SPOILER: F-1 results. Now: F1 gamesmanship

[james accordino]

Watching old film of F1 I saw many occasions in the
pre-WWII era and also the early portion of the "modern
era" when the #1 mans car broke and a teammate was
called to surrender his car in hopes of gaining the
maximum points towards the championship.
Occasionally, they won.  In a different car than the
one they started in.  This is certainly nothing new,
although I really do feel for Ruebens, and I also
believe Micheal is really sincere.  This did not help
his reputation as a great champion.

Jim Accordino

--- Motor Sport Visions Photography
<msvphoto at pacbell.net> wrote:
> In a message dated 5/13/2002 rob hod writes:
>
> << ...It used to be a real sport, but I'm not sure
> I'm going to follow
> this
> farce any more. >>
>
> It did? Let's see...in the 1955 Italian GP, Peter
> Collins suffered the
> same fate as Ruebens Barrichello did. Ferrari handed
> over the driver's
> title to Juan Manuel Fangio there with "team orders"
> so this is nothing
> new in F1 as some would like to believe.
>
> Regardless of what the Ferrari team does to help
> build points for
> Schumacher, it is up to the other "teams" to rise to
> the level of
> Ferrari and beat them. Thus far that has not
> happened very well this
> year. I had higher hopes for Williams (a team I tend
> to detest but
> really like both drivers) and Montoya being more
> competitive.
>
> Mike Veglia
> Motor Sport Visions Photography
> http://www.motorsportvisions.com


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