Räikkönen looks like a popular champion, so I don't think Bernie should complain much.
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Räikkönen looks like a popular champion, so I don't think Bernie should complain much.
That happens when you try to run a "sport" like a business, we as fans are guilty of trying so hard to look at this show as a mere sport..are we F1 fans extremely naive? or Bernie it's just being a pr!ck with people's champ, el Kimi?
Intelligent fans can disseminate between the competition, and the spectacle.Quote:
Originally Posted by OmarF1
I don't like it when so, and so says it’s for the good of the sport. Too vague!
You have the competition, which is, well the competition. Then you have the spectacle.
The spectacle can be many things. Say like a circus! A competition should never have
the word circus associated with its definition, Unless it The Gong Show
Anybody who heard Kimi's 'I was having a s**t' comment last year (if u didnt, youtube it for Brundles reaction alone) will know that this whole 'he doesnt speak and doesnt have a personality' line isnt strictly true. Kimi is in F1 to be the best, yeah theres the money n everything else, but he is good at alot of things and he chose F1 to race and to win. He doesnt feel the need to constantly bitch and moan about people, like many people he can say all that with a look. Away from the circuit, he is a different person, but at the track he is a professional, who is not going to bother having a war of words with anybody, he does his talking on the track. When he has something to say, he says it and when he doesnt, he doesnt.Quote:
Originally Posted by BDunnell
Bernie should just get over it.
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There is nothing wrong with Kimi. I started posting years ago that Kim would be great because he was on a very steep learning curve. He is a great driver, and I have stated many times for the past 4 years that I thought Kimi was the fastest driver in F1.
However much we like Kimi, I have to admit that he is not a showman. For a start he is startingly honest in his opinions and this is very refreshing in a devious "sport" like F1.
Bernie is here to sell a show and make money. Many here won't remember hte days when cars were painted the respective colours of their countries and advertising was not permitted in F1. Times have changed - and we can argue to we are blue in the face whether it is for the good or vice versa. I can remember F1 cars used to have 1.5 litre engines producing 154 bhp.
Bernie is what he is - he makes money and some of it is spread among the teams. Nothing wrong with making money!! that's what he does now.
Bernie likes to have show ponies in his circus to add colour so he can fatten his bank account through higher TV ratings. The various controversies this year have certainly added to the publicity and thus increased ratings. Like it or not, that's what F1 is these days.
For me, I am thrilled that Kimi is the Champion, and I hope that he will win many more. But for the unreliability of McLarens and bad luck, Kimi should already have three championships by now.
Sorry for the rant, as some people seem to think Kimi is not my hero. But let's face the facts, KImi is not the showman that would fit neatly into Bernie's circus act.
I see nothing wrong with his opinion, in the end he's entitled to have is own one.
People in high places (like Bernie and Max) are entitled to have their opinions. However, when they vocalize those opinions, they often come back to bite them in the posterior!