OT: F1 race

[rocco16 at sbcglobal.net (LEF)]

You also present some good points, and I was about ready to concede that the rules do indeed cover what happened.
Then I got the part of the rules that state "during a race".  This incident was not during a race, therefore there was no infraction....just very sly(and I chose that adjective carefully) tactics.
If I can see that, surely the team lawyers can.....expect an appeal.

As I said before, most fans either like the guy or you hate the guy.   I'm not a fan, so I can stay in the middle. But, I have to admire his ability to think quickly while under extreme sensory inputs, even if I don't particularly like him.

Larry
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  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Jean-Claude Desinor 
  To: Scirocco-l@scirocco.org 
  Cc: LEF 
  Sent: Tuesday, May 30, 2006 10:40 PM
  Subject: Re: OT: F1 race


     The examples you cite show what a brilliant driver he is. And that is 
  the rub. Along with that brilliance, he has also been using some 
  questionable tactics.
     Taking other drivers out so no one gets points is not what is 
  expected of a good driver. Forcing other drivers off the track and then 
  claiming that you did not see them is a lame excuse, especially when you 
  got where you are by being an excellent driver.
     Get the rules here: <http://www.formula1.com/>
     In particular:
  "Stewards have the power to impose various penalties on a driver if he 
  commits an offence during a race. Offences may include jumping the 
  start, causing an avoidable accident, unfairly blocking another driver, 
  impeding another driver when being lapped, speeding in the pit lane etc."
     This time the officials were not looking the other way.  He got caught.

  Jean-Claude
  84 8v

  LEF a ?crit :
  > Cheat?   
  > Is it cheating to fake a pass on the inside, only to move to the outside when the car ahead drops down low to block?
  > Is it cheating to run practice laps deliberately several seconds slower than you are capable of...just to prevent the competition from knowing your strengths and weaknesses?
  > Is it cheating to take air off the back of a competitor and loosen him up?
  > Is it cheating to make your car "wide" as you hold off second place coming out of the last corner?
  > 
  > IF it is, then every champion, nay every racer, since Barney Olfield has been a cheater....and there are no "respectfull Champs".
  > IF it is NOT, then what happened in qualifying is not, either.
  > 
  > Winner do whatever they can, within the rules (and there are no rules against sliding into a barrier in F1), to accomplish their goals.   Granted we would all like to see every race won "fair and square", with no touching, no blocking, no spins, no mishaps, no pit strategy; just the fastest man/car/team coming out with the victory.....but racing isn't always like that.  In fact, the rules that most sanctioning bodies have put and are putting in place make it easier and easier for a "slower" driver/car to win.
  > 
  >  I am not actually a fan of the rich M. Schumacher, but either he used brilliant qualifying strategy/tactics or he was incredibly lucky to make an error exactly when/where he did.  Few people actually know which it was.
  > Maybe he's not as smart as "lots of people" think he is, eh??  Maybe he really did just screw up on that corner.....maybe.
  > 
  > Larry
  > sandiego16v