[Fot] And we complain...

[Bill Babcock]

The FIA is one of the most painfully weird organizations on the  
planet. The whole FISA/FIA takeover was sleazy beyond belief and all  
the people involved are the strangest cutthroats I've ever heard of.  
In any real world we'd vote them off the planet. Mosley doing sadistic  
sex  acts dressed as a Nazi is the tip of the iceberg. He ignored his  
responsibility to keep the sport rational when he assessed McLaren  
that absurd fine. How can we take F1 seriously as a competitive sport  
when 100 million bucks is a fine. That's not a fine, that's a small  
country's GNP.

The philosophy behind the license fee is despicable--the better you do  
the more it costs you? The more valuable you are to the sport the more  
it costs for you to participate. Who dreamed this up--the last  
remaining commie? The sooner they kick Mosely's ass out the better.  
Goodbye Max, don't let the door hit you in the butt.

On Jun 19, 2008, at 7:39 PM, David W. Riddle wrote:

> Granted.  But do the math.
>
> $15,500 + $3,100 per point to hold a Superlicense is beyond excessive
> even given the unreal money in F1.  The cost for the license should
> have some basis in reality.
>
> Hamilton last year earned 109 points last year.  That means his
> Superlicense this year cost him $353,400!  Kovalainen's license cost
> him $108,500.  So if McLaren is picking up the tab for the drivers
> Ron Dennis had to shell out over $500,000 for two race drivers and
> three test drivers (if not more).
>
> Of course Max "I'm not a Nazi" Mosley is also complaining about
> wanting budget reductions put in place so that the sport does not
> cost so much for the teams.
>
> Other drivers license costs.
>
> Kubica: $136,400
> Rosberg:        $77,500
> Truilli:        $40,300
> Sutil:          $18,600
> Nakajima:       $15,500
>
> At 06:54 PM 6/19/2008, Fred & Mary Hodgson wrote:
>> Yeah - but they have a little more help ($) to offset the cost than  
>> we do!
>>
>> Fred Hodgson
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