Comments on: Bernie Ecclestone mocks Ferrari ‘clowns’

By: rob

rob — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 22:41:55 +0000

I bet Bernie pays some one to think of come backs for him.

By: happy

happy — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 07:27:55 +0000

Singapore is a circus ?
If the clowns cannot even drive and completed a circus track, maybe they should learn to drive again !!!

Good driver and team, will tackle both good and bad tracks alike. Only **** teams will give excuse for their own bad performance – and put the blame on “track”

By: Gusto

Gusto — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 04:19:15 +0000

It`s a double bluff. Bit like if you find your Wife has been sleeping with your best mate, you think to yourself ” I dont understand it, She always said that she couldn`t stand Him “. And then goes on to describe how She hates him. If Bernie`s this easy to `read` I wonder if he would be interested in a game of poker.

By: Pink Peril

Pink Peril — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 01:55:39 +0000

Oh dear.

Never thought I’d see the day when I agreed with anything the Poison Dwarf said…..

Game, set and match Bernie !

Oh, and AussieLeb – I’ve been away for a couple of weeks so I haven’t read through all the old posts yet, so I can’t comment on that.

But I may have shouted something along the lines of ‘payback for Spa’ at the giant TV screens at Singapore when Massa elected to add a very un-aerodynamic modification to his car at Singapore. But it was meant more in the lines of ‘cosmic’ payback and the universe righting itself than anything else. I am sure others would agree.

He did deserve the drive through penalty though, and IMO should have been punished for the Sutil incident as well.

By: AussieLeb

AussieLeb — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 12:34:38 +0000

I’m back……

Just wanted to say, my fellow unbiased, good for the sport bloggers, some of you suggested that Luca wouldn’t have made his comments if Massa had won or even a Ferrari 1-2 had occured. I wonder what Bernie would have said if Luca’s hopes had materialised? No doubt his prince charming’s current world standings didn’t warrant a rubbishing of the track. I guess then we would have some of you saying how pompous Luca must be for making comments not much different to those made by Bernie this time around. How often have we seen two old bulls lock horns whether it’s in the EPL or the NFL. Is it fair then to take sides and even worse chastise an entire team for the comments of two bored old men?

I still can’t get over some bloggers on here saying that Massa deserved the incident in Singapore because of Spa……..

By: Leslie

Leslie — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 06:34:20 +0000

Just two rich old men having a spat. There can’t be many more dummies in the pram.

By: Jean

Jean — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 06:13:16 +0000

F1 revenue in terms of ticket sales is minimal compared to TV and advertising revenue. Instead of adding more street circuits , which attracts large crowds (which I think is the main reason so on TV the stands look full) , they should drastically reduce ticket prices , use part of the TV/Advert. revenue to subsidise the hosting circuits , which would have the effect of having the stands full at the normal circuits , as people would have extra money to travel to the circuits and still afford tickets . Where I’m from , they don’t have an F1 race , but hosted A1 for past 3 years. Year 1 , ticket prices were reasonable , I went. Year 2 , they cost 4 x more , I never went (watched it on TV – and the stands looked empty). Guess the greed machine never stops running.

By: TONY

TONY — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 21:40:45 +0000

From a common sense point of view LdiM is correct. Both Monaco and Singapore should be scrubbed. No overtaking and precious little run off areas. Its like America, takes time to remove a pranged car and drivers and marshalls (what marshalls?)have to clamber over 10 ft fences to safety.What was the excitement about? Eccles is after sensation is and frustrated that he has not been able to kill a driver in years for the sake of the money god. He is trying to convert the top form of motor sport into a stock car meeting. All this crap removes the dominant car aspect. TONY1

By: Brar

Brar — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 20:02:44 +0000

Then problem is that Bernie think about money, about growing, quantity India, China and Singapure. But don´t think so much in quality. And we lost races like Suzuka, Silverstone to have Fuji, Valencia.

For other reasons a Ferrari suporter hated Singapure, a Mclaren one like it for the same reason. If there was fun, for sure it was not sporting reasons, but for the circus clowns and walls

By: the limit

the limit — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 15:02:21 +0000

@Dorian.

Very well said…