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Battlefronts
Posted by
Autumnpuma
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14 November 2007
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Soon all us dedicated fans of F1 will see two pivotal battles taking place over the very essence of the Formula World Championship. The first battle is between McLaren and BMW/Williams. Who wins or loses isn't as important as what happens to the Driver's Championship as a result. If two drivers are excluded from the Brazilian result, Lewis Hamilton will be the points leader for 2007. With that, he will become the 2007 Driver's Champion. Period. There is no debate, no wiggle room, no fancy excuses. The point's leader wins and it's really that simple. To anyone arguing that it isn't fair to Kimi, that Kimi deserves it more, that Kimi won it on-track, I would respond with a stern 'grow up and face the real world'. World Champions are crowned by a points lead, not by popular opinion.
The second battle will also be fought in the courts. There are only two acceptable outcomes for the 'Renault Spy Scandal'. The first would see Renault hit with the exact punishment McLaren recieved. The second would be to let Renault off with a lesser punishment and re-visit the McLaren judgement and reduce that to match Renault's. I'll not get into the details of the Renault vs. McLaren scandals; they are the same. The punishment should be the same.
On these two battles rests my dedication to F1. Any deviation from what I've said above would see me turn to other forms of motorsport because F1 will have ceased to be what it has always been. We, the fans, over the long years have had to tolerate trials and tribulations, and each fan must decide for him (or her) self where that 'line' of tolerance will be drawn. I draw my line here.
It's easy to retreat from this and pull on a mask of apathy or strike a pose of cynicism disguised as wisdom. It's far harder to admit when something you are an avid fan of is no longer worthy of that fanship.
The second battle will also be fought in the courts. There are only two acceptable outcomes for the 'Renault Spy Scandal'. The first would see Renault hit with the exact punishment McLaren recieved. The second would be to let Renault off with a lesser punishment and re-visit the McLaren judgement and reduce that to match Renault's. I'll not get into the details of the Renault vs. McLaren scandals; they are the same. The punishment should be the same.
On these two battles rests my dedication to F1. Any deviation from what I've said above would see me turn to other forms of motorsport because F1 will have ceased to be what it has always been. We, the fans, over the long years have had to tolerate trials and tribulations, and each fan must decide for him (or her) self where that 'line' of tolerance will be drawn. I draw my line here.
It's easy to retreat from this and pull on a mask of apathy or strike a pose of cynicism disguised as wisdom. It's far harder to admit when something you are an avid fan of is no longer worthy of that fanship.
2: I don't even know what the Renault scandal is, so I'll leave this one up to the experts.
3: I drew my line a while ago, but I mildly follow over news articles that aren't too long and are inevitable because I go to websites that cover multiple forms of motorsports.
4: I agree. I was an avid fan of NASCAR...watching it die and just having to leave it was not easy to do, but it had to be done. I hope for the sake of you weirdos that F1 doesn't get to the point where you have to leave it.