Ferrari Mailing List: Re: F1

[Erik Nielsen (judge4re]

Ah, the benefits of being a regulatory body, you get to spend someone else's 
money...

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> On Nov 2, 2014, at 2:37 PM, LarryT <L02turner [at] comcast.net> wrote:
> 
> I remember when Lotus appeared with their John Player Special liveried car in 
> the late 60s/early 70s.  There was controversy then - mostly people worried 
> it would ruin the sport.   It's amazing what people with a little common 
> sense are able to predict accurately. But I don't think any saw the cost 
> cutting crap rules we keep seeing.
> 
> Rick mentioned " V6 turbo hybrid on the heels of small V8 on the heels of 
> KERS on the heels of...."   why can't anyone understand what all these 
> changes cost?  Do they think Santa will pay for all those tooling changes?  
> Must not be any economists among them...
> 
> LarryT
> 
>> On 11/2/2014 11:18 AM, Erik Nielsen wrote:
>> I knew the NASCrap comment would get a rise.
>> 
>> There is nothing wrong with motorsports from a competition standpoint, but 
>> when the big money gets involved, jeez what a mess.  Pure test of skill 
>> occurs in a spec Miata or a shifter kart, higher budgets than that are just 
>> dick swinging contests.  I don't buy into the whole brand lifestyle approach 
>> being pushed by Ferrari and the others (to some extent), it's just a form of 
>> a drug deal, got to get you hooked.  Look at it from the outside and it's 
>> just sheep being shorn on a regular basis.
>> 
>> As for cars, we're still early in this journey, the question is do we put 
>> the object on the pedestal or accept that its functionality is more 
>> important?  I enjoy the technical elegance of a well executed design, but 
>> can really do without all of the cultural emotional baggage that comes with 
>> it.
>> 
>> I leave you with just one more psychoanalysis tidbit for Sunday.
>> 
>> Do you know what Sigmund Freud said comes between fear and sex?
>> 
>> Funf.
>> 
>> Cheers,
>> Erik
>> 
>> Sent from my iPad
>> 
>>>> On Nov 2, 2014, at 8:20 AM, Rick Lindsay <richardolindsay [at] gmail.com> 
>>>> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> Easy Rick, you're starting to sound like you're promoting NASCAR...
>>> Now you're just getting nasty!
>>> 
>>>> The sport is no longer relevant
>>> The sport is no longer a 'sport'...as if it ever was.
>>> 
>>>> I spend enough time on the continent to tell you that there is a limited
>>>> audience there, too.  Let it die a natural death and let's see what
>>>> grows up to replace it.
>>> Probably good advice. Perhaps I'm just too old and want back 'the old 
>>> ways', as Miss Marple says.
>>> 
>>> I wonder if our parents felt this same way, or is this unique? If so, is it 
>>> a game-changing mega-trend, as the cultural geographers say? In the '30s a 
>>> motorcar was a luxury and one needed to be a mechanic, or rich enough to 
>>> employ one, to operate the machine. By the '60, at least in the U.S., every 
>>> family owned a car and corner garages kept them running. By the '80s the 
>>> beasts were considered dirty and dangerous so multiple defenses were added. 
>>> In the 21st century, motorcars are questionably necessary major appliances 
>>> but owning one is an entitlement - like free government money, housing, 
>>> food stamp cards and healthcare. Oh, and high speed internet, smart phones 
>>> and tablets. Can't buy food or pay child support but they have a Facebook 
>>> page! Now THAT is a mega-trend. Our parents' generation may have been poor 
>>> but they prioritized food and child care first.
>>> 
>>> Motorsport is dangerous so lots of protection has to be added. We seem to 
>>> have realized that civilization must be safe and our inate desire for 
>>> carnage and competition has to be satesfied elsewhere. How about a team 
>>> (tribe) of football players (warriers) egged on by fight songs and blood 
>>> thirsty cheers, competing on the field of battle for breeding rights over 
>>> the cheerleaders?! Yes! Natural Selection wins another one! Now if fantasy 
>>> football could just replace the actual games, perhaps with computer 
>>> generated decisions, everyone would be safer. Racers could compete on their 
>>> smart phones - or if adequately wealthy, have someone wiggle their thumbs 
>>> for them. And in the end, award double points for their entitled 
>>> entertainment!
>>> 
>>>> YMMV,
>>>> Erik
>>> Indeed it does, Dr. Erik
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