Ferrari Mailing List: Re: **SPOILER** Don't any of you WATCH F1 any more?

[Robert W. Garven Jr. (rgarven]

All,

geez, they should run them at the best time for the crowd and racers,  
I have a dvr but even 30 years ago i had a VHS. I think having them  
for a certain
time zone is stupid.  If the race had started a 12 they could have  
resumed after the rain stopped!


Robert W. Garven Jr.

in CA


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On Apr 6, 2009, at 7:25 AM, Grahame Reinthal wrote:

> Well, I guess we could run the races in these longitudes (Australian,
> Malaysia, China, Japan) early in the day - maybe around breakfast  
> time, just
> after sun-up. No-one would be there to watch (the potential crowd  
> would be
> all tucked up in bed fast asleep) and the drivers would need a few  
> cups of
> coffee or maybe a few cans of Red Bull to spark up. But it might  
> work for
> Europe.
>
> In Australia this time, running the race late in the afternoon did  
> introduce
> two interesting issues; 1. driving into the setting sun, and 2. tyre
> temperature challenges as the sun set and the track got cooler. All
> interesting and challenging stuff.
>
> In Malaysia, running the race late in the afternoon just introduced  
> silly
> stuff because at this time of year it is going to BUCKET down late  
> in the
> afternoon and so what we saw was what we should have expected, and  
> it was a
> bit like that game kids play at parties when the all have to freeze  
> when the
> music stops, because we knew it was going to rain heaps - the only  
> question
> was when - and then the places were frozen.
>
> Whatever, go the Brawn team, I say!
>
> Cheers for now,
>
> Grahame
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rui Gigante [mailto:rui.gigante [at] gmail.com]
> Sent: Monday, 6 April 2009 11:28 PM
> To: Grahame
> Cc: The FerrariList
> Subject: Re: [Ferrari] **SPOILER** Don't any of you WATCH F1 any more?
>
> > The Malaysian race was a perfect example of "the Poison Dwarf"  
> > bureaucracy
> > gone wrong.  Its all about being at a reasonable time for European  
> > viewers.
> > 9am for them, on a Sunday...hmmm. I'm just glad I didn't pay to go  
> > and see
> > it.
>
> Graham, I'm not sure that the schedule change works for European  
> viewers. I
> mean, motorheads like me wake up at ANY time needed. Most other  
> people don't
> do it, be it 6:00AM or 10:00AM !! But maybe the price payed by local  
> TV's is
> different depending on the time schedule.
>
>
>
> > Ferrari strategy? Do we have any at the moment? Any one of us could  
> > have
> > done a better job in this race I think.
>
> My thoughts exactly! I truly believe that most of us would have done a
> better job, strategy wise. I can't understand how Ferrari leaves one  
> car in
> the grid and another in the pits. Why was Kimmi in his shorts and t- 
> shirt?
> The only reason I can understand is that he was going to abandon
> anyway. Massa did not look happy at all ...
> Maybe the switch to rain tires for Kimmi means "we have nothing to  
> lose
> anyway, let's try this ..."
>
>
> > I hope we can get it right before they really get their act together.
>
> Oh yes I do, too!
>
>
> I agree that it was a very entertaining race, while it lasted. As  
> Rick, I
> also like Ross Brawn and I like to see a team with a fraction of the  
> budget
> of others winning so clearly. We have to remember that they are  
> about 6
> months ahead in terms of development. They started before everyone  
> else, I
> believe. That's strategy, too.
>
>
> Let's hope for better days for Ferrari
>
>
> Rui
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