Monday, September 17, 2007

Where's MoToR RaCing!?

Politics ... politics ... and MORE POLITICS .. in Formula 1 in all it's racing history that i've been following since i was 12. Eight DONKEY years arleady ... and i've not seen so much political issues , scandal and spy espionage going on throughout it's time in 1 season. Today , i am giving my own opinion and personally think that all these news are pretty damaging and ruining the image of the sport. Although fans like me , love to be entertained with hot gossips like these... each time i read about the political issues going on in the mclaren garage my heart giggles inside and is thankful that Ferrari gets the advantage ALL THE TIME.

After the FIA Motor Sport Council rulling hearing regarding the spy scandal between Ferrari and Mclaren ,Mclaren were found GUILTY and here's the penalty. (which i personally think is a little ridiculous but at the same time feeling glad because Ferrari's winning the constructor's title now) .

1) Fined 100 million US dollars
2) Mclaren disqualified from the Constructors' Championship

So does that affect me ? Of course not .. ahahha .. but it affected the sport i think. And also the drivers ... the team members , and all ... after the verdict , there were so much gossips and rumours flying around the paddock that i don't even know which to believe and which not. Apparently the latest news is that Mclaren were found GUILTY BECAUSE

1) Fernando Alonso and Pedro De La Rosa (Mclaren test driver) were caught for exchanging emails about Ferrari's technical specifications during the few early races of the season in April or so.. (cheeky Alonso huh... but he submitted everything in and they found out there were not enough evidence to prove that Mclaren had used those info to help in their car performance)

Then the latest news is of course regarding more level of people which results in more politics and complicated matters.

a) ROn Dennis (mclaren boss) apparently were lying to the FIA boss Max Mosley when he was asked about the Fernando Alonso emails issue.

b) Fernando Alonso is now said to have blackmailed Ron Dennis for a release of his contract (they said he's trying to leave this horrible Mclaren team next year which means he'll break his 2-3 years contract) otherwise he'll reveal every single thing about the spy scandal and emails.. blah blah..

Seriously , THAT caught my attention and i was shocked to hear Fernando doing things like that. AND to make things even more heated up ... today's Belgian GP which was won by Ferrari 1-2 (FINALLY!! But too bad Kimi won instead of Massa .. ) , seemed to be going fine until Lewis Hamilton who started 4th wanted to overtake Alonso in the first corner but was apparently pushed all the way to the side out of hte track leaving him no room .. the video footage saw Alonso with plenty of room at the other side , so the commentators thought he did a little of "DIRTY DRIVING" while their boss mr Dennis thought it was pure racing and normal. Most importantly , Mr Hamilton thought ,

"There was plenty of room for Fernando on the other side so i don't know why did he try to push me to the side... for a double world champion i look up to him , but i don't think presently he's a good role model."

Mr Dennis of course is trying to calm things down .. and bring all these issues away so that everyone i mean , EVERYONE should stop thinking about all these hyped up issues and go back to motor racing. Where's all the track actions and paddock stuffs that i used to know about... i miss it .. and i don't think reading so much about the bad image of F1 is healthy and useful because i personally enjoy knowing the details , but i still want to enjoy my races , watch the action unfold by itself on the track. Drivers do exchange heated up words sometimes when things like these happen , but i don't think knowing too much about the political part of this sport is making any sense .. but TOO BAD life is like this ... whenever there are humans , there are politics.

Anyway , i'm wasting my practice time bloggin about this again .. but i just can't resist it! Hahhaha ... I can't stand it when there's so much going on in the sport and i just keep quiet and continue on with my music life... i have my own opinion too .. but i just want to tell the F1 fans out there ..

GET BACK TO MOTOR RACING!


and oh ..

There's so much saga going on that i don't even know who's the "ghost" and "God" now... reminds me of those twisted story line drama movies .. in the end , who knows if Mr Dennis' himself or someone from Ferrari is playing God in all this. Hahhahah

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