team,

 

With all the controversy surrounding Formula 1 you would think that the F1

teams and the administration would be trying to bolster and maintain the

sports already flagging image around the world. Having just seen what I can

only describe as a mockery of an Austrian Grand Prix, I feel totally and

utterly robbed of the last 3 hours of my life.

 

Rubens Barrichello was the best driver of the weekend by a country mile,

outperforming everybody in both qualifying and the race. To have to give

that race up must have been both soul destroying and heartbreaking for

Rubens. I have been a Ferrari supporter for a long time now, but I have to

be honest and say that it is scandalous decisions such as that which took

place at this afternoons race that seriously bring into question my

allegiance with the team. I support Ferrari because I like racing, as far as

I am concerned, Ferrari have always been the best 'racing' team. I now begin

to wonder whether or not it is even going to be worth continuing to watch

Formula 1 if nothing is done to stop situations like this happening again.

 

I cannot tell you how pleased I was to hear the crowd in the Grandstands

voice their opinion at the result. They will have paid a lot of money to get

in to see the race, and there is no doubt in my mind that they would feel

robbed, I know I did, and I was only watching it from the comfort of my

living room. Sure, I understand that in certain situations team orders need

to play an important part of a race, and that at the end of the day the team

has invested a lot of money etc.. etc.., but there has to be line drawn

somewhere.

 

Even though I am a huge Michael Schumacher fan, I cannot be certain that he

had nothing to do with the decision making process that has gone on this

afternoon. Michael is probably my favourite driver because of the way he

drives, and I admire him for that. What people in Formaula 1 have to realise

though, is that the world of Formula 1 does not revolve around Michael

Schumacher. He may well be the highest paid driver with the most number of

victories under his belt, but I wonder how many people will now begin to ask

questions as to exactly how many of those were false victories.

 

I would like to end this email by raising some questions that I would be

extremely grateful if you could take time out to either raise within the

program or at least reply to.

 

I believe Michael said in the press conference something along the lines of:

 

"Once the championship is secured then we can concentrate on some real

driving"

 

Then during the brief interview with Ross Brawn, Ross said:

 

"Michael was told not to push, Rubens was told not to push, you can't really

call that a race"

 

How can Formula 1 justify statements like these to drivers, teams, sponsors

and even more importantly, the viewing public, some of which would have paid

good money to go to the track and watch the race live.

 

Are Ferrari trying to tell us that they are not a 'Racing' team anymore? and

to be honest, after a statement like that, what is the point? Why SHOULD we

watch when teams are allowed to get away with farcical situations like that

?

 

What can be done to stop this happening again, and more importantly to stop

people from switching off Formula 1?

 

I can certainly say that had I known that something like that was going to

happen then I would not have sat down to watch the race.

 

Best Regards

Paul Anderson

London.

[TidyTraxGrant]

F1 is startin to take the piss good n proper .

Theres as much dough involved in it as there is in football, i dont fink a lot of people realise that .

 

No sport is sacred anymore,

[Housewhore]

quote:

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Originally posted by DuMonde_Raver:

F1 is startin to take the piss good n proper .

Theres as much dough involved in it as there is in football, i dont fink a lot of people realise that .

 

No sport is sacred anymore,

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Trust me theres a lot more dough in F1 than football my mates dads an engineer for ferrari and hes bloody minted never mind what the drivers get!!!

[James]

quote:

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Originally posted by DuMonde_Raver:

F1 is startin to take the piss good n proper .

Theres as much dough involved in it as there is in football, i dont fink a lot of people realise that .

 

No sport is sacred anymore,

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DuMonde - I ENTIRELY agree with you mate - this is why I HATE football - I think the whole thing is one big joke purely driven by cash. Must admit there are no team games I like at all - I prefer sports where it is clear who is the winner and who is the loser. F1 used to fall into this category but since yesterdays events I'm not sure anymore!!

 

HouseWhore - agreed on the money front !

 

James

[James]

You see, if it were me and I was making loads of cash from the club I would RE-INVEST the money in the club in the form of giving out free shares (or discounted share options) to the fans who go regularly (i.e. those with season tickets).

 

Is it just me or is the rest of the world full of selfish fuckwitts who are here for themselves, and themselves only.

 

ANYONE WHO THINKS I AM TALKING [censored] AGAIN CAN F*CK OFF CAUSE I'VE HAD ENOUGH OF PEOPLE THINKING I AM FULL OF [censored] - I HAVE ALWAYS BACKED UP MY THOUGHTS AND IDEAS WITH ACTION AND I PROMISE I SAY WHAT I MEAN. One day, if CTW really kicks off and the top contributers on the site do end up running a club with me, I promise my disposable income will start going to a charity such as Children In Need....

 

James

[TidyTraxGrant]

Im with you on that, but at the same time, we'd need some money to keep the club pumpin and money for ourselves to live on etc

[James]

yep, of course DMR !

 

The other reason the club will be cool is because everyone will get their slot to DJ !

[TidyTraxGrant]

Im a born and bred Chelsea supporter and will never stop followin them, but football is 99% cash and coperate driven, its a fcukin joke .

It aint fair to hard workin honest fans and little kids who pay £45 for a club shirt when the fatcats behind the clubs just change them next season .

 

Fairness and respect to the fans --> BOLLOX

[James]

Fantastic - check this out...

 

http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/25260.html

 

James

[TidyTraxGrant]

Ha, good, at least the team are gettin there cummupence now, if it was the same thing in footy or somethn similar, i bet nothin would of happened, or somethin extremely small and pathetic .

 

If i ever got a licence granted anf owned me own club, i'd never be out the place, constantly be in there obsessed with makin it the best club in the country in terms of everythin

[CreamyC]

Totally agree with every comment written here!!

 

Football - Lost its edge years ago, proof is in the pudding the viewing figures are down for the FA Cup Finals!

 

Formula 1 - Sadly, this is becoming all too predictable too, what a farce that was!!!

 

Hopefully these fat bastard cats that earn the spondoolies will get their cumuppence soon!