Quote Originally Posted by Doon View Post
Capito saying the drivers only take money out of the sport therefore shouldn't be listened too, try telling that to any none VW driver! Osberg, Prokop, Mikkelsen etc have spent millions to get to their level I imagine.
Earlier I have said that the management and even the engineers such as Loriaux express, possibly unconsciously, serious contempt for the drivers when they say crap like "should listen to them'...
You know in language we say something simple, let's say, "that grass is green"

That states explicitly (clearly) THAT grass is green..

But at the same time it implicity says a ton of other things we all understand---because its a simple statement.
It states "that grass is green but this grass over there is brown.."
aslo "THAT grass is NOT RED" "That grass is not purple" and on and on..

Loriaux said some years ago---in his Subaru days when discussing car set up---"We really can't pay much attention to the drivers, they can't begin to comprehend the workings of all these OOOOOoooooooOOOOh so complicated systems (and may as well say "because they are little pea brained monkeys and I am a genius and hang out with God in my spare time, that's how smart I am"..His intent was clear, and I was seriously shocked..
I have worked with good motorsport engineers and designers and they used to really grill me with serious series of questions... To the point--since I wasn't that good really---that I asked once "Why do you ask ME, I'm not that fast?" The answer was "Ok but you are OK fast and you are very analytical and you will talk"..
That was a bit surprising cause I was only 25 but in that sport (moto-cross) guys tend to be younger.

That was respect, and I respected his answers to my question--

Loriaux and now this Capito schmuck clearly have contempt for the drivers...

Bugger 'em.