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Of course you are correct about Ferrari's corporate decision making. They pay the bills; so they can issue the orders. That they care nothing about the fan's feelings is odd, given that they imagine that a single line in Michael's advertising copy --"Winner of More Somethings Than Any Other Driver!-- will somehow move people to buy a Ferrari. I mean how many people buy Ferrari's anyway? 
So. I feel there must be something else going on; someone is determined to stick it to someone. And I don't think I am ever likely to find out about it. Let's face it. The Ford (excuse me, Jaguar) PR folks would never make the fans mad that way. And Ford sells lots of cars. And the reason they would never do it is: money. So it seems to me that the reason Ferrari DID DO it must, in some way, be the same. But whose money? Maybe we're all missing the point. Since Ferrari is SO FAR AHEAD, it could be they decided the only way to get any excitement in the race would be to create it? It certainly has worked. There's more time and ink being spilled on a single moment than I can remember since... wait a minute. What was it everyone was getting so mad about before? Wasn't it Michael Schumacher's wicked driving tricks? Weaving or blocking challenging cars? Is there some pattern here? You're right, of course, and sadly so that it looks like the rest of the season is going to be pretty boring and I won't have to worry about anything being "decided" at Indianapolis --for the second straight year. Maybe they'll "let" D.C. win? In "honor" of Mika's valedictory win last year? Not likely that JPM would be sentimental, though. If only the rumors had been true and Williams and BMW had "peaked" together. Alas, it looks like the Germans only prompted Ferrari to find more horses --and Sir Frank's chassis are only as good as they were last year which is: not good enough. 
Still. I'll be watching (on tape) Monaco. Strange things often happen there. Maybe it will be a better race than Indy (which I'll see live), but I have to say I doubt it. And I LOVE F1 - Jim W - USA (Reference Heretic 4-13 - Confusing corporate objectives with sport)

The Heretic replies:

Hi Jim,

I wonder - - The move at the last corner of the last lap was exceptionally provocative. It is almost as if Ferrari wanted us to believe that they will let Barrichello win. Wonder if someone thought “Sucker!” in the team.

They may have wanted Barrichello to show the world what he was made of. They succeeded to prove that he is the puppet they are paying for.

The fans are certainly mad and that cannot be good for Ferrari. On the other hand someone said that there is nothing like bad publicity (can’t remember who it was but I do not think it was Clinton). They sure got our attention!

The pessimist in me wonders if both drivers were not under orders. I still believe that we have not seen the Ferrari flat out. Schumacher could have been told to take it easy and not chase Barrichello down because there is no point in letting the other teams see what they will be competing with. In turn they may have promised to pull Barrichello up at the last moment. Pessimist because, if that is the case, we will see Ferrari dominate for the foreseeable future and that is not good for the sport or, more selfishly, for interest in the sport and traffic on Newsonf1 (we all have agendas).

It is sad that Williams did not get it right this year, but then McLaren fell back too – maybe it is just Ferrari that lunged ahead.

True: it is not hard to love the sport (maybe we should not call it a sport anymore. How does “Battle” or “Campaign” fit instead?)

The Heretic

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