Quote & Unquote - ‘If the Singapore track was a circus, the Ferrari team members were the clowns.’
The past weekend was a major talkabout for everyone in Singapore, with road closures, tourists boosting our economy blah blah blah. Namely, the inaugural F1 race that was held in Singapore. It was the first for Singapore and moreover the first street night race in F1 history as well. After the event, there were like tons of reports praising how Singapore was awesome in hosting this race, blah blah blah.
I bet majority of us have caught the race on telly over the weekend and how everyone has witnessed our dear Massa making the crucial mistake of losing his top placing to Alanso and how Mr. Kimi crashed into the barriage that was sent up at his 5th lap. So there goes the winning of the leg of the race in Singapore for Ferrari.
And I bet everyone of us have also read about how Mr. Ferrari boss commented on our race track on Wednesday, ‘Ferrari boss blasts Singapore’s ‘circus’ track’. Seriously if you have read the article, you would think of how sour grapes this guy is! My god. I cant believe myself reading such comments from such a high ranking guy in Ferrari. Mr Luca di Montezemolo, that is his name actually made some lewd comments about us.
Quote and unquote from the article:
‘When we race on tracks which should be used for the circus, anything can happen including the spectacle of the Safety Car,’ Mr Montezemolo was quoted as saying in yesterday’s Gazzetta dello Sport newspaper.
“…before the race that street circuits and the lack of overtaking opportunities were not the right way forward for the sport.”
A track for circus? My god. You being the President for Ferrari actually made such comments? I was really wondering what Mr. dear Luca would say if Massa and Kimi came in top 3 as predicted by everyone else before the race started. I guess everyone was really pissed off with him after reading the article as today, there were some letters that wrote into the forum commenting on his remarks.
One comment made by one of the readers:
“Last Sunday’s event here was the first Formula One night race and was held on a new track. As with anything new, the unexpected can happen. Even last year’s champion Kimi Raikkonen crashed out with just four laps to go, probably due to a lapse in concentration.
This shows that even the best can make mistakes.
What happened to Ferrari has nothing to do with the track. They only have themselves to blame. Felipe Massa, Lewis Hamilton and Raikkonen took the top three pole positions after qualifications.
The lack of passing chances on the ‘circus’ track practically ensured them podium finishes if nothing unexpected happened.
However, as Murphy’s Law says, what can go wrong can and will go wrong.
Was it a track problem when Nelson Piquet Jr crashed? Perhaps. But was it a track problem in the Ferrari pit stop when Massa drove off with the fuel line still attached? Definitely not.
The Ferrari pit was where the real circus was on race night.
What happened during Massa’s pit stop was simple human error, lack of concentration and poor team coordination.…
For Ferrari, it has nothing to do with the ‘circus’ of a track, as Mr Montezemolo described our circuit; and everything about Ferrari being a sore loser when it failed to win any points in this crucial race.
I wonder what Mr Montezemolo’s comments would have been if everything had gone uneventfully, and the three best-placed drivers on the starting grid had won as expected. “
But the best comment that I loved was made by a Mr. Chia Kee Tong who said “If the Singapore track was a circus, the Ferrari team members were the clowns.” Hah! I totally agree with that man.
If we have a circus track, then every F1 racer would actually be a clown! And that doesn’t exclude our dear Ferrari team as well. Till now I still cant believe what a sore loser Mr. Luca is. Making such comments about Singapore just because his team lost is totally uncalled for. That is really unprofessional. Where is the sportsmanship?? Just because you lost, you cant blame it on everything else that you cant control. And not blaming your own team? Well, I dont know if there is really a problem with them, especially with them not using the Lollipop man which has resulted in them having many technical mishaps during the whole race season. Probably it is time for him to think about this before blaming the macro factors. Micro factors have to be considered before you start blaming the macro ones.
But really, he is such a sore loser and unprofessional. He should probably go for some course that teaches him sportsmanship. ^_^
