OT: F1 race

[marc at getty.net (Marc Getty)]

Wow, who would have thought that I would agree with Larry?

Everything that I've ever seen Michael Schumacher do is just part of the
sport. Playing "fair" bullshit is for losers. Winners do anything it takes
to win.

I hate going to the local go cart track and being asked to leave the track
for blocking folks from passing me. "Fair" = giving up and unconscienceable
if you ask me.

-Marc back from Alaska and catching up on the list


 
-----Original Message-----
From: LEF [mailto:rocco16@sbcglobal.net] 
Sent: Tuesday, May 30, 2006 10:57 PM
To: Scirocco-l@scirocco.org
Subject: Re: OT: F1 race

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

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