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**Indessasp** · 12-17-2008, 06:07 PM

Do you think that competition and sport are about achievements (this is my view) or about show (Daniel's and apparently your view too)?!

I don't think it has to be one or the other. It can be both.

Gilles Villeneuve once said: "I love motor racing. To me it's a sport, not a technical exercise. My ideal Formula One car would be something like a McLaren M23 with a big normally aspirated engine, 800 hp, 21 inch rear tyres. A lot of people say we should have narrower tires, but I don't agree because you need big tyres to slow you down when you spin. And you need a lot of horsepower to unstick big tyres, to make the cars slide. That would be a bloody fantastic spectacle, I can tell you. We would take corners one gear lower than we do now, and get the cars sideways. You know, people still rave about Ronnie Peterson in a Lotus 72, and I understand that. I agree with them. That's the kind of entertainment I want to give the crowds. Smoke the tyres ! Yeah !

I [care about the fans], because I used to be one of them ! I believe the crowd is really losing out at the moment, and that's bad." I think we're still losing out today (more than 25yrs later) because we cannot see the drivers express their skills.

12-17-2008, 06:07 PM	#36
Indessasp Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 458 Senior Member	Do you think that competition and sport are about achievements (this is my view) or about show (Daniel's and apparently your view too)?! I don't think it has to be one or the other. It can be both. Gilles Villeneuve once said: "I love motor racing. To me it's a sport, not a technical exercise. My ideal Formula One car would be something like a McLaren M23 with a big normally aspirated engine, 800 hp, 21 inch rear tyres. A lot of people say we should have narrower tires, but I don't agree because you need big tyres to slow you down when you spin. And you need a lot of horsepower to unstick big tyres, to make the cars slide. That would be a bloody fantastic spectacle, I can tell you. We would take corners one gear lower than we do now, and get the cars sideways. You know, people still rave about Ronnie Peterson in a Lotus 72, and I understand that. I agree with them. That's the kind of entertainment I want to give the crowds. Smoke the tyres ! Yeah ! I [care about the fans], because I used to be one of them ! I believe the crowd is really losing out at the moment, and that's bad." I think we're still losing out today (more than 25yrs later) because we cannot see the drivers express *their* skills.
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