Boring
Tuesday, June 22, 2010 at 09:57AM
Is it just me or is it boring at the moment? Not much interesting happening.
Laynie Kelly says in her comment that Jeremy Burgess, a man with more world championships than any rider, suggests that MotoGp will go to 600cc to align with Moto2 because that is the most popular machine that is sold. Now a Toyota Camry used to be the most popular car sold, but F1 does not race them. This has been a problem for years both in the GP's and the US, where manufacturers dictate what to race based on what they want to sell. have they asked the fans what they want to watch? The answer would probably be 500cc two stroke. NASCAR is still running cars you cannot buy because they are managing the show. Take note motorcycle racing.
I mentioned a while ago that the driver market in F1 will be static, but the technical staff is where the interest is. Pat Fry who has worked for McLaren for 18 years has left to join Ferrari. Now that really makes me ask why? They have been staunch enemies forever, so it is hard to see why you would leave and join the enemy. Was he bored? Was he pushed? McLaren works on a matrix management system, so there is no Adrian Newey. Maybe he wanted more control. The whole corporate culture has to be completely alien to what he is used to. Is it money? Hard to imagine. The pull of Ferrari? I can see that for a driver. I guess we will find out one day, but it is one of those things that life throws up and makes you really wonder "what happened there?"
Had our first meeting with the Senior Planner for the County in Arizona where we are intending building the track. His reaction was positive, and we have a meeting on the 6th July to go over the concept with all the relevant Departments of the County. If we have done our site selection well we can be breaking ground in six months.
For want of any other stimulation I have to sign off here, sorry folks.
Laynie Kelly says in her comment that Jeremy Burgess, a man with more world championships than any rider, suggests that MotoGp will go to 600cc to align with Moto2 because that is the most popular machine that is sold. Now a Toyota Camry used to be the most popular car sold, but F1 does not race them. This has been a problem for years both in the GP's and the US, where manufacturers dictate what to race based on what they want to sell. have they asked the fans what they want to watch? The answer would probably be 500cc two stroke. NASCAR is still running cars you cannot buy because they are managing the show. Take note motorcycle racing.
I mentioned a while ago that the driver market in F1 will be static, but the technical staff is where the interest is. Pat Fry who has worked for McLaren for 18 years has left to join Ferrari. Now that really makes me ask why? They have been staunch enemies forever, so it is hard to see why you would leave and join the enemy. Was he bored? Was he pushed? McLaren works on a matrix management system, so there is no Adrian Newey. Maybe he wanted more control. The whole corporate culture has to be completely alien to what he is used to. Is it money? Hard to imagine. The pull of Ferrari? I can see that for a driver. I guess we will find out one day, but it is one of those things that life throws up and makes you really wonder "what happened there?"
Had our first meeting with the Senior Planner for the County in Arizona where we are intending building the track. His reaction was positive, and we have a meeting on the 6th July to go over the concept with all the relevant Departments of the County. If we have done our site selection well we can be breaking ground in six months.
For want of any other stimulation I have to sign off here, sorry folks.
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