- 13 Oct 08, 11:35#71697Bourdais was perfectly right on this occasion. What is going on in F1 thesedays! F1 used to be great, now you need an action plan to even contemplate overtaking. The FIA blame lack of overtaking on downforce turbulance, perhaps in reality the drivers are thinking twice before overtaking as one team goes whinging to the stewards yet again. Then comes the inevitable time penalty, drive through penalty etc. Hamilton should also have got away with his start and the Massa/Hamilton incident put down to two young chargers having a racing incident.
I watch World Superbike & Moto GP racing too, the racers there manage to lock horns big time nearly every race, and then just get on with it, you can then enjoy watching the inevitable fightback which ensues. It knocks the petty foibles of todays F1 into a cocked hat. I used to be the most avid of F1 fans in the days of Mansell and Senna, Prost early Schumacher days and the like, yes they winged, but were allowed pretty much to dice with each other without all the petty interference from the teams and stewards that happens today. Lets face it, Schumacher would only be a six times world champion with todays rules (if that!), remember that accidental swerve/bounce of the wall that took out Damon Hill which conveniently gave Schuey the championship? So unless it is as so thoroughly blatant as the Senna/Prost ramming incident years ago on 1st corner in Japan, lets have some real racing again, and get rid of all these petty stewards enquiries and court cases. I read in a magazine recently that F1 teams are recruiting mathematicians now to work out when to pit, and what position each teams drivers are likely to finish in (barring accidents). This is a step too far, where is the uncertainty of racing now? I don't care who wins, I just want to see a good race again.
