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Originally Posted by valet_dave
I'm thinking he hit the placard because he screwed up his braking distance. It's a pretty easy mistake to make when rage or ego is obscuring your vision.
I've always thought that professional drivers, being paid million dollar contracts, with tens of thousands of impressionable young fans, need to be held to a higher standard when it comes to their behaviour on the world stage. But I'll admit I'm a bit old fashioned on that one and today's celebrities... that's what F1 driver's are... know that their brand is more effected by lack of publicity, rather than an excess of it and that talent is not necessarily a measure of success.
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Most drivers away from the circuits lead a quiet life, but there is one who is constantly in the public eye, appearing on a regular basis in 'celebrity mags', newspaper gossip columns often with some glamorous escort on his arm. One who seems to court 'celebrity status'.
Bernie thinks this is good for the sport, raises the profile of Formula 1, so the example set should be exemplary ..... Shouldn't it?
Old Fashioned Man.