This is becoming funny. Every time that the
permanent stewards, that probably have like 50 years of stewarding experience among them, give a penalty, there is a bunch of wise fans devoted to claim they're blind, without providing any evidence. And, pleeze, read the news: FIA has started to use permanent chief steward and permanent stewards since 2007, you hurried "opinionators".
It reminds me of the fans insulting referees at the soccer field.
If you want to learn sportmanship that's not the way. A
gentleman takes his punishments without retorting, arguing like a child nor claiming that the world is unfair against him. If you disagree, that's what appeals and lawyers are for.
Actually, have you ever heard of a guy called Stirling Moss? Do you know why he is famous? Let me give you a clue: it's not because he revoked a penalty.
Have you EVER seen a referee saying: "Oh, yes, I can see you're upset. Wait a minute, lemme think: after watching your red face and hearing you yelling, I've decided I'm blind and you're right"?
Without any disrespect, and trying to instill
some reason into your heated arguments: why don't you work as marshalls for a while?
At many tracks is a volunteer job and it instills you with a healthy dose of respect for stewards. You suddenly realize you know nothing about the rules, once you suddenly discover you don't even know the colours of the different fire extinguishers or what any of the different cryptic calls on your radio means.
And let me add that no matter how many times you read soccer rules and regardless how many times you PLAY football, you don't become a referee unless you do some referee work. Even
karting calls are hard to make and to be sure of what you're doing you need experience.
Now, if you make mistakes, well, that's life. At least I'm human. I don't know what planet you were born, but in this one, when a referee makes mistakes, the first reaction of a "connoiseur" is to attribute them to failures.
Why do you always resort to malice as an explanation, when stupidity suffices?
Besides, we're talking Formula ONE, for the love of Pete! Now you tell me that the Formula ONE stewards don't know what they're doing.
In the name of all what's decent, these people have the most sophisticated systems for telemetry, they can pinpoint the speed of the car, they know its position to the centimeter, they know the angle of the throttle, the pressure of the brake pedal, the car has like 100 sensors and they don't know what they doing?
Besides, the drivers, guys that have all the experience in the world, guys that have been racing since they were in diapers, people that know the entrails of the car the way they know the shape of the sun, these guys, I say, they're always innocent lambs that were distracted. Yes, they can shave a wall by millimeters at 300 kph, but when it's about taking a curve to enter the pits, suddenly they become retarded morons that were just looking at the stand for a beautiful girl bending to pick up her ticket.
Don't make me laugh that I have a split lip, I went off the track this morning while karting in joy, just because Massa adjusted SIX tenths on Hamilton and my knee is still sore... and I'm 48, btw.
Yes, I know you're angry: you're favorite driver (Hamilgod?
) got a penalty. It's not the end of the world. Get over it and learn to respect the drivers, the marshalls, the stewards and the best racing series in the world.
If you're so disgusted with F1, c'mon, you can watch cricket or croquet or any other sport that moves at a more leisurely pace, where referees never makes mistakes and all arbiter calls are evident, even for the ladies with the thick glasses.
At my age, with three kids and responding for an entire office, I can get into a sarcastic mood quickly, as most of you already know. I don't insult anybody, but I rant for ten paragraphs. So, at least give the benefit of the doubt to the guys that are putting their reputation on the line for your entertainement. And please, give me some coherent answer, because if I see the Ferrari International Assistance joke once more time I'm going to blow an aneurysm... At least make some jokes on me or on the referees, that's much more elegant.
Actually, I would LOVE to see any of the "complainers" trying to insinuate that
any of my stewardship calls at a track (the ones for which I don't get a dime and a lot of angry fathers on top of me, showing the same impartiality you display!) is because of malice. Hrumpph...
