Seeing that everything in the team's travel and preparations boils down to the couple hours of race day, that there is a testing ban in place, and that sponsors pay good money to have their logos seen by the public and TV audience, it is indeed a silly idea to just park a car that's in perfectly good running order. Do your job... collect data, let the fans see you, whether they love or hate you, and give the sponsors their due. The Superrat always speaks his mind openly, and I admire him for that. He usually says it exactly how it is, without bull. Which is really rare in F1 circles. We need more of that.