Hopefully never a Great Prize in Scotland is run, because although in the places sajones two of the greatest legend of this sport grew up, and we talked about to Jim Clark and to Jackie Stewart, in accordance with the occurred thing in Malaysia, a still greater silly thing could occur if the not so magician - but always welcome - drunk praised/poured off in those lares, would arrive in greater proportion at certain authorities.
It is a pity that what the true pilots have explained during almost a century to the edge of the 300 kilometers per hour, now a group of “sport commissioners” tries to weaken to consider exaggerated or dangerous a maneuver.
And of little bond if the victim of the punishment is today called Montoya or tomorrow Schumacher, Villeneuve, Trulli or that is.
He would be interesting to know where the authorities of turn in Malaysia obtained their credentials, outside the customary benefit that the political intern offers and moves between the bunds that the organism agglutinates with soothes in Paris. This would be an almost intrascendente question of not taking place some extraordinary event, but when the exabruptos like the one of Sepang happen, then it would agree to review that not only the pilots must be apt to take to a bolide but also that assumes must guard because the norms are fulfilled.
It is the theater of the absurd one. Now then one is going away to penalize who brings about an incident, is of the magnitude that is (as if the pilots in their healthy judgment wanted to return walking to pits), consequently we imagined that we are in the waiting room of a generation of steering wheels robots, without feelings, each by an ideal line, without possibility of exaggerating, of risking, in short, to demonstrate that the monotony can be won.
With these acts, the Federation the International of Motoring would seem to want to eliminate the emotion of which it is outlined in one of the most exciting campaigns of last the three lustrums. And most serious they are going to be the consequences in the different smaller matches, are these of international or local rank, or is in single-seaters, tourism or in karting, where the commissioners of sensible turn we hope they are something the more and they apply a logical criterion.
How much we remembered to today missing Leopoldo Barboza, outstanding leader of motoring Venezuelan, who outside in the middle of the ninety sport commissioner in the GP of F1, the same that struck the meeting table of ENTRUSTS it when Jean Marie Balestre tried to sanction to Ayrton the Seine or the time which it disqualified to the Williams and Benetton in not accredited Brazil 95 by to have used combustible, so that soon the same TRUSTS reviewed and modified the sanction, and would not only penalize to the equipment but not the pilots, in another full act of contrasentidos. But thus they are the interests that move in the modern F1, where the things logics as much seem not to be it.

BEYOND THE PREFERENCES

We are not going to insist on which to choir and unanimously the world of true experts of Formula One - it is worth to say to the pilots and the proprietors of the equipment - concluded after the touch of Malaysia between MS and JPM (the others we are comfortable guests, like a simple and privileged cronistas and great majority like enthusiastic teleespectadores and eager readers for all information that the subject involves). The commentaries of Jenson Button, Niki Lauda, Eddie Jordan, Flavio the most sarcastic and acid Briatore or of all, Nelson Piquet, agree in which the fault was not of the Colombian. And until in the involved declarations of the direct ones one notices surprise and indignation before the happened thing.
A little went to him the car to the German of Ferrari and point. There was no bad intention, premeditaded maneuver neither nothing similar, a contact the more in the history of a plagued sport of incidents between the different actors who carry out the novel. After Melbourne, where extreme S.A. we go were reasons to sanction to more very well of a pilot, we commented that Michael Schumacher and Juan Pablo Montoya were respected in a short but exciting duel that favored the champion of the world, but the din of the battle between these two titanes was going sooner or later them to take to the inevitable contact, since it has happened between the great figures in the last quarter of century.
These rubbing was paralelamente increased paralelamente with increase in the security of the vehicles and the tracks, which also stimulated the natural aggressiveness of the steering wheels, something unimaginable decades back, when generally the very brave ones were killed or been injured seriously, as well as those that did not have sufficient conditions. Today almost everything is forgiven, and are a few the heroes of the moment those that must give thanks to the times live, progress that it has avoided for a good time that they integrate the pantheon of the fallen ones. The nostalgic ones will say other times, the pragmatic ones will aim at the evolution.

OF I TOUCH AND BLOWS WITHOUT WANTING… WANTING

We will deal with we will not extend much in the historical summary not to bore to youngest than by nature they despise the past, but certainly many of which they were gotten up recently to the passion that generates the F1, never listened of the shocks between the Andretti-Hunt, Jones-Piquet, Reutemann-Laffite, the Seine-Mansell, the Prost-Seine to only mention some. It was, it is and he will be something normal, consequence of the rivalry that is increased in an activity where their protagonists are the most self-centred beings of the planet. And they are right all to be it, because unlike a soccer player, a tennis player or an athlete, an error can cost to him more than a torn muscle.
With the new norms ENTRUST that it tries to apply, what could be then for the father of Jacques, the unforgettable Gilles Villeneuve, that next to the French René Arnoux left recorded one of the most exciting scenes of motoring when surpassing itself several times in the last returns of the GP of France 1979, with maneuvers little orthodox floods of vigor and… value.
There is once again the key of the subject. It is necessary to be in the cockpit of the car and to take it to the limit, rolls to wheel, to in the last wait for to that the rival bristle moment, like when Nigel Mansell and Ayrton the Seine they removed sparks to asphalt in Montmeló to more than 300 km/h, the same English surpassing to Nelson Piquet in Silverstone or recently when Juan Pablo Montoya surpassed in extremis to Michael Andretti in the superoval from 345 Michigan to km/h. That is motoring, reserved to monumental men with cojones and not to office executives whom they try to apply a code written in a booklet.
It is certain that when looking for large-scale maneuvers also errors can be committed and that also is what makes the outcome exciting of each duel. Nobody wants to see “autazos” like those of Suzuka 89 and 90 between the Seine and Prost, or “inocentadas” of Michael Schumacher on Damon Hill and Jacques Villeneuve in 94 Adelaide and Sherry 97, respectively, but when the adrenalin flows and the heart beats to almost 200 pulsations per second, then it does not have to be able human nor authority that is worth to modify the temperament of a race runner.

A MAGICAL YEAR THAT AS SOON AS IT BEGINS

Outside the controversy, in Malaysia another one was lived carrerón and hopefully we pruned to contemplate one season with three or four candidates who can arrive in order year with options to call themselves. The Schumacher junior won well and of the way that it likes more: with an appropriate strategy being useful the haltings in pits, removing started off from monumental the bad luck of Rubihno Barrichello. Brazilian Milka seems to Hakkinen of 1997, that one that broke motors or his McLaren-Mercedes failed when it had the triumph in the hands, times in that many bet by their companion David Coulthard (including that subscribes), luck that was reversed of radical way in the following campaigns.
The overcome ones that as much awarded with podio to Juan Pablo as to Michael they were magnificent, evident test that they owned perfect machines and are only the doubt of knowing if really the native of Bogota would have improved the second put final of not to have had to fulfill its step forced by pit-lane, courtesy of the authorities. The Renault continues growing and Button yielded the possibility of deserved podio by failures in its car in the closing return. Once again and as it happens of put in way, this time the boys that wore Michelin removed advantage before Japanese the Bridgestone. The McLaren boys completed a positive day not at all, but Rum Dennis is not one that is going away to be with the arms cruzados while Raikkonen truely scares by the mature thing that is. Aside from the express.
Of being one of the villains in Australia, to the honest and positive test of Nick Heidfeld, the small blonde that is destined to live under the shade of the Schumacher brothers and until on the own Frentzen, in the most glorious era of German motoring from the times of the Caracciola, Rosemayer, Stuck and Lang, back in the Thirties. And it is that Heidfeld has so little star, that after the traumatic experience next to Kimi Raikkonen, now caused to more commotion the first point added by its new companion in Sauber Felipe Massa, who emulating to his compatriot Ayrton the Seine or the Venezuelan Johnny Cecotto, hardly reached his first point in the maximum category in his second presentation, ratifying all the good one that was said of him.
Ferrari is going to finally release its new machine in Europe and in this way it will try to maintain distances on his rivals, but Williams also will present/display a new chassis, it due to the request of his two pilots who from the beginning were very not convinced. Another remarkable fact in Asia was for the first time that, at least before the cameras, as much Ralf as Juan Pablo gave sample of mutual cordiality, something that comes very well to the image from both. This does not prevent that in the following race they become to ignore, but since it has been custom in house of the landlord Williams, to this one enchants to him to have two gallitos of fight in the same corral, the bad thing is that it already him has cost two crowns of conductors, first with Carlos Reutemann and Alan Jones in 1981 who praised themselves/poured off in favor of Nelson Piquet, and second in 1986, now with Piquet and Mansell like its prote'ge's, duel del that benefitted Alain Prost.
Between Montoya and the minor of the Schumacher is going away to rob valuable points, from which it is essential for each of them to take advantage on the other in this first part from the season, still more, as Sir Frank could be presumed, if Michael Schumacher follows with the absolute endorsement of Ferrari and the undergone Barrichello, consequently, Patrick Head and until Gerhard Berger they will have to be decided by the best one of its pupilos. This duel also benefits to McLaren, in which it consolidates like a really unforgettable year.