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Originally posted by roz
I have seen quite not a good remarks given to Alex Yoong and Malaysia. Being a Malaysian, I'm proud to say that our Government has put up a lot of effort in promoting the motorsport in the country. No doubt that we've not yet found the best drivers for F1. But we're willing to support our people who have interest in it. The Govt. does not sponsor Alex but our corporations/companies do. In current F1, Sauber-Petronas, Petronas is our petroleum company. They're just like Shell or Mobil or BP. Alex is sponsored by Pan-Malaysian Pool and few other companies in Malaysia. So, you cannot say that he is sponsored by the Malaysian Government. The only thing that our Government does is showing the world our greatest support towards our sportsman with regard to the sports they're involved in. As some of you might know, Alex was in the F3 for few years in the 90's before he switched to Formula Nippon. However, his achievement in F3 is just average. Formula Nippon is not over yet however. In Malaysia, we're very proud of our people. You can say that we're a bit emotional about these things. That's why even the Government is taking the effort to support the matter. Even now we're running more competitions on karting, providing the avenue for motorsports, educating the people especially the youth on motorsports and lots more. Our Sports Minister has clearly stated that Alex has to find his own money(sponsor) to click the deal with the Minardi. Right, hope this is enough to explain about the involvement of our Government. On Alex's performance in F1, why don't we give it a shot like what we did to some other unknown drivers to some of us?
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Right, and Paul Stoddart is going to see Mahatir to discuss How the Rine in Spine falls minely in the plines, lah!!
On a more serious note, I have absolutely nothing against any Malaysian driver driving in F1 provided he has shown that he has some talent; in which case the support of the government in such a pursuit is to be commended. However, to date, Alex has shown that he lacks the talent and ability to drive a powerful racing car like F3000, and the last thing anyone should want is for such an inept driver to get behind the wheel of such a powerful car because he might get seriously hurt or even worse, not to mention being a danger to others on the track. The only thing he has in his favour to save his hide is the fact that he will never be able to get within the 107% rule, for which we should be thankful.