Ferrari Mailing List: Re: GP Japan (spoiler)

[red5hilser (red5hilser]

How soon before the pace car comes out for a phony NASCAR type 'debris on the 
track' full course yellow to bunch up the field? That's called 'Showbiz,' folks.

Yer pal, Ferrari Bubba?

-----Original Message-----
From: Rick Lindsay rolindsay [at] yahoo.com
Subject: Re: [Ferrari] GP Japan (spoiler)



As I read all the Monday morning analysis - and think
about my own opinions - I remember that F1 is an
ENTERTAINMENT industry.  Management will do everything
they can get away with to make the show interesting.

rick

--- Charles Perry <charles [at] carolina-sound.com> wrote:

> I haven't read the whole regulations, but don't they
> have to declare a
> tire the day before (qualifying tire), like the fuel
> load? I thought the
> cars were entirely in parc ferme conditions after
> qualifying where they
> couldn't change anything. That was the only thing
> that made sense to me
> as to why they hadn't started on extreme wet -
> perhaps they thought they
> weren't allowed to change their prior decision, at
> least before doing
> one lap and bringing the car in to change on a pit
> stop...
> 
> I also thought it was funny that Kimi in the post
> race interview said
> they (FIA) had forced them to come in for extreme
> wet. After that
> initial lap, did he really think Ferrari would've
> stayed out on the
> intermediates? The cars were undriveable...
> 
> -- charles
> 
>  
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: cmlf1 [at] optonline.net
> [mailto:cmlf1 [at] optonline.net] 
> Sent: Monday, October 01, 2007 10:32 AM
> To: Charles Perry
> Cc: 'The FerrariList'
> Subject: Re: [Ferrari] GP Japan (spoiler)
> 
> Even if they did not get the notification, who in
> their right mind
> thought they could run on wet tires as opposed to
> extreme wets? They
> usually have great strategy, but that was a huge
> blunder, regardless of
> notification.
>  
> Carl
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Dave Craig 
> Date: Monday, October 1, 2007 12:28 am
> Subject: Re: [Ferrari] GP Japan (spoiler)
> To: cmlf1 [at] optonline.net
> Cc: 'The FerrariList' 
> 
> > Steve,
> > 
> > That was my exact same thoughts. Ferrari really
> looked stupid 
> > today. (Even
> > if Ferrari was allowed to be on Inters, it was
> obvious to 
> > everyone that
> > Extreme Wets was the correct choice for the entire
> day.) But, I 
> > will say
> > that they finished pretty good for starting out
> with their heads 
> > up their
> > butts. Imagine how they might have finished if
> they hadn't 
> > started out dead
> > last. And I also didn't like that fake pit stop
> method of 
> > getting Kimi past
> > Massa. Why not have Massa run wide off of a corner
> (just like 
> > Kimi did at
> > least 10 times today) and let Kimi pass that way.
> Then you can 
> > hold onto
> > your 3-4 finish instead of the 3-6 finish (which
> was almost a 3-
> > 7 finish).
> > I think the team looked stupid today and the
> drivers turned what 
> > should have
> > been a lost day into something almost acceptable. 
> > 
> > Dave 
> > 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Steve Jenkins
> [mailto:steve [at] stevejenkins.com] 
> > Sent: Sunday, September 30, 2007 10:11 PM
> > To: Dave Craig
> > Cc: The FerrariList
> > Subject: [Ferrari] GP Japan (spoiler)
> > 
> > Damn. I felt cold and wet just sitting on my couch
> and watching 
> > it on TV.
> > I'm glad Steve Cook and I didn't stay in Japan the
> extra week in 
> > order to
> > catch pneumonia and watch a Safety Car enjoy a
> lapping day... 
> > Not a fun race
> > to watch, but glad that Kimi clawed his way back
> to the podium, 
> > and any time
> > Alonso gets a goose egg is awesome. Hmm... maybe
> not such a bad 
> > race after
> > all. :)
> > 
> > But WTF was up with the Ferrari tire situation?
> You're telling 
> > me that the
> > guys in the SPEED announcer booth thousands of
> miles away from 
> > Japan knew
> > that everyone had to be on full-wets, but the
> Scuderia didn't? 
> > HOW DOES THAT
> > HAPPEN?????????
> > 
> > SteveJ
> >
>
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