Just One!

One race, one winner, one podium finish, one Indian, one shame. That was the story of the eagerly awaited US GP today. It was a shame the race wasnt held in normal circumstances. I know there is going to be a lot of hate mails to Ferrari but its a sport, and people play with millions to win. That means WIN! Its one thing to be sporting but in the end, its a matter of pride and honour. The 6 cars that raced dint race for the heck of it, they were competing, albeit with lesser competition. If you really think about it, its nothing but a repeat of 2002, when the Ferraris were left to fight with themselves and the Minardis fighting amongst themselves at the back. The only diff is that there was not much to see in the tvs in-between. Todt is a Sporting Director, hes not paid to give away freebies to the other teams. He is paid to win the championship. What if 14 other cars blew out and Ferrari finished 1-2. Still blame them? This is plain hypocrisy. Montoya all but admit that McLaren have team orders (though they call it mutual understanding or whtever crap), yet there is no talk about that, but Ferrari is always blamed for the good job they do! This is a business we are talking about, and people have to make tough decisions to succeed. Oh poor RA, sleeps at 4am. He cant wake up on time, so we will alter the entire company schedule from 10-4 to be considerate to him! Michelin made a mistake and they have to pay a price for that along with the teams who rely upon them. Too bad, but what can Ferrari do about it? They had to take the diplomatic way out by adhering to the FIA ruling.

And talking about the team that wanted to race and the drivers who raced, think about the teams that dint race and their drivers who wanted to race! Its the same thing. This is a team sport. As a driver, you have no choice but to abide by your team. Coultard wanted to race. As a racing driver, you always want to race. Every race is a risk, they are prepared to take it !!! Thats why they are racing drivers. And most of the 20 drivers would have opted to continue. But they dint. Its cos their team dint want them to. 3 teams wanted to for whatever selfish reasons , but they wanted to, and the drivers did their job. And dont blame the teams as well, if Bridgestone had screwed up, would the same thing have happened? DEFINITELY!!! Then it wud be Bridgestone's fault. Its too bad 7 teams have to sign up for Michelin.

As I juz told, sport comes before sportsmanship, in any damn sport. There will be isolated cases like these, too bad, but wht to do. Just have to get on with it. No point pointing fingers. As Tiago rightly said, "Its sad, but I dont give a damn, I dont care if there are 2 cars or 20 cars, I am on the podium. No one can take that away from me. Thats what matters". And thts the podium guy. And too bad Narain missed this golden opportunity!

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