Hadn't had a chance to scribble 'bout this,
although I thought Grizzled Journo' Joe Saward put it so eloquently in his recent
Podcast last year, which is definitely worth a listen, albeit I cannot seem to
find I-T upon Zed Internetz...
As one of the many issues Joe tackled was the
rumoured, or proposed? Attempts for the B-I-G Teams to once again try flexing
their muscles in regards to allow "Customer Teams" back into the fold
of Formula 1, as Joe worries over the utilization of intellectual property
rights, specifically to make Formula 1 chassis on the quick 'N cheap! Albeit I
think this has already been done before, which I scribbled 'bout 'Wayback in
'Twenty-oh-Six; YIKES!
All I can say about Uncle Bernaughty's
twisted behaviour over watching the sports minnows die slowly by twisting in
the wind, as its par for the course of his F1 Darwinism, and general philosophy
over life on whole; as 'Wayback just days prior to last year's Thanksgiving, as
I was pulling chicken off the bone I pondered to myself, do you think Mister E EVER
gets his hands dirty doing such domestic tasks, eh? but I digress...
Do I expect the sport of Formula 1 to change?
HELL NO! As
its always been a power "Strudel;" Err struggle par excellence, and
like the current One-per center's generation, surely Y'all don't expect them to
share the wealth, right?
As perhaps the word Cartel is a bit strong;
NOT! As why aren't A-L-L of the teams included? Since CVC Capital Partners seem
more like The Syndicate and Ecclestone simply their mouthpiece and Bully for you
Force India, Lotus and Sauber, there's NO Begging Bowls here, and good riddance
to Yuhs Marussia and Caterham, don't let the door hits Yuh; Oh Never Mind!
Since as thy "Wee Willie Buxom (Will Buxton) notes;
And while I understand the sport needs to continuously
change, if nothing else for appearance sake, as far as I can tell, from another
overly long, languishing story here in Nofendersville, the last time a team was
permitted to run a third car was 'Wayback in 1985 when le Reggie, aka Renault
ran a third chassis with Francois Hesnault at the wheel in order to evaluate
in-car camera technologies during that year's French Grand Prix...
Having been a fan of thee pinnacle 'O
motorsports, nee Formula 1 for nearly 30yrs now, what's always drawn me to the
sport is the fact that each and every F1 team contesting the championship
needed to be their own Constructor, nee produce their own unique chassis!
Do I want to see a manipulated grid of 20, 22
cars made up unfairly of the B-I-G' teams selected entries; FUCK NO! As this
seems arbitrary at least, not to mention A-L-L of the unfair advantages it
would produce, since in reality, filling the field with 20-22 car grids simply
to keep Bernie Ecclestone and his masters from breach of contract and
ultimately having to take a pay cut,
i.e.; lose or refund money seems like the ultimate form of Hypocrisy!
For humour, if the "Big-4," i.e.;
Mercedes, Red Bull, Ferrari and McLaren were forced; Err enticed to provide a
third car for Uncle Bernaughty's sake; Uhm, I meant for full grids so the F1
looked healthy on TV, then how would the championship points be awarded?
As I think these third car
"Interlopers" shouldn't be eligible points scorers, but, I see three
immediate problems with that. First, I'd presume that the entities supplying
another car at millions of pounds each, would say what's the BLEEPIN' point?
Secondly, this would be 'Uber confusing for the "Casual Fan" or HELL,
everybody; like the third place car really isn't in third place, and lastly, it
would only cheapen the field and degrade
the Formula 1 product. Like how can you say it's the pinnacle if they're
running bastardized "Super GP2" cars? Or as Felipe Massa eludes to,
would we really want the championship decided in June due to the continuous
lock-up of the podium by Mercedes?
And although I still enjoy IndyCar, and at
least it's got two different engine manufacturer's, currently, it seems a large
shell of its former Glory Dazes, when I could name five independent chassis
suppliers along with four individual engine providers... As does Formula 1 truly
wish to become another "Spec-series" littering the landscape of
single seater racing?
Now I know part of IndyCar's argument for
multiple chassis suppliers is cost,
which is the true underlying problem of F1 at the moment, yet are Hulman &
Co guilty of not re-investing into the sport's property a la Formula 1? And is
the reason today's youth generation isn't interested partially a result of the
cost and not seeing how a multi-billion
industry, nee F1 benefits them indirectly?
Then again, I suppose we could say
'RASSCAR'S a "spec-series," or
is I-T? since I don't follow it, I have NO idea if the teams are actually
building their own chassis or not? As its largely an entertainment derived
product with its circus side Freak Shows.
While it's funny hearing how that now
IndyCar's supposedly going to finally unleash those 'Uber swooshy looking
Aurora AFX "Body by Mennen" Aerokits;
Hmm? How many year's late now? And have they've
been given too much freedom, as
rumoors abounded that the Aerokits are
producing too much downforce which is wreaking havoc upon the spec Dallara DW12
chassis...
So go ahead Formula 1, let Uncle Bernaughty,
and more importantly, CVC have their way by allowing this "Dudley
duo" to continue milking the golden goose... And ultimately become just
like the others, a watered down "Spec" racing series for which nobody
knows what's so special about this mythical pinnacle of motorsports royalty...
And that's before we even get to the point
about what happens when "Deeter Majestik" of Red bull gets tired of
F1, or Mercedes head honcho Dr. Z says the company's not getting a good enough
return on investment, or any of the "Big Hitters" walk away and leave
F1 floundering without a healthy competitive field a la Honda, Toyota and BMW
all bailing back in 2008: Oh Never Mind!
