Comments on: Jean Todt vs Ari Vatanen (Poll)

By: Patrickl

Patrickl — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 20:59:34 +0000

People were against Todt as FIA president from the moment he started getting ready for the job.

By: antonyob

antonyob — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 16:21:16 +0000

an excitable charismatic scando vs a man who can light up a room just by leaving it. hmm the agony of choice. call me a contrarian but ive never had a problem with Moseley. its too easy to slag off any present incumbent be it Gordon Brown/Moseley or the Archduke Ferdinand. Only when they’re gone do people …for a moment….think ahh! he wasnt so bad after all..

By: Paige

Paige — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 01:55:32 +0000

Vatanen will be much more in tune with the people who make Formula One what is: the teams and the fans. He certainly gets my vote.

By: Gusto

Gusto — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 01:34:19 +0000

Only a new broom can sweep clean.

By: Hamish

Hamish — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 01:17:30 +0000

Hey just a quick question, how does one state his interest of being a candidate? Only reason I say this is I know for a fact I can do better that Max and it would interesting to see how far I get with it. People may laugh but Max for at least for the last 5 years has shown how not to perform, so I at least know what not to do. Pretty straight forward philosophy on it – Interest in the sport, not self interest. Mutual Respect, understanding and cooperation – I shall call this campaign “Operation Common Sense”.

By: matt

matt — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 00:05:47 +0000

No, we’ve seen a dictator come incredibly close to destroying the support just last month, so a FOTA slave would be much better. Although as a politician anyway, I doubt he would allow himself to become a slave.

By: neracer

neracer — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 22:48:00 +0000

He may have simply stayed too long at the dance. If this makes him a sociopath, then many of our politicians fall under this casual definition.

I’ve alays thought that if the ordinary man behaved the way politicians do, they would indeed be diagnosed with mental illness! With power and money, mental instability becomes eccentricity or charisma. C’est la vie….

By: Bartholomew

Bartholomew — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 18:02:05 +0000

I dont think so. FOTA = FIA = CVC money

By: patrickl

patrickl — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 14:44:01 +0000

I don’t understand that reply at all. It doesn’t deny any of Vatanen’s claims now does it?

All they do is claim that Vatanen is ltelling lies. Without telling what he lied about and how it it false.

They simply confirm that Todt and Michelle have been flying on FIA business around the world.

All the do is state over and over that Michelle did a great job. So?

Not a word about Todt’s campaigning that he did on those occassions.

By: Dougie

Dougie — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 12:08:37 +0000

Yeah, I fear he may well have shot himself in the foot with those remarks. Whether they are true or not, it’s not coming out well for Ari.