Matt Neal's comments in MN

they can be done under saftey car brands do it so do silverstone

this maybe going a tad of the topic of this thread but has anyone else noticed that Neal's attitude has changed alot this year, and also in the last couple of years as well. In 2004 I was so happpy he was champion but last year he did a Rykard Rydell and played mr innocent to all the incidents that he was involved in even though he he usually gives it out as well as he is given. He also seemed so grumpy after rockingham as well.

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Originally Posted by BeeJ_UK

Please tell me where I said that it is OK to have a go at recovery but not at marshals, all I said was have a go at the right people.

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You didn't say it but by pointing out the distinction you appeared to be implying it and it seemed to me to be an irrelevant point. But as I said, I'm sorry for misinterpreting you.

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Originally Posted by BeeJ_UK

In the days of dwindleing marshal numbers it does not do recruitment any good at all having the motor sport press publish articles saying marshals can not do their job properly.

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I TOTALLY agree. This whole saga has rather annoyed me, not only the original posted comments but the apparent demarkation between "us" (marshals) and "them" (recovery) and buck-passing by people who should have known better (not meaning you this time, comments on another forum) so maybe I read too much into your post.

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Originally Posted by BeeJ_UK

In my view the Saftey team did the only thing they could do in the situation, do do a full lift in that position would most likely needed a red flag. I only mentioned the difference to highlight how pants the article was as TD could not tell the difference. I am sorry if I caused offence to the Safety Team that was not my intention as they do a very good job.

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Thank you. I hope we see you back at Rockingham some time.

Having just read the Matt Neal forum item that was linked here, I note he didn't once say the original journalist who broke the story lied. Funny that, he just said it was 'misleading' and added other things he'd said - never once mentioning it was untrue in any way.

And the bit about SEAT was a sad attempt at sympathy - it had nothing at all to do with marshals :mark: I'm sure the hour spent with children makes little difference to the marshal situation ;)