While I might have been wrong about the strengths of the Mercedes F1 car, F1 is wrong about going to Bahrain and should admit it. People in Bahrain are being arrested, tortured and killed for wanting a government that doesn't exploit them. This government, which pays for F1 to glorify its image, will be made to look good by F1 visiting. In turn the majority of people protesting will be made to look like some people trying to spoil a good thing. Jean Todt says that the FIA is involved in sport and only sport which is a load of crap. I am a Formula 1 fan, but not only a Formula 1 fan. I have other interests and those interests inlude politics. The same is obviosly true of the Bahrain Royal family. I presume they like F1 and they certainly like politics. And in this case they are using sport for a political gain. Bernie Ecclestone might be a F1 promoter but he is not just an F1 promoter. He is involved in other sports, financing and the occasiional bit of politics. Sponsors of F1 are not solely sponsors of F1. They are employers and they are businesses who want a good image of themselves to be portrayed. The FIA represents a sport that is more than a sport. They are going to Bahrain as a sport but they know that they will be used as much more than a sport. The FIA is wrong to go to Bahrain and support this government. They should admit that they are wrong and not go
Well, it looks like Mercedes actually do know what they are doing and I don't. After a strong F and W duct qualifying on Saturday in China I expected the two Mercedes cars to fall out of contention after half a dozen laps. It seems though that the cars weren't set up for sponsorhip selling, headline making, pole position taking. Instead their pace was genuine and come Sunday we hardly noticed Nico as he was in a league of his own out the front. Aren't you glad you don't take my advice for placing bets.
While I might have been wrong about the strengths of the Mercedes F1 car, F1 is wrong about going to Bahrain and should admit it. People in Bahrain are being arrested, tortured and killed for wanting a government that doesn't exploit them. This government, which pays for F1 to glorify its image, will be made to look good by F1 visiting. In turn the majority of people protesting will be made to look like some people trying to spoil a good thing. Jean Todt says that the FIA is involved in sport and only sport which is a load of crap. I am a Formula 1 fan, but not only a Formula 1 fan. I have other interests and those interests inlude politics. The same is obviosly true of the Bahrain Royal family. I presume they like F1 and they certainly like politics. And in this case they are using sport for a political gain. Bernie Ecclestone might be a F1 promoter but he is not just an F1 promoter. He is involved in other sports, financing and the occasiional bit of politics. Sponsors of F1 are not solely sponsors of F1. They are employers and they are businesses who want a good image of themselves to be portrayed. The FIA represents a sport that is more than a sport. They are going to Bahrain as a sport but they know that they will be used as much more than a sport. The FIA is wrong to go to Bahrain and support this government. They should admit that they are wrong and not go
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