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31st January 2017, 21:28 #1
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Bernie Ecclestone biggest controversies
https://www.carkeys.co.uk/news/berni...ersies?76542rh
Worst thing is I'm not surprised these came out of his mouth!
His comment on women drivers - "If there was somebody that was capable, they wouldn't be taken seriously anyway, so they would never have a car that is capable of competing."
Can't wait to see this be proven wrong and we see a mixed grid, Susie Wolff is an incredible addition to the sport.
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31st January 2017, 23:02 #2
One of the greatest shames for F1, which has been largely ignored, is that they didn't put Susie Wolff when Bottas was injured.
What was the point of Williams even having her?
It was really a big joke you see...
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1st February 2017, 01:35 #3
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About women drivers Bernie also said:
What I would really like to see happen is to find the right girl, perhaps a black girl with super looks, preferably Jewish or Muslim, who speaks Spanish
the publicity generated by his death was so much...It was good for F1May the forza be with you
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2nd February 2017, 23:10 #4
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The only point was sponsorship, nothing else.
Susie Wolff would be an absolutely dreadful driver for F1's standards and had she got a drive, she'd probably have looked ridiculous. Mind you, she spent six complete seasons in DTM and she only got to score points in 2 races out of 62 entries. "Mediocre" does not even begin to describe her results.
It would be awesome to have women competing in F1 - but let it be people who get there because of their driving ability alone, not because of their gender or being in a relationship with one of your team's shareholders.
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6th February 2017, 21:24 #5
Susie Wolff in an F1 car would make Bruno Senna look like Ayrton Senna.
Apart from her gender, there is/was absolutely nothing remarkable about her as a driver. Nothing. We will see (legitimate) women racing in F1 after we see girls participating in the lower formulas and being successful. And that's the way it should be. IMO, the last thing F1 needs is for gender or identity politics to pollute the sport that most of us love.
I hope that Liberty ramps up the marketing of F1. To me, one of Bernie's more ridiculous and short-sighted quotes concerned his lack of understanding of younger consumers, and their value in building a brand.
"That's what I think. I don't know why people want to get to the so-called 'young generation'. Why do they want to do that? Is it to sell them something? Most of these kids haven't got any money.
"I'd rather get to the 70-year-old guy who's got plenty of cash. So, there's no point trying to reach these kids because they won't buy any of the products here and if marketers are aiming at this audience, then maybe they should advertise with Disney."
No, hold onto the nursing home crowd, that can afford to buy Rolex Daytonas now. But that 24 year old MBA student who is driving a Honda Civic, wearing a Casio and cheering for Red Bull now, might be shopping for a Mercedes, wanting a Rolex and drinking Chandon in a few short years."Every generation's memory is exactly as long as its own experience." --John Kenneth Galbraith
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21st February 2017, 10:18 #6
Croatia is nice in TV, but for the fans it isnt so great. Waking up at 2:30 to watch just 2 passes of SS9, cuz there is just NO entrance to the stage
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