The biggest issue that I foresee is that the FIA have set a very dangerous president, and now if anyone spins off in quali - in front of a Ferrari in particular - the FIA are going to have to shove them to the back of the grid, just to keep the peace.
David
LOL… the Mosley’s have always been a wee bit dangerous
The biggest issue that I foresee is that the FIA have set a very dangerous president
Yep, well dodgy that Max Mosley bloke
The biggest issue that I foresee is that the FIA have set a very dangerous president, and now if anyone spins off in quali - in front of a Ferrari in particular - the FIA are going to have to shove them to the back of the grid, just to keep the peace.
David
Don’t really agree with that. They’ll continue to punish people the way they have been in the last few races.
Ian
I’d say these things happen when drivers think they are bigger than the sport. Well done the FIA. [typo corrected]
Ian
mmm… i disagree IDG… I never ever felt good about anything i got thru’ cheating but I think in th ecases we are all thinking of, these guys don’t actually conciously cheat… the reason they are all so gordarm ferkin brilliant is because they are focussed on only 1 thing and have the mental ability to completely shut out everything else around them to achieve their aim… none of them (i mean the truly brilliant ones) do this for the money or the lifestyle, I believe they they do it because they love winning and they love winning in th eseat of a race-car more than life itself… a bit philosophical but that’s how I see it.
I think the FIA taking a hard line was absolutely correct - the big issue for me in this is that for everyone outside the Ferrari team it was guilty until proven innocent - borne mainly because we all believe Shumi is very very capable of doing this to gain an advantage… is it also assumed he isn’t capable of making an error ?? but also is he not quite clever enough to think it all the way thru’ ??.. To me at least - he looked like man-of-the-match on Sunday… even from 2nd row he might have won - but it was going to take a miracle for him to get on th epodium from a pitlane start… and you know what… he almost did it !! (helped by the number of failures, but almost nonetheless)
I’m not sure you are really disagreeing with me there.
People think they are bigger than the sport when behave in the manner you outline. They (Schui, Senna, etc) didn’t behave in that manner in their first race, or even their first season, so what changed? Their opinion of their standing in the sport.
I do agree with you though, Schumacher’s feat of coming 5th from the pitlane is surely one of the greatest for Monaco in recent years.
Ian