Ferrari Mailing List: Re: F1 (More Show than Sport)

[Rick Lindsay (rolindsay]

Hey Rob, et al.,

  Yep, some people are very competitive.  Some are not.  I know that 
competition is the driving force of natural selection and that capitolism works 
BECAUSE its based upon natural selection.  I also know that most every action 
or decision can be linked to either greed or envy.  Civilization tempers those 
forces.  Therefore, in a modern (or not so modern) society, we find other ways 
of satisfying those primal urges.  For some it is competitive motorsport and 
for others it things like football (a.k.a. makes competing for breeding rights 
over the cheerleaders).  For me, it's victory over chaos.  That is, I get the 
greatest enjoyment by restoring decayed machines back to like-new operating 
order.  Its me versus entropy.

   I don't usually care who wins F1 races and after working around the Ferrari 
F1 team, I CERTAINLY don't car if they win.  That doesn't mean that I don't 
REALLY like my Ferrari street cars.  And I love F1 cars and technology.  I also 
like kind, friendly people.  I want everyone to win. :-P

   Thanks for your tongue-in-cheek slam.  I took it as intended. :-)


rick

--- On Thu, 4/2/09, Robert W. Garven Jr. <rgarven [at] gmail.com> wrote:

> From: Robert W. Garven Jr. <rgarven [at] gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Ferrari] F1 (More Show than Sport)
> To: "rolindsay" <rolindsay [at] yahoo.com>
> Cc: "The FerrariList" <ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com>
> Date: Thursday, April 2, 2009, 11:42 PM
> You guys are sick!!  :-) I watch ever bit of practice and
> qualifying  
> and support only the Ferrari's well maybe some other
> drivers too!
> 
> I think it is every bit as exciting as ever although I
> think BE  
> retirement would have positive results!!
> 
> Forza Ferrari!!
> 
> 
> Robert W. Garven Jr.
> rgarven [at] gmail.com
> 
> 
>   "The Ferrari is a dream - people dream of owning
> this special  
> vehicle and for most people it will remain a dream apart
> from for  
> those lucky few". Enzo Ferrari
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On Apr 2, 2009, at 11:02 AM, Rick Lindsay wrote:
> 
> >
> > Hey Deep, et al.,
> >
> >   I'm on the other side of that see-saw.  I watch
> the races but I  
> > don't care much who wins. :-P   I don't
> actually like sport and I'm  
> > not competitive.  My time working in the pits just
> reinforced for me  
> > that the (correct) interpretation of F1 (now) is that
> it is a  
> > circus, an entertainment show, not a sport.  The teams
> know that its  
> > a show and they put on a good show.  We should
> recognize that, as  
> > Deep and others have stated.
> >
> >   My interest in F1 is in the technology and
> performance of the  
> > cars.  And personally, I liked the cars better when
> they were  
> > aerodynamic styling exercises.  I would like them
> better if they  
> > worked Can-Am style where 'If you can invent it,
> you can run it!'   
> > Of course, that idea turns into one or two teams with
> deep pockets,  
> > winning everything - and the circus becomes boring. 
> Therefore,  
> > that's can't happen.
> >
> >   The other point is with regards to drivers. 
> I've met many of them  
> > while working at the US F1 GP.   Many of them are
> primadonnas.    
> > Yes, they're incredibly focused and extremely
> talented performers,  
> > but other than that, they're just little
> middle-schooler-size  
> > people.  :-P
> >
> >   The Minardi end of the garages, or at least
> that's what I still  
> > call them, is the most fun.  The drivers are still
> trying to prove  
> > themselves and the engineers and mechanics are
> friendly.  The other  
> > end of the garages is one hundred percent business -
> entertainment  
> > business.
> >
> > Bottom line is; To each his own, I guess.
> >
> > rick
> >
> > --- On Thu, 4/2/09, LS <lashdeep [at] yahoo.com>
> wrote:
> >
> >> From: LS <lashdeep [at] yahoo.com>
> >> Subject: Re: [Ferrari] F1 (More Show than Sport)
> >> To: "rolindsay"
> <rolindsay [at] yahoo.com>
> >> Cc: "The FerrariList"
> <ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com>
> >> Date: Thursday, April 2, 2009, 12:40 PM
> >> I don't even watch the races
> anymore...what's the
> >> point?
> >>
> >> I read the F1 websites on the Friday
> afterwards...have all
> >> the info I need.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> ----- Original Message ----
> >> From: Mauricio Mesa
> <mesa_mauricio [at] yahoo.com>
> >> To: LS <lashdeep [at] yahoo.com>
> >> Cc: The FerrariList
> <ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com>
> >> Sent: Thursday, April 2, 2009 1:02:28 PM
> >> Subject: [Ferrari] F1 (More Show than Sport)
> >>
> >>
> >> F1 that mismanaged show that they want us to
> believe is
> >> truly a sport.  The drivers are for real so are
> the teams
> >> and the cars; but year after year these kinds of
> >> unexplicable incidents show that F1 is run more
> like a
> >> reality show than a proper sport.
> >>
> >> Niki Lauda Reacts to Incident
> >>
> >> Triple world champion Niki Lauda told the German
> >> broadcaster RTL that he considers it ‘the
> biggest joke of
> >> all time’ that the FIA took four days to come to
> a
> >> definitive ruling about the incident.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
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