OT: F1 race

[rocco16 at sbcglobal.net (LEF)]

Cheat?   
Is it cheating to fake a pass on the inside, only to move to the outside when the car ahead drops down low to block?
Is it cheating to run practice laps deliberately several seconds slower than you are capable of...just to prevent the competition from knowing your strengths and weaknesses?
Is it cheating to take air off the back of a competitor and loosen him up?
Is it cheating to make your car "wide" as you hold off second place coming out of the last corner?

IF it is, then every champion, nay every racer, since Barney Olfield has been a cheater....and there are no "respectfull Champs".
IF it is NOT, then what happened in qualifying is not, either.

Winner do whatever they can, within the rules (and there are no rules against sliding into a barrier in F1), to accomplish their goals.   Granted we would all like to see every race won "fair and square", with no touching, no blocking, no spins, no mishaps, no pit strategy; just the fastest man/car/team coming out with the victory.....but racing isn't always like that.  In fact, the rules that most sanctioning bodies have put and are putting in place make it easier and easier for a "slower" driver/car to win.

 I am not actually a fan of the rich M. Schumacher, but either he used brilliant qualifying strategy/tactics or he was incredibly lucky to make an error exactly when/where he did.  Few people actually know which it was.
Maybe he's not as smart as "lots of people" think he is, eh??  Maybe he really did just screw up on that corner.....maybe.

Larry
sandiego16v


Mtl-Marc <marc_scirocco@sympatico.ca> wrote:
  Respectfull Champs don't cheat... Lots of people see Schumi as a cheater.

Cheers.

Marc