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Despicable spectaters of the British GP… (61 posts)

Topic tags: British GP, podium, Vettel

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Jake said 1 year, 10 months ago:

Yea, you can hear booing as soon as the trophy is given to Sebastian, looks like Alonso pats him on the back and tells him to ignore it or somethin.

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Stephen Jones said 1 year, 10 months ago:

The general aim for me during a podium is to boo the politician, then when the driver lifts the trophy, cheer as loud as possible! it worked at Albert Park cause the Politician who criticized the race and said melbourne didn’t need it presented the trophy! (Doyle) ..but if the boo-ing is directed at the driver then there’s definitely a problem

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LL Jehto said 1 year, 10 months ago:

and wasn’t it sweet to see the spectators “invading” the track? it touched my heart, so sweet… they want to be like Monza, ohhhh

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beneboy said 1 year, 10 months ago:

Anyone who has paid for a ticket to the GP has the right to cheer or boo for whoever they want. The UK is (just about) a free country with freedom of speech and expressions protected by law, regardless of whether you agree with them or not the fans have an absolute right to express themselves however they want and if – and it’s a big if, they were booing Vettel then that is perfectly acceptable in my opinion.

The whole pantomime booing and cheering routine has been an established part of British life for hundreds of years and it happens at loads of different sports events – I go to the BSB as often as possible and you get loads of it going on at most races and the riders all play along as they know it’s a bit of fun and that there’s no malice intended.

If there were some overt racism, homophobia or hatred behind it then there would be a problem but there isn’t, it’s just some light hearted fun.

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Icthyes said 1 year, 10 months ago:

and wasn’t it sweet to see the spectators “invading” the track? it touched my heart, so sweet… they want to be like Monza, ohhhh

Not really sure what your point is. I’m not sure if every track opens up the barriers to let the crowd closer for the podium ceremony, Monza does this the best way of course with the podium over the track, but if not then I wish they did. Don’t think they’re trying to be anything other than good for the fans.

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LL Jehto said 1 year, 10 months ago:

no point, just joking of course (the silverstone fans were really asking for this joke, right?)

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LL Jehto said 1 year, 10 months ago:

totally agree with your point, beneboy. Freedom of expression above all.

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Whitty 123 said 1 year, 10 months ago:

LL, they opened the track up for the spectators to get close to the podium because they had situated it in a position that couldn’t be seen by most of the crowd in the main Grandstands, the podium is in a position at the very left hand corner slightly angled towards Club.

They wern’t trying to emulate Monza just allowing as many spectators as possible to see the podium celebrations in the flesh.

Also the circuit regularly was invaded in the 80′s and 90′s when a certain Nigel was winning.

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LL Jehto said 1 year, 10 months ago:

ok, they were afraid the drivers on the podium wouldn’t hear the “applauses and cheering”, of course..

[see, another joke]

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infy said 1 year, 10 months ago:

What would you expect considering the country they were racing in. The UK fans see Alonso as the number one enemy in F1. That and they are very, very sad people.

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chiv2103 said 1 year, 10 months ago:

I totally agree with the pantomine villain theory. I’ve been reading this website for two years now and only comment when something annoys me. I think that like me, most Brits may not like Alonso as a person but like me they know hes probably the fastest man out their if everyone was given the same equipment. People boo in football all the tie and the players dont take it seriously unless its malicious which i doubt the fans at Silverstone were. At least we brits dont black our faces to show who we dont like eh?

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LL Jehto said 1 year, 10 months ago:

i don’t think the comparation to football is accurate. Usually the football teams are the ones whistled. It’s to a player but not because is that particular player but because he’s playing for that team. It’s a completely different culture. There are teams and fans belong to/support a club. The club has its own stadium, where they play all their home games. So, when another club goes there to play is whistled, particularly if there is rivalry, like Barcelona vs Real Madrid. Motorsport, and F1 in particular is not like that. Each team doesn’t have its own circuit, its own GP where it receives their rivals. No. Sometimes (3 times a year? British, German and Italian GPs?) they are made on the same country as one or more teams, that (those) team(s) have support from the public, but still the GP is not their(s) – it’s not organized by the team, the ticket sells don’t go to that team, etc.

To compare F1 with football, the nearest thing has got to be football tournaments, like the World Cup, or the European Cup. All teams go to a host country (host GP) and dispute a tournament, cup (the GP, the win). One team wins, gets a cup. there’s a runner up and usually a 3rd place too. they all get medals and the winner a cup. The fans don’t boo when the winner takes the cup, or when the others get the medals. even if it’s italy (4 world cups) winning in their rival home germany (3 world cups). because it’s disrespectful. And that’s what the fans that boo a driver lifting a trophy are being: disrespectful, chiv2103

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chiv2103 said 1 year, 10 months ago:

But football teams normally always say its an advantage to play at home as the supporters are on the back of the opposition and a lot of brits in that past, ecspecially mansell, have said that it makes them quicker. I do agree with your point, it is disrespectful if theyve won a trophy, totally. It should be if someone has personally won you fair and square in any type of sport or game, even if you were great rivals throughout it and things got bitter, then you should always shake their hand after as a mark of respect. Booing Alonso was wrong after he had won but maybe people felt Vettel shouldnt have been 2nd, as he didnt deserve it due to team orders?

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Chalky said 1 year, 10 months ago:

Ok guys. Make your own mind up.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zb8zdsN-vPw
When I was there it sounded more like a pantomine boo than anything else.

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LL Jehto said 1 year, 10 months ago:

I’m sorry Chalky, I’m having a bit trouble understanding what do you mean by “pantomine”.

And I can’t beieve we’re still on this one. On your link, one can compare the reception for the 2nd placed driver and the 3rd. Very different reaction, indeed.

And also, I don’t think British fans should feel any responsability or ashamed in any manner by what happened, by 1)trying to deny it and 2)using lame excuses as 1)”it was aimed at the transportation sec. of state” (again your link is quite revealing about that), 2) it was joking

those that were in silverstone and booed were disrespectful. Period. And, like the “The Office” (american) episode I mentioned before, I’d like to see them confronted by Vettel, just to see their reaction.

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