"PushToStart" (pushtostart)
10/27/2015 at 16:06 • Filed to: rant
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"PushToStart" (pushtostart)
10/27/2015 at 16:06 • Filed to: rant | 1
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Just read !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! article. W.T.F. Yeah, the championship has already been won, but why the fuck does that mean the rest should be canceled? This guy seems to be under the impression that there’s nothing left to watch, I guess because he failed to realize that the gap separating 2nd and 3rd in the championship is just 4 points and is between 2 talented drivers in different, yet competitive cars... not to mention the other teammate rivalry between the two Red Bull drivers... Also, just because the championship has been decided doesn’t mean the possibility of some great wheel-to-wheel racing has now disappeared. Seriously, what was this guy thinking when he took the time to write that piece?
/endrant
gin-san - shitpost specialist
> PushToStart
10/27/2015 at 16:15 |
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If that’s his attitude he may as well have not bothered watching most of this season - it was pretty damn clear Lewis was going to win this barring many, many consecutive catastrophes. While it’s always fun to watch battles for the race/season victories, there’s usually much more interesting stuff happening down the grid, anyway. If I were Rosberg, I’d want to save face and still battle for victory - if he wants to look all salty like he did last weekend he should show Hamilton in the remaining races that he won’t back down.
We still have battles down the field to look forward to as well as the first Mexican GP in a while.
At first I thought the title implied Ecclestone wanted to cancel the rest of the season, but that wouldn’t have made any sense at all. It turns out it’s just some random journalist’s opinion piece.
With what's going on in MotoGP as well as this past weekend's WRC race, I feel like motorsports fans have been spoiled over the past two weekends.
BeaterGT
> PushToStart
10/27/2015 at 16:15 |
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Not even going to read it. We are getting a new track on the calendar THIS WEEK. Anyone who follows this guy’s mentality can go suck a bag of dicks.
Sam
> PushToStart
10/27/2015 at 16:21 |
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You’d think Autoweek, of all sources, would understand that you don’t just bail on your advertisers and fans. You bail on them, you lose them.
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PushToStart
> BeaterGT
10/27/2015 at 16:22 |
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Exactly, I should’ve mentioned that as well. Like holy shit, F1 is going back to Mexico at a decent looking circuit, unlike some of the meh layouts we’ve gotten recently/are about to go to (*cough* Baku *cough*)
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Sam
> PushToStart
10/27/2015 at 16:23 |
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Additionally, only watching motorsports to see who wins is an incredibly boring life. Can you imagine going to the Audi-era of Le Mans with them? “Yeah, I know that there’s still 23 hours left, but Audi is going to win! Let’s just leave and not watch!”
ttyymmnn
> PushToStart
10/27/2015 at 16:23 |
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Sour grapes are sour. Let’s watch everybody duke it out for as many points as they can manage. Points = money. As steevkay said, this contest was over after round one bar the shouting. As a Ferrari fan, I can hardly be bitter about it after all the Schumacher years. And even if they had used Bernie’s idiotic medal system, the result would be the same. Let ‘em race, let the fans watch, profit.
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PushToStart
> Sam
10/27/2015 at 16:25 |
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Yeah, I mean the whole article kind of surprised me. The guy who wrote it doesn’t seem to really get it. I don’t know if I’m the outlier because of this, but I don’t watch F1 just for the championship aspect of it- I like to watch the actual racing, the championship is just another storyline of that.
And yeah, obviously you can’t bail on the sponsors and fans, but I figured that goes without saying, since I don’t think anyone in their right mind would consider doing that...
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PushToStart
> ttyymmnn
10/27/2015 at 16:26 |
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Well said.
McMike
> PushToStart
10/27/2015 at 16:26 |
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Not even going to read it, but let’s not forget about the important championship. The one that pays
millions.
STR is eight points away from finishing 6th in the championship.
McLaren is 10 points away from finishing 8th
Sauber is 28 points away from finishing 7th
There is still a BIG reason to continue earning points. Each one of these places could be worth $5-10M in prize money.
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Sam
> ttyymmnn
10/27/2015 at 16:27 |
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Seb’s time in the Ferrari has proven that he’s a hell of a driver - overpowered car or not.
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ttyymmnn
> PushToStart
10/27/2015 at 16:27 |
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I should have said, “Let the
real
fans watch.”
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PushToStart
> McMike
10/27/2015 at 16:28 |
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Yup. I guess the author of the Autoweek post didn’t really realize all of the other stuff up for grabs and at stake...
Blunion05 drives a pink S2000 (USER WAS BANNED FOR THIS POST)
> PushToStart
10/27/2015 at 16:30 |
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I would love to see Jalopnik come up with a reply to that article. Tweet it to them!! Or any of the editors.
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ttyymmnn
> Sam
10/27/2015 at 16:32 |
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When I decided that I wanted to become a professional trumpet player, I decided to transfer from my current school to one with a better music program. The trumpet teacher at my first school said, “Stay here! You could be first trumpet in all the ensembles!” And I replied, “Sure, but I want to go somewhere that I’m
not
first trumpet.” It’s a greater challenge, and, ultimately, you learn and grow more in a place where you have to work your way to the top. There were always doubts about whether Seb’s talent was real. I think it is. He’s taking a clearly lesser car and putting it on the podium. That’s skill and desire. Ferrari have had the skill for years, but I think they’ve been lacking the desire. Seb’s arrival, as wells as Arrivabene’s (an apt name if I ever heard one), have been a welcome shot in the arm for the Scuderia.
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PushToStart
> Blunion05 drives a pink S2000 (USER WAS BANNED FOR THIS POST)
10/27/2015 at 16:32 |
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Hmm, if they see it here on Oppo, they’re more than free to. Not sure they’d really wanna be “that guy” and throw their colleague under the bus... not sure how close and tightly knit the community of racing journalists is.
davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com
> PushToStart
10/27/2015 at 16:43 |
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Uhh... http://jalopnik.com/this-is-everyt…
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PushToStart
> davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com
10/27/2015 at 16:46 |
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hahaha, ohhh yeah, I totally forgot about that!
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davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com
> PushToStart
10/27/2015 at 16:48 |
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They took a bus full of their colleagues and ran it headfirst at 100 mph into a much bigger, faster bus.
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McMike
> Blunion05 drives a pink S2000 (USER WAS BANNED FOR THIS POST)
10/27/2015 at 16:48 |
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I already tweeted the article and changed the headline - cc: the EIC/Publisher of AutoWeek.
I almosted hated doing it, since it one or two more people may click on the clickbait bullshit.
!!! UNKNOWN CONTENT TYPE !!!
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Blunion05 drives a pink S2000 (USER WAS BANNED FOR THIS POST)
> McMike
10/27/2015 at 16:51 |
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It’s also worth saying the guy who wrote the article has likely never raced in a series where the series standings is based on a points system.
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McMike
> Blunion05 drives a pink S2000 (USER WAS BANNED FOR THIS POST)
10/27/2015 at 16:54 |
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Neither have I.
Pilot of the Clown Shoe
> PushToStart
10/27/2015 at 17:11 |
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Should or shouldn’t, here’s why Bernie WON’T cancel the rest of the season -
jariten1781
> PushToStart
10/27/2015 at 17:19 |
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Just because someone has a byline on a random site doesn’t make them any brighter than your run of the mill internet commentator.
Alex from Toronto
> PushToStart
10/27/2015 at 17:24 |
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They should do a reverse grid one of the last 3 races.
LongbowMkII
> PushToStart
10/27/2015 at 17:34 |
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hot taek to generate clicks.
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LongbowMkII
> LongbowMkII
10/27/2015 at 17:35 |
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He’s the worst motorsport fan in the whole world. the worst.
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PushToStart
> Alex from Toronto
10/27/2015 at 17:38 |
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I don’t feel like that would be such a great idea...
tromoly
> PushToStart
10/27/2015 at 18:15 |
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The tagline on your post is horribly misleading, the article linked to mentions nothing about Bernie cancelling any races and is instead an opinion piece on why one person won’t watch the rest of the races and feels they shouldn’t be run, nomatter how wrong he may be.
desertdog5051
> PushToStart
10/27/2015 at 19:28 |
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I read that article as well. I agree that F1 is not being entertaining enough for most audiences and needs some work to help equalize the field.
But to suggest that they cancel the final races is stupid. The COTA race was a good example of what F1 racing could be. If only we could make the weather cooperate and produce those conditions each race.
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PushToStart
> tromoly
10/27/2015 at 19:50 |
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Well, I copy-pasted the title of the AW article and only added the words “why” and “not”. Any misleading is the fault of AW editor, not me.