myurr wrote:Not sure if it's been brought up yet, but I have a new pet theory as to why Bernie is so publicly anti the engines. I think he's doing it for publicity. He knows there's nothing that can be done to change them and the engine manufacturers would never abandon the current engines and go back to the old V8s after spending hundreds of millions each on their new designs. Also Honda would rightly throw a massive hissy fit. Whilst there is a turbo and energy efficiency is important to the formula then noise coming out of the exhaust will always be viewed by the engineers as wasted energy.
So what's Bernie's game? I reckon he's just generating publicity to promote the sport. He's creating the image of controversy and sowing the seed that there is something wrong that needs to be witnessed before people can judge for themselves. He's hoping people will tune in to the races in order to see what all the fuss is about, and will then discuss it with their mates and online. He's also publicly pushing the notion that F1 has changed massively and that things this year are very different to the past, so if you were previously a fan or have never been interested then why not check out if it's improved in your eyes. Clever!
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I feel like this is the only reason Bernie ever says anything to anyone about anything. He is *always* stirring up controversy, regardless of whats going on. They could have a record breaking year in every way, and the sport could be doing better than it ever has been doing in every metric and Bernie would still squawk about something haha.
