"It's a long race"
Saturday, May 29, 2010 at 01:05PM
Don't you just love post race and qualifying interviews? In today's politically correct world and schooled drivers we could all write the script for what they will say. Must thank the team of course, which I don't really mind because they deserve it, and at least in F1 they do not mention the car maker and sixteen sponsors in the first breath. The one phrase I laugh about every time is "it is a long race tomorrow." Now, as far as I know, all the F1 races are basically the same length to comply with the rules, so why do they make it sound each week that this one is longer or harder? I know they are saying that compared to a few laps for qualifying the race has a lot more and lots of things can change and happen, but we all know that. At least Hamilton tells us how he feels occasionally on the team radio, but the press conferences would be a lot more fun if they said what they felt. Mind you these are the three quick guys, so why should they complain? Maybe we should interview the three slowest, or the ones who had accidents, or maybe Alonso? I am sure that if they let him tell you what he really thought after Q2 it would have been fun to listen.
Vettel looked decidedly unhappy to be third. I wrote earlier about Webber being a mentally tough team mate, and he is keeping the pressure on young Sebastian. I am sure Vettel is not happy about the problems he has been having with his cars, and it seems odd that it is consistently the left front. Is there something in the way he drives, or just coincidence?
Button seemed to have the goods on Hamilton during practice, and I was beginning to think his smoother style was going to work better around Turkey. Lewis has had tire issues here before and seems harder on them than everyone else, so it will be interesting to see if he can make them work for the whole race.
There are a lot of rules in racing that have been introduced recently to reduce the cost, but I have to ask at what cost to the quality of the show? It seems to me that the fans are being forgotten in some of this. I understand that the cost of "qualifying specials" was not really worth it for either the teams or the fans, but there has to be a better way of achieving this than locking the cars up after qualifying. The Sunday morning warm up has gone, which at least had the cars on track to entertain the fans, and I cannot see that stopping this saved any money on team members. They bring the same numbers I'm sure, they just have less to do. Then there is the situation where a team has a problem with a car and cannot change anything, I presume unless it is a safety issue. I will not swear to knowing all the ins and outs of the rules so perhaps someone can comment, but I would think that in Vettel's case there is a potential safety issue with his front brakes and the team will be able to find it and fix it. The fans all want to see good racing, and preventing teams from improving cars is not helping that.
I read that Max Mosley is complaining about Ferrari getting special treatment! Hallo, who was minding the store for most of this period! Who oversaw the insertion of a clause giving Ferrari a veto on changes?
Still in Turkey, Alexander Rossi finished fourth in the GP3 race after qualifying ninth.
I have not forgotten Indy, Charlotte, World Superbike or Grand Am, just nothing about them incites my brain today, so as they say in the classics "That's all folks."
Vettel looked decidedly unhappy to be third. I wrote earlier about Webber being a mentally tough team mate, and he is keeping the pressure on young Sebastian. I am sure Vettel is not happy about the problems he has been having with his cars, and it seems odd that it is consistently the left front. Is there something in the way he drives, or just coincidence?
Button seemed to have the goods on Hamilton during practice, and I was beginning to think his smoother style was going to work better around Turkey. Lewis has had tire issues here before and seems harder on them than everyone else, so it will be interesting to see if he can make them work for the whole race.
There are a lot of rules in racing that have been introduced recently to reduce the cost, but I have to ask at what cost to the quality of the show? It seems to me that the fans are being forgotten in some of this. I understand that the cost of "qualifying specials" was not really worth it for either the teams or the fans, but there has to be a better way of achieving this than locking the cars up after qualifying. The Sunday morning warm up has gone, which at least had the cars on track to entertain the fans, and I cannot see that stopping this saved any money on team members. They bring the same numbers I'm sure, they just have less to do. Then there is the situation where a team has a problem with a car and cannot change anything, I presume unless it is a safety issue. I will not swear to knowing all the ins and outs of the rules so perhaps someone can comment, but I would think that in Vettel's case there is a potential safety issue with his front brakes and the team will be able to find it and fix it. The fans all want to see good racing, and preventing teams from improving cars is not helping that.
I read that Max Mosley is complaining about Ferrari getting special treatment! Hallo, who was minding the store for most of this period! Who oversaw the insertion of a clause giving Ferrari a veto on changes?
Still in Turkey, Alexander Rossi finished fourth in the GP3 race after qualifying ninth.
I have not forgotten Indy, Charlotte, World Superbike or Grand Am, just nothing about them incites my brain today, so as they say in the classics "That's all folks."
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