> Bottom line: I think it stinks as well, but I fail to understand why Ferrari
> is being solely accused of ruining the F1 game. This has been going on for
> as long as I have watched F1.... just not as blatantly obvious. Team orders
> is an integrated part of F1 and Ferrari did not all of a sudden*** the
> spirit of F1, it has been laying on it's back for ages anyway ;)
has over all the others this year, the only possible fight for a fight
for the top step on the podium is between MS and RB, and it's pretty
clear that this fight wont happen
Which makes Ferrari look like a bunch of chickens to me, and in the long
term it might hurt them, because Ferrari has to answer to their
sponsors, and sponsors are only interested in forking out the big cash
as long as they feel they get something in return, which probably is TV
audience, when the TV audience goes away, so does the sponsors
Team orders are a part of F1, I agree, but when one team is as far ahead
of the competition as Ferrari is today, it falls a bigger responsibility
on them to provide some sort of race to the flag
Now Ferrari has even gone out and said that team orders are already in
place for Monaco, so why should I even bother to switch on my TV then,
bar a mechanical breakdown or a mistake from MS, and we all know how
often those two has happened lately, we already know who's going to win
as soon as the Qual is over.....more or less, as there's nobody to
challenge the Ferari/MS combination on sheer speed, except possibly RB
but he's not allowed, and we all know that Ross Brawn is probably the
best tactician in F1, gee, Monaco will be really exciting to watch, it's
bad enough usually, but now....
Beers and cheers
(uncle) Goy
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