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by Krazy-K » Fri Aug 12, 2005 11:50 pm
I agree with most of the people in here: You can't say that Ferrari is cheating or using something that is illegal. There is no evidence for that whatsoever. Ferrari in the far past has never been as successful as today. They have worked like crazy to get to where they are, and the accused underachiever Micheal Schumacher is arguably the best driver ever.
But what there is evidence for on the other hand is that Ferrari tends to follow its own interest and alot of times push the morals of the sport.
An example: Most of the time you will see the Bridgestone headman standing next to Jean Todt throughout the race or qualifying. This of course is understandable for Bridgestone cause they want to get their top team to win, and for ferrari very conveniant because they get to have a tire producer give them tailored-fitted tires. (Notice how Bridgestone is only represented in the top teams through Ferrari, Michelin dominating the rest). But again there's nothing wrong with that, no one says that you can't do that, and companies are just following their own interest, i bet Michelin would be doing the same if put in that position. As said their mechanics are mainly focusing on Micheals car, because that's where Ferrari believes they can win. Micheal on most occasions outdone Barrichello from the start. No one forbids concentrating on one car or using more resources for one or the other, and besides that fact hasn't been proven at all. And the Team-order rule only came in later on and since then, if they have let micheal come in before barrichello it was very subtle, not like in the past where it was quite outrageous at times, but they weren't cheating, simply following their own interest. Same thing recently in Indianapolis, people quote Jean todt saying: "This is not Ferrari's problem." Well it really isn't is it? If Michelin can't get the right tires, why should they care? And its true: Do you honestly think all of the other teams would not race simply because Bridgestone couldn't get the right tires? They'd say: This is not our problem.
But it's not just Ferrari that makes their image quite sour, but Micheal himself hasn't exactly made any friends with his moves in the past, slamming into Villeneuve or Damon Hill. Or on another occassion trying to win a race by going in to the pit lane for his stop and go penalty in the final lap, and inside crossing the finish line. Although he has apologized for these actions, it still remains very controversial.
You can blame Ferrari, i think, for poor sportsmanship at times, but you can't accuse them of cheating.
for adding the word "Opinion" otherwise sgd would keep sounding his Opinion posing as facts 
