When two tifosis chat...
Now what makes F1 special? Once, I had this argument with my Project Manager over this. He was looking at my monitor where the desktop background has been that of Michael Schumacher. He looked at it and asked me(as many of my friends ask),"Whats in this sport? 20 people going round the same track again and again?. Its boring". Now that irriated me a lot. I know he likes Cricket a lot.I asked a question back to him. "Whats there in Cricket? 3 sticks here and 3 sticks there. And the same 6 balls an over again and again and again. Isnt that more boring?". Now for this, he didnt have an answerthen and he doesnt have it till now. And still he remembers this incident very well.Though hes not my manager anymore,whenever he sees me, he asks me this first: "How are you Schumacher?" And if hes introducing me to anyone, he would always narrate this incident of us to that person.
Ha, F1. Why should people not be liking it? Take Cricket. The most boring game one can ever imagine. I dont know how people can watch that stuff for 5 days together yaar? Cmon! See F1. It gets over so fast. Not more than 1.30 hrs. And what makes is special? These guys who are driving are doing many things that a normal person(you, hopefully and me) are not doing.
a) They are risking their life knowing pretty well that the chances of they dying in a race is so high. And yet they race for thrill and fun. Imagine driving a car at more than 300 Kph continuosly. Wouldnt that feeling be so amazing? I want such thrills in life myself.
b) The greatest thing they are doing is they are racing against time. That is the most important thing that makes F1 so special. It might be silly for you to note the lap timings in qualifying and the race itself, but when I see it, it excites me when schumi shaves off even .1 of a second of the previous lap record. How many times in our lives we wud have raced against time and failed miserably?
For me life, to put it simply, is nothing but a race. Everyone of us is running a race, if you like it or not.You have no other option.We race against things we like to do, things we dont like to do, things that bring happiness to us, things that make us sad and most of all we race against time. And for that matter, in every project at work, we race against a deadline! The race starts at birth and the chequered flag is shown to each one of us by the great person above when we die. Its left to each and every one of us, how we race, this race of life.Happy people are those like that of Ferrari,Williams or Mclaren team: they have money,technology and knowledge to shape their race better. Poor people in this world are like Minardi team: they would have done better in their life had they had better conditions to race their life. So knowingly or unknowingly, every one of us is racing all our lives and so when it comes to F1, why should you be not liking it, huh?
The key difference between our life race and a F1 race is: In F1 race, the driver in front decides the time when the chequered flag is shown, but we cant do that to ourselves. How many times in life we would have thought: "If I had time for this, I should have done it better". "Hope I can go back in time and change this". But no, we always lose against time. Time always is the winner when it comes to us. But for a F1 driver, its not the case. He can beat time. He has that capability. And thats what makes him and the sport so special.
Now, having said that, I am atatching the chat conversation I had with my friend from college whos right now in Singapore. We have watched together so many races in our life at the college and this sunday he is fulfilling one of our college dreams: to watch a race live and to be specific, to watch schumi race live. I am happy for him. I would have wished i was there too, but i couldnt go. Now with this chat conversation, I answer what I promised H. Now, read two tifosi's chatting here. I have the whole of the conversation uncensored as it is with all the typos.
Him: Hi dude.. how'r u doing?
Me: oh yeah
Me: gr8
Me: hows u?
Him: nice.. yeh um doin great..
Me: singapore still?
Him: yup..
Him: finally gonna go meet Schumi in a coupla days.
Me: wow!
Him: watch me in teh podium..
Him: ;)
Me: sure
Me: r u serious?
Him: um going for the grand prix..
Me: sooper da
Him: yeh um really excited.. ferrari has gotto win
Me: u shud go for what happened at Melbourne
Me: yes rite
Him: after abt 9 years of tv.. i finally um goin for the real thing..
Me: sooper
Him: yeh thought i'll share it with my fellow schumi fan..
Him: :)
Me: u wud be goin on sat as well?
Him: nope.. sunday qualifying.. n race..
Me: oh ok
Him: ideal finsih would be Schum bari n narain..
Him: hehe
Me: nice dream
Him: yeh.. i hope one of them make it to the podium
Me: thats a fair ask
Me: it wud happen
Him: haha
Me: how much is the ticket? is it too expensive?
Him: not really.. mine's arnd 1200 odd indian bucks
Me: thats it?
Him: for a day.. which is probably the cheapaest
Him: grandstand tickets are much more expensice
Him: ive i mean
Him: i'll be the oppsite side of the grandstands.. witnessing the start-finish straight
Me: there s a back straight as well at Sepang
Him: yeh
Him: i wanna go to spa as well.. hehe that'll be sometime later..
Me: when u say grandstand: its the back straight?
Him: lemme check.. my map
Me: Spa.. yeah me too wanna go....
Me: may be Monaco as well
Him: yeh monaco's just good cause of the street circuit thingy
Him: but spa is my fav
Me: hmm
Me: i guess Grandstand shud be the start finish straight
Me: no?
Him: there are two straights in sepang
Me: rite
Him: making a narrow V
Me: yes
Him: I am in the oppsite side of one of them..
Me: oh ok
Me: lets see
Him: i might even run down the track n get arrested
Him: hehehe
Me: :)
Me: do that if schumi is not doing well... so that there wud be a safety car
Him: so u like this new system?
Me: :))
Him: yeh i wil surely do that
Me: new system? u mean the tyre regulation? or engine?
Him: both.. i think the tyre thing is bad..
Me: yeah
Him: no strategies now.. just plain refuelling
Me: what abt circuit like Spa.. where it can rain any moment
Me: if these guys were on dry
Me: they wud get fucked
Him: yeah i am hoping it rains on sunday.. that way.. schumi'll walk thru them all
Me: hows the weather?
Me: it shud be damn hot
Him: weather is always unpredictable.. at this part.. it can rain any time
Him: late afternoon
Me: oh ok
Me: u saw BAR doing the tactical thing at the end of last race?
Him: yeh that's a silly loophole
Me: i dont know what happened to schumi's car.. they had to change his engine!?
Me: thats strange
Me: usually it happens to bari
Him: schumi's car.. had an accident right..
Him: and therefore since he didn'tfinish the race.. they are obviosuly changing the engine to a newer one
Me: no
Him: u mean in the race?
Me: i was saying: they had to change for the aus gp itself
Me: yes
Him: ohh that..
Him: that was because he qualified.. 19th in the first qualifying
Him: cause of the rain..
Him: and the tiem was very bad..
Him: so there was no hope of improvement.. he decided to change the engine.. and take the 10 spaces back penalty
Me: but one good thing: have been used to see schumi win all the aus gp's .... its a different start this year
Me: but man! who expected fisichella win!?
Him: yeh i like it when ferrari do the chasing.. it's more interesting..
Me: rite
Me: me too
Him: Fisichella is this sloth kinda driver.. he just ahngs around.. and wins cause the conditions are too bad to overtake
Me: just like DC
Me: :))
Him: just liek coultharsd
Him: yeh
Me: bingo
Him: hehe
Me: idiot.. he finished 4th rite?
Him: yeh he had a g ood start n he finished 4th
Him: barrichelo on the other hadn drove very well.. so did alonso
Me: so how early did u get the tickets? a month early?
Him: yeh
Me: there wud have been a lota rush, rite?
Him: yeh.. i suppose so.. i got it pretty early thou..
Me: is someone accompanying u?
Him: yeh a few friends..
Me: how far is sepang from ur place?
Him: it's 69 Km from the city
Him: arnd an hour or so's drive..
Me: i guess the only tricky corner in sepang is turn 14(i guess)... the one that leads into the back straight..
Me: thats where junta does mistake
Me: hope to see narain do that a lot :))
Him: i hope they
Him: do
Me: if u are seated right in front of that... u shud be having a lota fun
Me: anyway... it wud be a great fun to see cars whizzling past at more than 300 Kph
Him: i am seated before turn 14..
Me: sooper da
Him: i mean.. turn 15
Me: u have got the best possible position
Him: the straight right.. between 14 and 15..
Him: i am towards 15..
Him: i can't see 14 i think
Him: i will be seeated where i can see turn 8 and 15..
Me: lets see in the map
Me: how long have been waiting for this!
Me: good that u r finally seeing our Hero
Me: !
Him: yeah raell real long
Him: wish u were here too.. we could've celebrated it ...
Me: yups
Me: i wud have got a big Ferrari flag
Me: just like what we see in Imola
Me: or at San Marino
Him: i think i'll go ot hte circuit n get one
Him: i hear the memorabilia are better in teh circuit
Me: if u have the flag, the chances of Star Sports spotting u is high! :)
Him: haha yeh it's like spotting a pin in a haystack
Me: sometimes they do da
Me: like
Me: just before the start
Me: when steve slater says
Me: welcome to rnd 2 of this years championship
Him: ohh ohh ohh.. the lights are going out now!!!
Him: too bad i'll miss his commentary..
Me: may be go and meet those guys if poss
Me: i mean chris and steve
Him: yeh i sure will try..
Him: i guess i won't be able to see the pitting
Me: i now can see where u are gonna sit
Him: i can see two parts of hte track... cauae there are no stands in between
Me: there guys wud be breaking down to gear 1 at the exit of the back straight
Him: the back straight n between turns 8 and 9
Me: right
Him: montoya is really quiet these days
Me: yup
Me: i guess last year barrichello had an accident at the exit of back straight
Me: so it shud be fun
Him: nice.. i'll be waiting for something to happen
Me: i was actually happy to c narain finish last race
Me: usually rookies dont
Him: yeh that is quite an achivement
Him: he made many errors thou.. but not bad..
Me: and he finished at a higher place than schumi in his first race :))
Him: hahaha yeh
Him: now that is an achivement
Me: rite
Me: seems like ferrari didnt do well at Fri practice
Him: that hardly matters ..
Me: seems a sauber has topped the sheet
Me: wow! this season, things are so strange!
Him: yeh ... mainly cause of the new rules
Him: they'll all even out as the season progresses.. reliability will be a big factor
Me: oh! in the map u sent.. they have marked the place where u sit, is it?
Him: yeah
Him: no no.. i have marked it
Me: k
Me: sepang is also regarded as the best circuit wrt facilities, right?
Him: yeh it is.. i've visited it before
Him: not during hte race..
Him: amazing pits..
Me: guess u have told me this b4
Him: yeah
Me: the grand stand is of the shape of some flower right?
Me: their national flower?
Him: yeah i think it's shaped like the pine leaves or something
Me: hmmm
Me: i didnt see last race's qualifying
Me: when is the sunday qualifying?
Me: how many hrs b4 the race?
Him: ohh .. sunday morning is teh second qualifying
Me: 2 hrs is it?
Him: there's a porche racing first
Him: qualifying at 1 pm
Him: race at 3
Him: yeh 2 hrs
Me: ok
Me: 3 in malaysia is what time here?
Him: 12:30
Him: pm
Me: ok
Me: ur brother isnt coming?
Him: he's in teh us.. he'll probably go for the indianapolis
Me: sooper da
Me: u guys rock
Me: wish there was an Indian GP
Him: yeah.. narain would be home fav.. Chennai grandprix..
Me: guess by that time it comes, schumi wud have retired :(
Him: yeah.. that's y i am happy .. causei think he'll retire this year.. or atleast by next year.
Me: and i didnt get a chance to see him race :((
Him: .. u can come down to the next malaysian grandprix
Him: i will be there in singapore i suppose
Me: yeah sure... ble always wanted to go to malaysian gp
Him: mmm..
Me: lets see if schumi is there next yr, we both wud try to come
Him: yeh do that.. it'll be graet
Me: hey
Me: send me the snaps once u r back from the race
Me: dont forget
Him: sure thing
Him: will do..
Me: guess am leaving now... hope to catch u sometime later...
Him: ok me's leavin too
Him: catch ya later..
Me: ok bye
Him: bye..
Ha, F1. Why should people not be liking it? Take Cricket. The most boring game one can ever imagine. I dont know how people can watch that stuff for 5 days together yaar? Cmon! See F1. It gets over so fast. Not more than 1.30 hrs. And what makes is special? These guys who are driving are doing many things that a normal person(you, hopefully and me) are not doing.
a) They are risking their life knowing pretty well that the chances of they dying in a race is so high. And yet they race for thrill and fun. Imagine driving a car at more than 300 Kph continuosly. Wouldnt that feeling be so amazing? I want such thrills in life myself.
b) The greatest thing they are doing is they are racing against time. That is the most important thing that makes F1 so special. It might be silly for you to note the lap timings in qualifying and the race itself, but when I see it, it excites me when schumi shaves off even .1 of a second of the previous lap record. How many times in our lives we wud have raced against time and failed miserably?
For me life, to put it simply, is nothing but a race. Everyone of us is running a race, if you like it or not.You have no other option.We race against things we like to do, things we dont like to do, things that bring happiness to us, things that make us sad and most of all we race against time. And for that matter, in every project at work, we race against a deadline! The race starts at birth and the chequered flag is shown to each one of us by the great person above when we die. Its left to each and every one of us, how we race, this race of life.Happy people are those like that of Ferrari,Williams or Mclaren team: they have money,technology and knowledge to shape their race better. Poor people in this world are like Minardi team: they would have done better in their life had they had better conditions to race their life. So knowingly or unknowingly, every one of us is racing all our lives and so when it comes to F1, why should you be not liking it, huh?
The key difference between our life race and a F1 race is: In F1 race, the driver in front decides the time when the chequered flag is shown, but we cant do that to ourselves. How many times in life we would have thought: "If I had time for this, I should have done it better". "Hope I can go back in time and change this". But no, we always lose against time. Time always is the winner when it comes to us. But for a F1 driver, its not the case. He can beat time. He has that capability. And thats what makes him and the sport so special.
Now, having said that, I am atatching the chat conversation I had with my friend from college whos right now in Singapore. We have watched together so many races in our life at the college and this sunday he is fulfilling one of our college dreams: to watch a race live and to be specific, to watch schumi race live. I am happy for him. I would have wished i was there too, but i couldnt go. Now with this chat conversation, I answer what I promised H. Now, read two tifosi's chatting here. I have the whole of the conversation uncensored as it is with all the typos.
Him: Hi dude.. how'r u doing?
Me: oh yeah
Me: gr8
Me: hows u?
Him: nice.. yeh um doin great..
Me: singapore still?
Him: yup..
Him: finally gonna go meet Schumi in a coupla days.
Me: wow!
Him: watch me in teh podium..
Him: ;)
Me: sure
Me: r u serious?
Him: um going for the grand prix..
Me: sooper da
Him: yeh um really excited.. ferrari has gotto win
Me: u shud go for what happened at Melbourne
Me: yes rite
Him: after abt 9 years of tv.. i finally um goin for the real thing..
Me: sooper
Him: yeh thought i'll share it with my fellow schumi fan..
Him: :)
Me: u wud be goin on sat as well?
Him: nope.. sunday qualifying.. n race..
Me: oh ok
Him: ideal finsih would be Schum bari n narain..
Him: hehe
Me: nice dream
Him: yeh.. i hope one of them make it to the podium
Me: thats a fair ask
Me: it wud happen
Him: haha
Me: how much is the ticket? is it too expensive?
Him: not really.. mine's arnd 1200 odd indian bucks
Me: thats it?
Him: for a day.. which is probably the cheapaest
Him: grandstand tickets are much more expensice
Him: ive i mean
Him: i'll be the oppsite side of the grandstands.. witnessing the start-finish straight
Me: there s a back straight as well at Sepang
Him: yeh
Him: i wanna go to spa as well.. hehe that'll be sometime later..
Me: when u say grandstand: its the back straight?
Him: lemme check.. my map
Me: Spa.. yeah me too wanna go....
Me: may be Monaco as well
Him: yeh monaco's just good cause of the street circuit thingy
Him: but spa is my fav
Me: hmm
Me: i guess Grandstand shud be the start finish straight
Me: no?
Him: there are two straights in sepang
Me: rite
Him: making a narrow V
Me: yes
Him: I am in the oppsite side of one of them..
Me: oh ok
Me: lets see
Him: i might even run down the track n get arrested
Him: hehehe
Me: :)
Me: do that if schumi is not doing well... so that there wud be a safety car
Him: so u like this new system?
Me: :))
Him: yeh i wil surely do that
Me: new system? u mean the tyre regulation? or engine?
Him: both.. i think the tyre thing is bad..
Me: yeah
Him: no strategies now.. just plain refuelling
Me: what abt circuit like Spa.. where it can rain any moment
Me: if these guys were on dry
Me: they wud get fucked
Him: yeah i am hoping it rains on sunday.. that way.. schumi'll walk thru them all
Me: hows the weather?
Me: it shud be damn hot
Him: weather is always unpredictable.. at this part.. it can rain any time
Him: late afternoon
Me: oh ok
Me: u saw BAR doing the tactical thing at the end of last race?
Him: yeh that's a silly loophole
Me: i dont know what happened to schumi's car.. they had to change his engine!?
Me: thats strange
Me: usually it happens to bari
Him: schumi's car.. had an accident right..
Him: and therefore since he didn'tfinish the race.. they are obviosuly changing the engine to a newer one
Me: no
Him: u mean in the race?
Me: i was saying: they had to change for the aus gp itself
Me: yes
Him: ohh that..
Him: that was because he qualified.. 19th in the first qualifying
Him: cause of the rain..
Him: and the tiem was very bad..
Him: so there was no hope of improvement.. he decided to change the engine.. and take the 10 spaces back penalty
Me: but one good thing: have been used to see schumi win all the aus gp's .... its a different start this year
Me: but man! who expected fisichella win!?
Him: yeh i like it when ferrari do the chasing.. it's more interesting..
Me: rite
Me: me too
Him: Fisichella is this sloth kinda driver.. he just ahngs around.. and wins cause the conditions are too bad to overtake
Me: just like DC
Me: :))
Him: just liek coultharsd
Him: yeh
Me: bingo
Him: hehe
Me: idiot.. he finished 4th rite?
Him: yeh he had a g ood start n he finished 4th
Him: barrichelo on the other hadn drove very well.. so did alonso
Me: so how early did u get the tickets? a month early?
Him: yeh
Me: there wud have been a lota rush, rite?
Him: yeh.. i suppose so.. i got it pretty early thou..
Me: is someone accompanying u?
Him: yeh a few friends..
Me: how far is sepang from ur place?
Him: it's 69 Km from the city
Him: arnd an hour or so's drive..
Me: i guess the only tricky corner in sepang is turn 14(i guess)... the one that leads into the back straight..
Me: thats where junta does mistake
Me: hope to see narain do that a lot :))
Him: i hope they
Him: do
Me: if u are seated right in front of that... u shud be having a lota fun
Me: anyway... it wud be a great fun to see cars whizzling past at more than 300 Kph
Him: i am seated before turn 14..
Me: sooper da
Him: i mean.. turn 15
Me: u have got the best possible position
Him: the straight right.. between 14 and 15..
Him: i am towards 15..
Him: i can't see 14 i think
Him: i will be seeated where i can see turn 8 and 15..
Me: lets see in the map
Me: how long have been waiting for this!
Me: good that u r finally seeing our Hero
Me: !
Him: yeah raell real long
Him: wish u were here too.. we could've celebrated it ...
Me: yups
Me: i wud have got a big Ferrari flag
Me: just like what we see in Imola
Me: or at San Marino
Him: i think i'll go ot hte circuit n get one
Him: i hear the memorabilia are better in teh circuit
Me: if u have the flag, the chances of Star Sports spotting u is high! :)
Him: haha yeh it's like spotting a pin in a haystack
Me: sometimes they do da
Me: like
Me: just before the start
Me: when steve slater says
Me: welcome to rnd 2 of this years championship
Him: ohh ohh ohh.. the lights are going out now!!!
Him: too bad i'll miss his commentary..
Me: may be go and meet those guys if poss
Me: i mean chris and steve
Him: yeh i sure will try..
Him: i guess i won't be able to see the pitting
Me: i now can see where u are gonna sit
Him: i can see two parts of hte track... cauae there are no stands in between
Me: there guys wud be breaking down to gear 1 at the exit of the back straight
Him: the back straight n between turns 8 and 9
Me: right
Him: montoya is really quiet these days
Me: yup
Me: i guess last year barrichello had an accident at the exit of back straight
Me: so it shud be fun
Him: nice.. i'll be waiting for something to happen
Me: i was actually happy to c narain finish last race
Me: usually rookies dont
Him: yeh that is quite an achivement
Him: he made many errors thou.. but not bad..
Me: and he finished at a higher place than schumi in his first race :))
Him: hahaha yeh
Him: now that is an achivement
Me: rite
Me: seems like ferrari didnt do well at Fri practice
Him: that hardly matters ..
Me: seems a sauber has topped the sheet
Me: wow! this season, things are so strange!
Him: yeh ... mainly cause of the new rules
Him: they'll all even out as the season progresses.. reliability will be a big factor
Me: oh! in the map u sent.. they have marked the place where u sit, is it?
Him: yeah
Him: no no.. i have marked it
Me: k
Me: sepang is also regarded as the best circuit wrt facilities, right?
Him: yeh it is.. i've visited it before
Him: not during hte race..
Him: amazing pits..
Me: guess u have told me this b4
Him: yeah
Me: the grand stand is of the shape of some flower right?
Me: their national flower?
Him: yeah i think it's shaped like the pine leaves or something
Me: hmmm
Me: i didnt see last race's qualifying
Me: when is the sunday qualifying?
Me: how many hrs b4 the race?
Him: ohh .. sunday morning is teh second qualifying
Me: 2 hrs is it?
Him: there's a porche racing first
Him: qualifying at 1 pm
Him: race at 3
Him: yeh 2 hrs
Me: ok
Me: 3 in malaysia is what time here?
Him: 12:30
Him: pm
Me: ok
Me: ur brother isnt coming?
Him: he's in teh us.. he'll probably go for the indianapolis
Me: sooper da
Me: u guys rock
Me: wish there was an Indian GP
Him: yeah.. narain would be home fav.. Chennai grandprix..
Me: guess by that time it comes, schumi wud have retired :(
Him: yeah.. that's y i am happy .. causei think he'll retire this year.. or atleast by next year.
Me: and i didnt get a chance to see him race :((
Him: .. u can come down to the next malaysian grandprix
Him: i will be there in singapore i suppose
Me: yeah sure... ble always wanted to go to malaysian gp
Him: mmm..
Me: lets see if schumi is there next yr, we both wud try to come
Him: yeh do that.. it'll be graet
Me: hey
Me: send me the snaps once u r back from the race
Me: dont forget
Him: sure thing
Him: will do..
Me: guess am leaving now... hope to catch u sometime later...
Him: ok me's leavin too
Him: catch ya later..
Me: ok bye
Him: bye..
4 Comments:
Lots of things... Since you are being so benignly philosophical about F1, I will tell you why I am philosophically against it...
1) Cricket when in an overdose is stupid too.. So is any other game, as long as you don't play and just watch! I don't know how some people can be so crazy about any of these games....and can forget the rest of their lives!
2) "They are risking their life knowing pretty well that the chances of they dying in a race is so high" - That makes it insanely more stupid. I don't like people trivialising their lives so much just for sacrificing them over a fast ride.
I don't like bungee jumping either. I think what people call "thrill" is nothing but a very vague and primitive expression of their innate suicidal tendencies... and I have seen macho people do it and call me a "depressing chap" for not doing it! Whatdya know...I happen to have a very healthy fear of being tied up on one leg and hauled out of a bridge or riding above 100 kmph, and I am glad about it and to anybody who asks me to prove my "courage" by doing these - I would very courageously ask them to take a hike! Machoness or manliness - is often equated with being suicidal... and I can only laugh about it.
There are real thrills in life which need not be suicidal. Like receiving a letter/call from a loved one, accomplishing something positive really well, playing with children etc.
3) Life like a race - Maybe you have a point - that F1 and real life have analogies. But, I don't understand how the 0.1 second that Schumi wins on a particular Sunday makes any difference to you.... I can't simply learn things from other people doing the 0.1 second trick and pocketing lots and lots of money.
And life as a race is a profoundly negative thing to believe in. One who is happy where he is, is truly the most successful. Not that, we are all like that - but at least we need to tend towards that point. Not going around the same track 76 times a day.. or watching others do it..
Though you have attempted a decent exposition of why F1 can be considered good, I believe F1 is just another vice...If you enjoy the vice.. just say so. Just don't try to dissect the inner workings of the mind and all that ok? It may sometimes reveal truths that may shock you...
Before I try putting in my spin on the mafiosi (or tifosi, whatever) I must question the concept of a 'vice' mentioned by woodworm - anything in life that we share a passion for becomes a vice if we go by that definition. We must all say so then. Interesting.
Jikey, the preeminence of one sport does not automatically justify the elevation of the other. And just because they do abnormal things does not make the race drivers any greater. It is a gladiatorial sport. They are all gladiators, they play to the crowd risking everything. If you want the same 'thrills', it is entirely your decision.
F1 is like life - that's the saddest part. Normally people want a departure from their own race. If they want to go see their own life reflected on the track, that is not going to be very exciting. Feeling pity for the underdog is a very prevalent thing in other sports as well - we do not want to see ourselves in sport (losing out yet again).
Time is always the winner. 0.1 seconds never did Senna any good, did it?
Oh well, I do like F1 - if I take away all the internal wranglings, the behind-the-scenes stuff that occasionally comes out in the open, that is. It sure is amazing technology. It sure is courage - or lunacy (is there a difference?). It sure is some skill - but something that I wouldn't cry myself to death for not having it. I am more than happy banging my NFS 5 Porsche around a large circuit. Not surprisingly shaving a microsecond off the record gives me the same thrill when Schumacher does. And I do not get to die.
Yeah, and do not even bother about bringing an F1 race track into India. Bernie Ecclestone can still pull the plug if he thinks Antarctica would make a better place to race. Go for it if you want it here and not because it is supposedly going to improve the country's economy and things like that.
But how can you watch it when you are not a part of it. I mean i really wont be interested in a game that i havent played. Its a different story that i might just watch it casually but i wont be crazily behind it.
To H: Correction: Anything in life that you go crazy for is a vice. Passion and craze are quite different actually.
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