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Titolo: [ENG] An American journalist writes


articolo piuttosto polemico contro la fia e la ferrari.
non lo traduco...perche' preferisco vivere :P
riservato a chi sa' l'inglese.
va bene se da adesso metto [ENG] nel subject?
mrT^^
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JUNE 23, 2005
BY JOHN ZIMMERMANN
An American journalist writes
It is now obvious to anyone with eyesight that the USA represents little 
more to F1 than another source of revenue to be salted away in offshore 
accounts and not reinvested in the sport. That the particular politics 
presently afflicting F1 were allowed to abort what could otherwise have 
been a grand occasion is inexcusable. Americans can often be gullible 
yokels, but on the whole we are a fairly astute bunch of folk and 
eventually recognize a lie when we have been told one. Witness the war 
in Iraq. I could be wrong, but I am afraid that F1 did itself 
irreparable harm here last weekend, and that it may want to begin 
looking elsewhere for its next victim. The FIA's (and Ferrari's) 
arrogant insistence that the rules be followed to the letter, even 
though it was going to cause a disaster, demonstrates a callous 
disregard for the very fans F1 purports to woo.
The debacle inflicted on the fans in Indianapolis last Sunday should 
make it painfully obvious to all but the closest observer that most of 
F1's rules are ridiculous, and that no one in "authority" knows how to 
write them without leaving enormous loopholes for exploitation by those 
more intelligent than they are. Further, how can F1 claim to be the 
pinnacle of racing technology if everything is dictated and regulated, 
leaving no latitude for individual initiative or creativity regarding 
any of the primary components of the cars? Racing has always been about 
finding the best solution to each new problem, and one has only to look 
at last weekend to see that this is no longer the case. Either that or 
F1 is not racing.
The business of F1 has ruined the sport of F1. All everyone is concerned 
about is getting as big a piece of the pie as they can, and to hell with 
everyone else. And, as good a solution as it may have been when first 
created, the Concorde Agreement, written for a specific instance more 
than 20 years ago, has handicapped the sport ever since with its 
requirement of unanimity that allows anyone to hold everyone else 
hostage at a veritable whim.
Despite all the website surveys, there is no consideration being given 
to the fans except how to squeeze as much money as possible out of them. 
If there were, the situation that blighted Indianapolis last weekend 
would never have been allowed to transpire. If everyone had been able to 
sit down on Friday or Saturday evening and have a rational discussion 
with the best interest of the sport, and not that of the individual 
participants, as the foremost consideration, I believe a solution would 
have been possible. Perhaps an actual compromise might have been 
achieved that would have reflected the oft-stated view that the American 
market is crucial to Formula 1. As it is, this may be the last we see of 
F1 in the USA. Of course the die-hard fans will always want it, but as 
far as the larger, more general audience goes, the opportunity may now 
have been well and truly squandered.

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 va bene se da adesso metto [ENG] nel subject?
No, traducilo con Google, cosě almeno ci facciamo due risate aggiuntive. :-)
MaxArt

non ho capito cosa vuoi dire
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 comunque disapprovo l'articolo
io pure,anche se non del tutto.
ma rende l'idea di come in usa molti abbiano il dente avvelenato...e 
posso capirli.
mrt^^

 non ho capito cosa vuoi dire
che ho sbagliato il copia incolla del link :P
sry
mrt^^

 minchiate ivi scritte.
evabbe'.
io penso sia giusto ascoltare anche opinioni che non condivido ;)
mrt^^