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F1, IRL, Jacques Villeneuve, Korea, Movable wings, Tour de France, Turbo Engines, VW
F1, IRL, Jacques Villeneuve, Korea, Movable wings, Tour de France, Turbo Engines, VW French Farce
Monday, December 13, 2010 at 10:21AM
So France cannot have an F1 GP again until F1 reduces its carbon footprint. What hypocrisy? Lets look at the Tour de France, 21 days around France with each team having numerous cars, buses, service trucks, media motorcycles and helicopters, not to mention the set up crews. OK, it is a bicycle race, but my bet is it uses more gasoline than F1 does all season, and all in France. Let's not even talk about how much gas is used for spectators to get to soccer matches, or the energy used for night matches. The most telling line came from France’s new sports minister Chantal Jouanno who, when asked what can be done to revive the country’s F1 race, told the L’Equipe sports daily: "We need to know if the French motor sport federation (FFSA) is able to bear the cost of a grand prix." There lies the real problem, no government money for Bernie. Maybe Alain is right, they are "auto-phobic."
Sad to hear of the death of Tom Walkinshaw, let us remember his achievements and not the end with Arrows.
So VW is considering an F1 engine now the rules have changed, maybe I am wrong about the new engine, nah. I was thinking about how it will sound, very important for most of us fans. They were loud back in the eighties, but a turbo usually quietens engines, one of the complaints about the old CART cars, and if the new F1 engines are limited to 12,000 rpm and a turbo then this could be quite a different animal than we are used to.
It seems I am not alone in questioning the Korean GP's award of the Promoter's Trophy, several journalists who attended have very different views.
Speaking of views, Jacques Villeneuve likes most of the new rules in F1, thinks they have got most right, but is concerned that the movable rear wing is "too artificial." This raises a question, what do we think F1 is or should be? Is it sport, business or entertainment? It is all three of course, but where is the balance? Do we introduce artificial things to make it more entertaining? Tires that do not last and mix up the results have been mooted, we have KERS, but is that really any different than "push to pass" that fair ground addition to IRL because no one can pass? Now we have drivers at 200 mph trying to manipulate a KERS button and/or the movable rear wing, and how are we the poor spectator supposed to keep up with who is doing what to whom, and does it matter if it is not his driving skill doing it? It has all the makings of becoming a video game with the ability to manipulate buttons faster than the other guy being the measure of performance.
Sad to hear of the death of Tom Walkinshaw, let us remember his achievements and not the end with Arrows.
So VW is considering an F1 engine now the rules have changed, maybe I am wrong about the new engine, nah. I was thinking about how it will sound, very important for most of us fans. They were loud back in the eighties, but a turbo usually quietens engines, one of the complaints about the old CART cars, and if the new F1 engines are limited to 12,000 rpm and a turbo then this could be quite a different animal than we are used to.
It seems I am not alone in questioning the Korean GP's award of the Promoter's Trophy, several journalists who attended have very different views.
Speaking of views, Jacques Villeneuve likes most of the new rules in F1, thinks they have got most right, but is concerned that the movable rear wing is "too artificial." This raises a question, what do we think F1 is or should be? Is it sport, business or entertainment? It is all three of course, but where is the balance? Do we introduce artificial things to make it more entertaining? Tires that do not last and mix up the results have been mooted, we have KERS, but is that really any different than "push to pass" that fair ground addition to IRL because no one can pass? Now we have drivers at 200 mph trying to manipulate a KERS button and/or the movable rear wing, and how are we the poor spectator supposed to keep up with who is doing what to whom, and does it matter if it is not his driving skill doing it? It has all the makings of becoming a video game with the ability to manipulate buttons faster than the other guy being the measure of performance.
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