Isn't it sad the way things are now?

So, Ferrari have done what they've done. You know what, I really pity them.

It's a sad sign of the times. They have managed to commercialise something that was hardly commercial. It was a complete overreaction, but, I guess that's all we should expect from a limb of a company too big for its own good.

Really, is this anything a certain man called Enzo would approve of? If it was still his company, they wouldn't care, they'd have just got on to building a racing car of some description. Which is exactly what they should be doing now.

Also, could you imagine all of the wonderful people in organisations like Williams, Silverline, Roush, 888 or Penske giving a flying fig about our little corner of the internet. (The internet has many corners. BATracer is a few miles from the edge, this is the edge. Maybe I could contrive it to a little more edgy than this, but not easily).

My point is, something that, for most of it's time was all nice and cosy, is now destructivly commercial. It really is sad.

Which is all why I'm glad that the manufacturers are leaving F1. It really wasn't motorsport. Sure, for next season, things might not be so good, but manufacturers should provide engines or possibly some chassis, little more. Anything else, it ends up ruining it. Give these people too much power, and it'll all go wrong.