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Originally Posted by 450SEL 6.9 What ever happened to the gentleman racers? F1 has become too commercial, too big and too political. It's about racing. I think golf has gone down the same road. Golf used to be a gentleman's game. Now, I think golf has been ruined by vulgar golfers with unbelievably bad ettiquette. The manners displayed by the top golfer is especially wretched. I remember the 1999 Ryder Cup, a bi-annual golf event pitting Europe vs. America. After the fiasco and invasion of the course by the U.S. team and players' wives, a prominent sports writer said that Ugly Americans were making an arse out of themselves (again) at an international event. |
Yeh, F1's no longer just a sport, it's a business. There's just so much money involved, you can't afford to simply sit back and only look at your own situation. Just like businesses keep a close eye on their competitors, so do F1 teams. It's rather tragic...but let's just hope that increased level of competition and rivalry somehow end up benefitting those of us who watch F1.