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I don't agree with that. I read the news, and the editorial comments, bad news is only one facet of what I read, so someone is publishing it. I suspect that there are a lot of others that do the same.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bagwan
Sorry mate! :champion:
He's right , though , Taz .
There's a load of sites that have picked up those words , because they sound so controversial .
I don't believe for a second that Bernie doesn't know how to take advantage of the modern world .
He mentions that other devices are taking the place of TV .
He's got sites like this very one , where people yack about his sport all the time .
He's got all the teams tweeting their faces off .
All are free advertising , or revenue stream , or both .
And , he fires off an "I'm a dinosaur" quote .
He's more fox than dinosaur , bear .
sorrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrry mate :champion:
I'm with Doc. Nikki Lauda is the obvious pick to me.
I'm thinking that the right person to front F1 would be a former WDC who has maintained a profile within the sport.
The list would not be that long and the drivers/sport would be their focus.
Everything that isn't about the car is admin and that can be done by monkeys in suits.
There's two ways you can look at F1. 1) In isolation to the rest of motorsport, and 2) as a part of the whole motorsport world.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bagwan
If you look at it from 1) then it's easy. You can place as many rules as you like to create a result.
But if you look at it from 2), which is what it is. Then you'd have to accept that it's the designated leading motorsport competition, and you can't have restrictions that'll work. You can't put ceiling to cover the sky. You have to let teams spend all the money they want to. If you don't like it, go somewhere else.
This is where, the longer I've been interested in motorsport, the more impressed I'm am with Volkswagen Group. Between Le Mans and the WRC. They have all their credibility and promotion covered, spending a fraction of what manufacturers in F1 do. The "brand" even trade off on F1 media, talking them up, wanting them to enter F1. Never mind all the Touring car stuff they did before that (Audi were the best overall in TC).
Geniuses.
Wouldn't taking off the seals allow for them to spend their faces off , but , at them same time , if customers were mandated , allow for the customers to be able to compete ?
It's doesn't fix a cap , and guarantees more support from the front of the grid for the back of the grid .
Perhaps Caterham , if they survive , could be the second Honda on the grid .
Without a cost cap, I believe the sport is increasingly doomed. Sadly, a cost cap would be completely unworkable and unenforceable. The truth is that no-one, least of all the set-in-his-ways Ecclestone and the non-motorsport people who own F1, knows how best to respond.
I'm saying the problem is not the cost. It's their money. But there are clearly too many regulations restricting movement. Allowing for some details I'm not aware of, it these constricting regs which contribute to the cost. Everybody has to do everything, and everything has to be the same.
Was it necessary to have everyone use these current turbos? Renault debuted their turbo in the 77 British GP, but it wasn't til the 84 Austrian GP that the whole field used turbos. Nobody thought of a phasing in period? Even if the turbos were performance deficient, you could make allowances. But no, everybody wants a parity class.
You can't make the big teams spend less. You have to find ways to make it reasonable to participate.
His schtick has gotten realllllllllllly old, and retarded. Enough so for McLaren to feel compelled to refute this idiotic comment..... squirrel.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bagwan
http://autoweek.com/article/formula-...-young-f1-fans
Ah , my favourite fuzzy forest dwelling friend , Mac made the perfect response to Bernie's "We don't need them" with a "Yes we do" .Quote:
Originally Posted by Tazio
He just showed you that he does , indeed , know how to make the intertwitterweb work .
Wander out of that forest , bear , so you can see the trees .
Right dufus like the teams aren't going to put out regular tweets whether or not BE vomits out these retarded comments.
Wander back up your butthole.
There's a shell game going on up yours and you haven't even noticed .Quote:
Originally Posted by Tazio
I thought English was meant to be the forum's first language?
Some of you guys sure are obsessed with buttholes.
Just sayin'......
Which reminds me of Niki Lauda. He had skin grafts on his face, and the tissue was taken from his buttocks. When asked why he did not get cosmetic surgery to fix his face, Lauda replied "You can't be too proud when you wear you ass on your face."
http://www.carthrottle.com/the-funni...s-recent-rant/
Soon to be seen on the F1 grid: :p:
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Well, could be true. But then... it looks like F1 is doomed anyway! Since no scenario works. And somewhere we were discussing the world is going green and young people lose interest in cars and subsequently racing.Quote:
Originally Posted by BDunnell
Never mind, if F1 is doomed anyway, at least it has a choice of choosing the way how to do it. I prefer a big bang rather than a slow painful death.:p:
Thinking about it, I would not be against Christian Horner being the "next Bernie".
He is pretty young, energetic, successful, also former racing driver, and political enough to the extent that many people dislike him. Perfect qualifications for the job!
In contrast I can't see the likes of Ross Brawn, Lauda, and whoever else has been proposed, being interested in being an F1 Leader. And perhaps it doesn't fit their personality/character very well either. Brawn is more into technical side of things, even if he has been a very good team principal.
Flavio - no, thanks. He is a proven criminal. And secondly the next Bernie needs to be more youthful with new energy and new ideas. Horner fits the bill well, Flavio is part of the old guard, who is now about to exit the stage anyway.
This is a business first and a sport second. Therefore, it won't be a former racer or race team owner. It'll be some lawyer most of us has never heard of before.
It's the only way we can be united in our hatred.:p
I've always considered Bernie an ass-clown (not that he hasn't done some very good things for F1, and that he is a very shrewd businessman Baggie) He says way too much dumb $h!+ publicly for effect, that I personally believe a sport with the stature of F1 does not need. I know ya' 'awl boys from the UK are into your tabloid bs and tbh it has become more and more, to my disgust in vogue in the good ol' U.S.A.Quote:
LONDON, England - A source has reinforced reports that Bernie Ecclestone could be "reined in" by a new Formula 1 chairman.
The Financial Times reported that F1 CEO Ecclestone's long reign is under threat by former Diageo, an alcoholic drinks company, chief Paul Walsh, who is being lined-up to take over from current chairman Peter Brabeck.
A source close to Walsh told Management Today: "Paul has been courted for nine months now."
THREAT TO ECCLESTONE?
The Times had claimed CVC chief Donald Mackenzie was behind the impending change because he wanted "a more professional approach" to running F1.
The source close to Walsh confirmed: "Paul would want to rein in (Ecclestone) to some extent from a good governance point of view" and would get "short-tempered" if the 84-year-old didn't change his ways "within a few months".
For instance; you would never hear the commissioner of major league baseball say publicly something like:
Yeah the pub MLB got from Roberto Clemente dying is actually good.
In 2009 Ass-clown did say:
Senna!Quote:
"the publicity generated by his death was so much...It was good for F1."