F1 Fanatic

It wouldn’t be the first time Ferrari took someone who didn’t appear ready to join the top runners.

Saward always seems to have an agenda

And that’s usually getting Liuzzi recognised. He realy quietened down following the backlash to the article; there was barely a mention of him for weeks except to say that he’d joined Hispania, a team that he hasn’t talked up at all (he hasn’t written them off, either). I think he reaslised he’d gone too far in letting his emotions dictate his articles – it was obvious he was upset Liuzzi was out of a drive, and he was going to extraordinary lengths to justify his performances in 2010 – and strayed away from it, but if this season preview was indeed written by Saward, then it would appear the old prejudices are beginning to seep back into his “reporting” once more.

Go and read James Allen’s blog. He might have been intolerable behind the microphone, but his blog is actually pretty good. As are his pre-shot segments that he does for OneHD. I suspect his problem in the commentary box was that when you’re commentating, you always have to be saying something. You can’t have periods of dead air. And it can be very difficult to keep it fresh and interesting, particularly in the middle of a boring race.

Personally i’m a Saward fan, as I like his business articles. I’ve been in contact with him regarding helping him research some force india court cases too.

Ultimately, I can’t see why fans have an issue with his journalism. At the end of the day, his blog is his comment on the way he sees F1. So people are entitled to disagree with his opinions – but to disagree with the articles themselves (i.e. their existence, as they are supposedly ‘biassed’) seems unfair.

However, I do have huge issue with the way he speaks to his fans on the site. He’s arrogant and exceptionally rude to a lot of them (including myself, when I told him he was acting unprofessionally – which, frankly, he was). Its petty and unnecessary. I don’t think the fans are justified in their criticism, but he certainly isn’t justified in the way he defends his own articles. Despite me liking a lot of what he writes about, I would never ever pay him a penny of my money for one of his talks or magazines for this reason.

Regarding the rumour – I had heard that Sutil was being considered. And while I respect Massa, his time at Ferrari is at an end – and Sutil would be a good prospect and a good number 2 to Alonso. If Sutil stays at force india for another season after this one, I feel his F1 career will have come to an end.

I think that Joe Saward is very good friends with Liuzzi’s manager, so that is probably partly the reason for it.

Anyway, I think that his main point was the demise of ethics in F1. He may have a fair point in that we have come to a time when simply breaking a contract, essentially a legal document, is just commonplace and not a surprise.

Out of all the comments, I must agree entirely with Steph.

I can’t see Sutil racing for Ferrari at all.

sutil to ferrari, god forbid!