Sunday June 23rd 2002
Justice has been done, sort of. Now I can enjoy the game again, but I'm still pissed off about what happened May 12th 2002. That's why I'm leaving this page on the net.
Sunday May 12th 2002
On the last corner of the Austrian Grand Prix, Rubens Barrichello had to give up a certain victory because of a so called "team order".
This is a discrase for the game that formula one is supposed to be! The best driver should win, NOT the one with the best sponsors. Schumacher is to blame here too. After the race he placed Barrichello on the highest step of the podium and stated that he did not agree with the team order. Would he have been honest, he would have acted as if he had not heard the order on the on-board radio. The team stated that they have issued the order with their hopes on the constructors title in mind, but what difference does it really make for the constructors title that the "second" driver wins??? Even if they had the double title (winning the driver's title as well as the constructor's title) in mind. What difference does it really make, that Barrichello wins, for the driver's title??? Schumacher is way ahead in points of Montoya, and Montoya ended this race on place three, behind the two ferraris anyway!
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©Michel Pilger