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Originally Posted by mark_l
In Football the kids walk out on to the pitch from the shade of the tunnel, stand for the national anthems and then leave.
In F1, the kids will be on the grid before the pit lane opens, then stand about in the heat of the day for about 45 minutes till the anthems have been played and the grid cleared at the 5 minute board. Hardly compares.
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And they (plus their families) will potentially get to meet drivers, mechanics, engineers and designers, have garage tours, see the razmattazz and hurly-burly of the paddock and grid, then get to watch the race - which they might never have been to.
At club football matches the kids and their families are involved with the team for hours - tours of the ground, meet the players, maybe have a warmup kickabout, have a meal in an executive box *and* get to watch the match.
It's an almost exact analogue, and we should be getting behind it as it will influence and inspire some of the children. Not all, but some.
I genuinely can't understand the whole 'exploitation' thing at all. It seems that this is one of those "I HAVE TO BE ANGRY ABOUT SOMETHING" knee-jerk responses
