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Originally Posted by TarJak
TBH I like what I see in the battle between Webber and Vettel because we are seeing a "2nd" driver giving the team the finger and doing his best to win rather that complacently sitting back and letting the other driver through. IMHO that should be encouraged and if there are ways of doing that through penalties for team orders then I'm all for it. The whole point is seeing racing, not a bloody procession in the order that team bosses dictate.
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Agree with you on that one. I wonder what would of happened if the roles had been reversed- Massa catching Alonso? Another team order for Massa to hold position? How well would that have gone down with the fans? I'll bet not as bad as what did happen, though the net result on the racing would have been the same.
Incidentally, for anyone interested, I used to attend the British GP as a kid in the 70's, and I made a point of collecting autographs at the time. Recently my father discovered these old books in his attic, all mint condition- I have 2 autograph books and one signed programme from the Graham Hill International Trophy, all from between '76 and '79. Here's a list of who I've got (in no particular order):
Mario Andretti; Carlos Reutemann; John Watson; James Hunt; Brett Lunger; Vittorio Brambilla; Jean-Pierre Jarier; Chris Amon; Jackie Ickx; Patrick Gaillard; Rupert Keegan; JP Jabouille; Rene Arnoux; Alan Jones; Clay Regazzoni; Jaques Laffite; Niki Lauda; Jochen Mass; Patrick Neve; Nelson Piquet (Sr); Jody Scheckter; Jackie Stewart; Arturo Merzario (he used to be sponsored by a coffin manufacturer!!); Hans Stuck; And all on one page, signed at the same time- Stirling Moss, Jack Brabham & Roy Salvadori.
I tried to get a valuation on these a couple of months back- Bonhams were interested in auctioning them at this years Goodwood festival of speed. According to them, the lot are currently worth around 800 UK- I'm going to hang onto them for a few more years.