Comments on: Raikkonen Takes Pole In Hectic Qualifying

By: Oliver White

Oliver White — Sun, 06 Aug 2006 15:14:17 +0000

I don’t want F1 to become WWF (or whatever it is called) fake wrestling either, but I also cannot see how people have jumped to the conclusion of race fixing here!? Sure, Flav thinks so, but then he would - this affects his team. But as a penalty was also handed to Ferrari’s Schumacher, coupled with the U-Turn on Renault’s Mass Damper thing, surely they aren’t being biased here. I can remember when the McLaren’s were in trouble with their third brake pedal back in the late 90’s, and Honda with their reserve fuel tank thing recently.

If Bernie had total control over all F1 television broadcasts, including advertising revenue, I might think differently. But for now, I’m happy that their is no fixing going on. Just rubbish decisions by Max Mosley regarding the 2008 season…

By: k

Sun, 06 Aug 2006 15:06:33 +0000

of course it’s better for the tv ratings, but that’s my point.

if the whole thing is falsified to make the sport more enjoyable, all you’re watching is a soap opera - a pre-written soap opera with a script and everything.

watching msc win from the front is boring, but it sure beats being lied to.

By: Oliver White

Oliver White — Sat, 05 Aug 2006 19:17:36 +0000

But surely - with the current pace of Schumacher (about half a second advantage) - it is better to have him start in the mid-field than lead from the front and win it by lapping everyone…?

By: k

Sat, 05 Aug 2006 15:04:00 +0000

this stinks. i didn’t watch qually, i won’t watch the race. how much is bernie paying msc and fernando to fake these penalties? the whole thing is such a farce.

pathetic