On Mon, Sep 30, 2002 at 06:21:34PM -0400, TeamZ06@aol.com wrote:
> if you ever get the chance to manage a $100+ million racing team operation
> your perspective is likely to change regarding team orders and the reasons
> behind them.
Team orders are just fine with me. Heck, bicycle racing
(well, US Postal Team) is all about helping one guy win. If
Ferrari would have simply said, "We may make team orders this
weekend" back in Austria, instead of "No team orders this
weekend" I'd have no problem with what they've done.
As it stands, they're making F1 look like there is no such thing
as true competition and instead is a silly game they dominate/control.
There were some good points made about what it takes to expand the
US audience for the sport, and phony or fixed-looking competition
does nothing but hurt the attempt to make audience gains.
At least they didn't take themselves out of the race racing each
other, though.
-matt
--
matthew c. mead
97 Dakar M3/4 - BSP #79
97 White GS-R/4 - stock (wife's)
92 Black Miata - CSP #179, headed towards SM
http://www.goof.com/~mmead/
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