Sad to see Machiavelli the actor go, do a U-turn, acknowledge he
over-reached, but this ain't Kansas any more. Good riddance if he does.
Or maybe it's just the Liberty come-on: 'Drive to Survive.' Yeah,
probably. It's just the 'spectacle' talking.
Speaking of which, Bernie was none too pleased about Sir Lewis' upgrade.
https://www.autoweek.com/racing/formula-1/a38560324/does-f1-champion-lewis-hamilton-deserve-a-knighthood/
"I don't think many people who are knighted now really deserve it. They
all make a lot of money and donate some to charity, but they haven't
done anything specific for the country," he added.
Ecclestone, who is still an advisor to F1, also commented on the final
race of the season and all the controversy around it. Mercedes said
after the race it would protest the results but withdrew the protest a
few days later:
rCLIf you want to think about it carefully, on the first lap of that race [Hamilton] went off the circuit and came back on again and Verstappen
stayed on the circuit and did absolutely nothing wrong.
rCLLewis wasnrCOt punished at all for this so shouldnrCOt be complaining too much.rCY
He also hit out at Hamilton's Mercedes boss Toto Wolff, for the way he
behaved after Red Bull's Max Verstappen won the world championship in
Abu Dhabi.
"Other team members were probably angry too," the Briton said, "but he
was the only one to show it.
"If Mercedes don't win the championship retrospectively, he should at
least get an Oscar for acting."
That's the F1 I remember. Bernie and the 'spectacle'. Onward to 2022.
--- SBBSecho 3.06-Win32
* Origin: SportNet Gateway Site (24:150/2)