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Between "Rory's Ramblings" and "That's Entertainment" in the April 1st
edition of Atlas Team F1 I found myself instanrly hurtled back in time when
the WWW was an infant and most internet traffic on F1 was a bulletin board
filled with 90% flaming negative nationalistic CRAP! This is not a place I
want to live! Rory ought to find something else to write about if all he
can do is trash the courses. Come on, this is a wonderful sport and its
simple! A bunch of fanatical engineers (chassis, engine, brakes and tires)
and analog interfaces (drivers) trying to maximize the physical expression
of a set of physical and behavioral rules (FIA) in a finite environment
(tracks & weather). Find the beauty in it! Who cares whether the drivers
are negotiating a set of cones in a car park or blasting through Eau Rouge.
The beauty is in "the limit", the "event horizon". The beauty is
Schumacher's three best qualifying laps (almost all the same times) in
Brazil, wringing the most out of his equipment. It was still slower than
the McLarens, but it was as beautiful (many would argue more beautiful) to
watch (analog interface) as the McLarens (awesome engineers). Come on Rory,
lets have some fun!
Chris, my god man, could you have found something more interesting to harp about other than teamwork! Have you ever studied the history of F1 in the 50's and 60's? Has something about teamwork changed since then? I remember poor Patrese following Mansell around lap after lap after lap (early 90's ?). What do you think was going on there! Whoops! McLaren were too overt, we couldn't pretend it was just the way the race went. Who cares! You turn one of the few gentlemenly gestures in modern sport into a sin. I'm sorry, I don't see the problem. So far this year I have seen the stuff that makes F1 great, even with the competition of CART (Zanardi's playground). The technology and the drivers are the best. The show is romantic and full great driver and engineer stories. Let's talk about the cool stuff that goes on today instead of how it compares to the "cool" stuff that went on yesterday. p.s. - I am just being emotional, not flaming. You guys do great work and I always look forward to reading your articles. I am just requesting a little positive energy here. Hill dominated the first four races in '96, with Villenueve close behind. McLaren's superior performance in the first two races in 1998 is tarnished only by Hakkinen's (pit-stop) blunder and Coulthard's blatancy in Melbourne. Thanks to Williams, McLaren has the best designer. Thanks to Ilmor, McLaren has the most powerful and, so far, most reliable engine. Thanks to Bridgestone, McLaren has the best and most consistent tires. They would be labled "underachievers" if they didn't win. I, for one, am happy for Ron Dennis, his partners, and of course Mika; but my heart still belongs to Ferrari and Schumacher. If Michael ends up looking like a novice in Monaco - compared to the McLaren duo - we all may have reason to worry! I see that McLaren are being questioned over the use of a button on the steering wheel David Coulthard's car, and that Ronnie has responded by asserting that that 'button usage on entering such corners is normal.' Golly gosh, who's fooling whom here? Does Ronnie expect that such an off hand rejoinder will shut Messieurs Todt and Prost up at a stroke? And if Dave's button was in fact naughty, surely he anticipated that someone looking at the telly might just see it. As is increasingly the case in today's BernieMax version of Formula One, I live in a state of perpetual bewilderment. My theory is that Dave's button merely played a tape of readings of Rabbie Burns for added inspiration.
Gary Davies
Dear Atlas: I was at the CART Indycar Long Beach GP today and I saw none other than Bernie himself talking to Andrew Craig and Carl Haas. Does this mean anything with regard to a US GP? I would be interested to know what you could find out about this.
John Hatzis
Hi, I would just like to respond to Diego Cassa, who I think made a very solid comment about Mitch's column. Still, I can't agree with him. The way I see it, Mitch was making fun of the teams that protest too much, and from my point of view, he criticized all those teams using one name, the name of the team that announced that they would protest. Now, why did they announce it? what was the need? It beats me. So, don't take it as if he wanted to insult just Ferrari, he was insulting all the protesting teams. As for what you say about the McBoys feeling the pack breathing behind their neck... I would think again. I would say a minute is plenty of time for them to fall asleep out there. And finnally, why don't you give Mitch a break, he's just trying to make us laugh...and at least with me, he was successful. P.S. Hey Ismo, I agree with you, but I think you forgot something. Remember Portugal 1993? For those of you who don't, Hakkinen out qualified the very same King of Qualifying (Ayrton Senna) on his first try... oh, with the same car.
Jorge Perez-Maldonado
I've been reading, listening and watching this McLaren superiority thingy and I think we've all missed the point! Clearly, (he says with obfuscation), Frank Williams and that fun guy, Ron Dennis, (Prince Ron to us mere mortals), have been in deep discussion over the Winter. The way I figure it the Rothman's lads came to Frank with the bad news over the off season...and what was that you ask...? Something like this,..."Uh...Frank...um, we have some exciting changes coming down the pike for you next season. No...we didn't buy out Renault! We're going to design you some new livery...! You Frank...are going to LOVE IT!" After they flashed the preliminary drawings (including those electronically enhanced driver's suits), I can't help but imagining a scenario where Frank calls for an air sick bag...and, in his own calm, collected way, turns to the Rothman's flacks and waxes ever so politely..."I was under the impression that Salvador Dali had passed away some time ago...!" Bad enough that they want to mix in red, white and yellow; but to throw a 'Roo on the side boards! I'm aware that this whole mess, (and it is a MESS), is meant to address a Pall Mall brand offered up in 'Oz...and Gawd nows I love an Aussie as much as anyone...but I fervently hope that Pall Mall does not own any South American factories or Frank may be staring at a Lama on the side next season! Anyway, my theory is that Frank was so appalled at this that he and Ronnie cooked up a deal where he would let the McLarens run away with it this year... just so as to draw attention away from the Williams livery and driver's apparel. Jacques, mon ami, you and Heinz look like you are on sabatical from Cirque de Soliel! Has anybody out there got some blue paint and a spray gun...?? Yours for decent livery, etc., etc...
Ward Hargreaves
Has anyone else had this idea? Why not decide the Manufacturers points at the 90% lap in the race and allow the drivers a bit more leeway in going for the win? If CART-style undercar tunnels would help bring the cars together in the corners, and perhaps past each other in the straights, why aren't they allowed? I wish the FIA would open their eyes and see that their product is BORING! I'd rather watch reruns of Playoff Hockey games, but then again, I am Canadian, proud of our 4th best in the world hockey team. (sob...)
Barry Fence
Hi everybody: I have to say that I'm surprised about the comments of Mitchell McCann who seems to like a bit too much the McLaren team, first of all I think that Mitchell's articles are great and makes me laughs my head off, but in the last one I found several opinions that I would like to discuss (and I didn't expect to find on his column)... First, I prefer that if McLaren has to beat everyone (like they are doing) that should happen in the same conditions that the rest of the teams on the circus, why? because the previous experiences that we all have (I'm talking about the '92/'93 championships), when Williams was on a similar condition as McLaren has now; do you remember it? Well, no one knew what was the advantage of the braking system that Ron's team has, so why take risks? Now you could say that McLaren's cars seems to be the same, not at all, now they lose the "peace of mind" that have in Australia where their cars arrived with one lap behind third and obviously with the possibility of being faster than they were). Second, the fact that Ferrari was who made that protest, shows that they are the team who owes less favors than the rest of the teams (like Stewart, Prost, et). Besides, Ferrari was not alone in the protests against the breaking system, Minardi for example made their own protest, and let me advice you that the relations between Ferrari and Minardi are less than fair. Third, saying that Ferrari's research and development department has less importance that their legal department looks like a total thoughtless/impulsive opinion more appropriate from a fan than from a guy who knows at least a little about the Formula One history and about the innovations that Ferrari introduces on races since the beginning. Fourth, I recognize that the FIA has a record of not maintaining the same policies, but I believe that the ban on the electronically controlled brakes helps to maintain low costs, especially for those teams who have a short budget, and this is at least one policy that the FIA is trying to maintain. And finally I would recommend Mitchell (imho) to focus on the section he is writing, which used to be a humor column, it seems to me that this view is changing to a fan opinions column masked with some jokes (that is not the same, don't you think?). I hope Mitchell you can leave your fanaticism aside and read this message as what it really is, a critic about some opinions on your column that I personally believe are a little biased. I can understand the opinions of the different F1 fans but I expect an unbiased opinion if he decides to talk about what is good and what is wrong in this great motorsport. Specially coming from someone who really knows about races and has some experience writing about it. Best Regards,
Diego Cassia
Dear Atlas: Having witnessed the beginning of what looks like 1988 part 2 (that isn't a typo), I feel like I must put some words to paper (or bytes or whatever). After witnessing all the events of the first 2 races of the season, Formula One seems to be unique amongst the sporting world in that the business of the sport and the politics can obscure the reasons that we watch the sport (that being watching a bunch of guys race their cars and see who the fastest combination of man and machine is) and the fans, in general, will keep on watching -- myself included. Now whereas people may argue that such has been part of the sport from the beginning, which is true, they must agree that such activities detracts from the competitive spirit of the sport. Here in North America, the major sports seem to have reached a happy medium between business and sport. That isn't to say there isn't money kicking around. For example, in baseball there are teams that approach 80 million dollars payroll with players making up to 10 million dollars a year (not including endorsements). However, baseball does not have a problem with fixed results or politics meddling into operation. They handle it like a business with the product being the game and the customers being the fans. When baseball had a problem, the players strike in 1994, the resuls were plain to see: diminshed attendance and lower ratings. So it's in baseball's best interest to keep the fans happy; it's bottom line. Now applying this to the wacky world of Formula One, I suppose the only way the people who would rather see it return more to the racing and less of the business is to hit the teams where it hurts: the pocket book. Stop going to races, stop buying the merchandise, avoid products adorning the sides of the cars, etc., and let the folks that run this sport (it isn't just Bernie). FOCA is the Formula One Constructors Assoiation, and thus is made up of representitives of the teams. Let them know that their product is starting to really suck (can i say suck ?). The question is, "will that happen?" I guess we'll have to wait and see. Any suggestions?
Cecil King
Dear Atlas,
1992 - driver : Nigel Mansell - engineer: Adrian Newey Newey 4 times Word Champion, the real World Champion!
Fabio Luis Medes
Wake Up! When I read these comments again I must say I'm really surprised because of this British bitterness which is really easy to notice. Everyone seem to be bitter because Mika Hakkinen is winning some competitions. I understand that F1 would be more interested if British driver would win races, NOT. In early 90's Nigel Mansell took 14 pole positions and won 9 races in ONE season, and most of wins were 1-2 wins with Patrese. And all because of their car! Everyone were happy and said "they are just so good". But now when the winner is Mika, suddenly F1 is "boring", "it should be stopped" or "changed to CART" or other that kind of things. I'm just waiting when someone says that "Superlicence should be taken away from Mika" or "he should be killed". Wake up and realise that it's just a bitterness! I believe everyone agree that Mika is the fastest man in F1. Who disagree should think this: he was the fastest man the whole weekend. He took a pole with the cap of 0.6 seconds. He just had some bad luck in these years. He has always been fast but he had to make really dirty work for many years. I mean he developed McLaren to winning car by himself. He didn't leave the team, even when car was impossible to drive for many years. (I remember when Mansell just drove to pits during the race and walked away. There was no failure or nothing wrong with a car but he said that car was impossible to drive, so he quit. And same time Mika was there and he made his best, because he is not quiter). Then after those years David came to team and started to pick up the fruits Mika had made. And because of Mika's bad luck. I'm not surpriced that Ron Dennis likes Mika, because he's fast, good tester, makes no mistakes and is not quiter. David is good driver too but not as good as Mika. And about team McLaren. There is not many team who can support two drivers in same level. For instance Ferrari is completely one car team. Williams is too, because they cannot support Frentzen because of Villeneuve. It would be interested to check how much quicker Frentzen would be with same kind of car than Villeneuve. Benetton was one car team for many years (at the times of Michael) and now when they support both drivers their whole level has dropped down. McLaren is the only team who is TEAM and not any one man's orchestra. Other teams don't need any team orders because they keep their second driver in so low level that he cannot be imminent to their "number one boy". Which one is right? Style of McLaren or style of other teams. Think about it! Then CART vs F1? Of course there is more passing in CART, because drivers are making more mistakes. That means they are not so good! I can prove it: when Mansell moved to INDY series, he won the championship in his first year. And Zanardi is ex-F1 driver too. If you are not a fast enough to F1, you can still win the championship in CART. Of course it would be more interesting if there could be more passing but how would you do that. For instance, if all F1 pilots would go to CART then there cannot be any good passing chance, because driver skills are so close each other. So there is no way to make more passings to F1 if drivers have their legs and arms in right places. And the last thing: If you are not interested about F1 just don't watch it. No one is going to force you. But start crying "it's not fair because one team rules blah blah blaa..." It's completely stupid. Look at the history and notice that nothing has changed in F1 during 20 years. Only thing is, drivers have come better and more close each other in their skills. So if you have watched F1 earlier and you didn't complain, you have no reason to start it now, even if the champion is Finnish.
Ismo Toivonen
If you don't like it, watch something else. Interestingly, if one reads the reader's comments on this page, it leads us to believe that Formula 1 is the most boring sport at this moment. Why? Because there is a serious lack of overtaking and more of that. But stop for a moment. If the McLaren cars weren't so dominant, would the harsh comments be of the same nature? No! It's just the fact that McLaren have got it right that everyone, from Ferrari to the TV-viewers, are complaining like little babies. They are in front on merit and determination. Blaming the FIA is too easy. I strongly feel that if the new regs weren't introduced, McLaren would have had the same edge over their rivals, like Williams had with Hill and Villeneuve in 96. The last race in Brazil was in my opinion a great one. Thanks to the television coverage, because we got to see the battles for third position, which were breathtaking. That is also a major part of the spectacle, whether the TV-director chooses to follow just the leaders or givse some time to battles further down the field. Watching Villeneuve overtake Irvine, Alesi and Herbert... was that boring? McLaren deserve it. If you feel, as many contributors to this site do, the competition can't compare with CART, then watch the CART racing and don't waste our time belittling F1. Looking forward to Argentina,
Enis Odaci
To any American F1 fans who currently aren't getting TV coverage this season: You're not missing much. Mike Joy and Derek Bell were stunningly awful in their commentary throughout the Brazilian GP. I realize they're watching from monitors and are limited by the feeds they have no control over. The Fox Sports network has probably hastily assembled its F1 crew, and it takes time to get right. But there's simply no excuse for the announcers' incompetence. C'mon guys -- there are 22 cars and 11 teams. It's not that hard to remember which is which. The drivers wear different color helmets, and the cars have numbers. Take a few moments to learn them. Mika Salo retires twice from the race in his Arrows; I guess he was cloned and Pedro Diniz was sitting back in the garage for his home GP. Wurz and Fisichella took turns magically jumping back and forth in front of a frustrated Schumacher and Frentzen. There were so many other gaffes and idiotic remarks that it's impossible to remember them. I hope they will improve as the season progresses. Perhaps all they feel they need to do is tell the two McLarens apart (which they did a fair amount of the time). And I suppose I could always turn the sound down and narrate the race myself. But really, Joy and Bell are supposed to be professionals, and they didn't come close on Sunday. That's inexcusable. It was embarrassing. Bell especially should ashamed... I hope someone forces him to watch a tape of his coverage.
Kurt Stephan
Dear Atlas, In reply to Mat Tarrant's question about when was the last time the lead changed in a Grand Prix in a genuine overtaking move, the answer is Hungary last year, when Damon Hill in the Arrows overtook Michael Schumacher in the Ferrari. Brazil showed that it is still possible to overtake, Wurz got pass Frentzen, and Schumacher and Fisichella had quite a battle in the opening laps. Okay, these weren't for the lead, but brave, skillful drivers can still do it. Thank you for the excellent coverage and novel editorial content. As a longtime motor racing enthousiast, I must confess that I am impressed by McLaren's success this year so which given their purgatory of the previous three years is well deserved. However, from a fans point of view, the show has gone from poor to pathetic. I derive little satisfaction from seeing a procession of cars being lapped. It has been a long time since the field was so lopsided. This state of affairs does little to entertain. In comparison to a rerun of a 6th round of the 1997 German Supertouring Car championship at Saltzburg or the 2nd round of the World Superbike Championship from Australia both of which I saw on Saturday, Mar. 28 , the Brazilian GP was utterly boring. Watching both Michael Schumacher and Jacques Villeneuve being stymmied for lap after lap by a brilliant drive by Wurtz was interesting but not particularily entertaining....as they fought it out for 3rd, 4th or 6th position. If the cars are now so unstable that passing is too dangerous to risk most of the time...what kind of a season are we in for ?
John Edwards
I never liked F1 racing due to the widespread competition between the teams' technology. Upcoming drivers compete to the best of their ability to reach F1 only to be limited by their team's technology. Indy (now CART) is the opposite; the driver makes the difference. Last Saturday In Motegi, 26 drivers were within one second from the best qualifying timme. Parity exists in CART where, unlike F1, at least 12 drivers can win any event. Villeneuve is very smart and I hope he comes back to his native continent to race where he enjoys it the most (away from the zoo). Greg Moore (a tremendous talent) who is being sought after by F1 teams, has expressed his intention to remain with CART until he wins a couple of championships. Villeneuve would be smart to return to CART where true driver competition is the rule. Bowling and darts are now at the same level as Formula 1. F1 has to get their act together; the fans are paying large amounts of money to see the races and they get poor results due to the technology war. Boring, boring, boring. F1 drivers are welcome into the real competition named CART. It seems to me, after watching all the slipping and sliding, the tire 'lockups', the 'opposite locks' and listening the mindless, boring banter of the 'comentators', that it looks like the car in F1 today is a rally car! Maybe being a former, (or aspiring) rally car pilot would really be an advantage now in F1. Superior(!) opposite lock car control is the thing to have in your driving career resume. It shames the sport to let the world see an on-board camera shot of a clearly feathered front tire and know that it's normal. THE ONLY THING THE TIRE SPECS FOR 1998 HAVE DONE IS PUT THE DRIVER AT EXTREME RISK!!! I can't feel but expressing that point clearly. These drivers have extreme pressure from team owners, bosses, crew, and sponsers on them every time they strap up. Every minute act, reflex, impulse and reaction deters or improves their performance. These decisions are now compounded by what appears to me to be undrivable and ill mannered, underdeveloped and illogically concevied race cars. Only one team this season has got it right, (who could that be), which clearly shows how 'out of whack' this present formula is. It'll probably take another 'tragic weekend' before Max (god) will actually think again and decide that 'it was probably too many changes for one season'. Sorry, I just had to say that.
Raoul Ross
Dear Atlas, In CART there are separated championships for chassis' and engines (which together make this thing called car). Why not in F1? If teams would desing and build their own cars, there would be no need for separate championships (I know that Arrows builds their engines). And if we would like to, we could always make combined championships, like Williams-Renault, 5 times Worldchampion, McLaren-Honda, 4 times, Williams-Honda, twice.... Most succesful chassis of all times would be Williams (9), Renault would play very strong role with their 6 Wc's. And Ford must have won many times too. Of course there were quite many teams using Ford-engines too... This all came to my mind when Häkkinen won in Brazil with McLaren-Mercedes car... 110th(?) victory of McLaren chassis, but surely not 110th of McLaren- Mercedes car. Where did they forgot Honda, Ford and Porsche?
Mikko Tanni
Dear Atlas: For the first time I ventured into the readers column. So I figure it is time to toss my two cents worth into the pile. McLaren have, as we all saw, done it again. Well, at least I am told so. In South Africa we get the British ITV coverage, it is excellent even if only to hear Murray Walker's comments. At any rate, it got to around three quarters of the way through and there they were. The silver McLarens sixty something seconds ahead of the rest of the field with Michael Schumacher looking like a Polystil set on a freeway. So where will this end? I say we should just give McLaren the trophy now, let Coulthard and Hakkinen make a gentelman's bet to see who can play tiddlywinks better to decide the driver's championship, toss them out and have a good time. This is boring! Last year we could at least speculate who would win, who would come in in second. Now we know who is going to what before the race even starts. It'll be Hakkinen, then Coulthard, then the rest. The challenge only starts at third. And to the Atlas team specifically. Thanks for your great coverage of what is, for the moment, a great sport.
Steve Tompkins
The guys from FIA are greater Clowns than I would have ever believed. First they invent new rules, making the cars slower and overtaking more possible...I don't think there is any need to discuss that here. Then they allow a new braking system, just to forbid it some months later. Are the technical folks at the FIA blind or so ? Come on, McLaren-Mercedes is technical the best car in the field only by following the rules the FIA made. You can't just change the rules because only one team interpreted them the best. Ok, F1 is a bit boring but therefore you must not punish the best team, but the FIA who made these absolutly stupid rules!
Christian H. Heiss
The Bad News: my local cable company has never heard of
Speedvision However, there's now hope for we North American-based F1 fans, despite Bernie's attempt to spoil our day! Regards,
Malcolm Taylor
THANK GOD!! Wanted to send along information that you may want to pass along to others. I have found a television network that is re-broadcasting F1 this season from the FOX Sports Network feed. The network is MSC (or, Midwest Sports Channel). I am from the Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota, area where MSC is a local institution. I'm not certain how far the network reaches.... Anyway, I called the programming coordinator and he said that they will be broadcasting every race this year, with some feeds even LIVE! As I mentioned it's a feed from FOX Sports Net. The commentators are Mike Joy and the familiar voice (& opinions) of Derek Bell (a'la ESPN). Coverage of the Brazilian GP was great with plenty of pre-race interviews and the post-race ceremony. It was a bit disappointing not to see the post-race press conference..... but this begger definitely isn't a chooser!! I am very happy to even see F1 this year without doing through the pain of getting DDS. You might want to let the rest of us poor Americans (in the upper-midwest, at least) know about this source of visual pharmaceuticals. My best to you,
E. Almquist
Can you help me by answering my question. It would help in an article I'm writing. When was the last time that the lead changed hands in a genuine overtaking manouvre in an F1 race?
No pit stop. Cheers
Mat Tarrant
I must say that I am really tired of all these "racing fans" belly-aching about honor, glory, and the good old days of Formula One. Contrary to their jaded view, Formula One has never been about some modern day cavaliers, or knights in shining armor with modern day stallions. Formula One has always been about competition at its highest level, both in terms of the drivers and the equipment. Just as it bothers me to see regulations that are designed to simply "reverse engineer" the cars, such as the new tire regulations, or narrow chassis designs, it bothers me worse to see completely contrived finishes to the race. I can understand if a driver allows his teammate, who has a better mathematical chance of winning the championship to pass him. This is what teams are all about in racing. However, when its the first race of the season, and it turns out that before the race, two of the drivers had already decided who got to win. Uh, the last time I checked, this was supposed to be a mystery whose conclusion was played out during two hours of wheel-to-wheel racing, with each driver doing everything in their power to win. Not get ahead so you would be in position to let the pre-arranged winner through to gain his pseudo-prize. Maybe we should have an arrangement where we allow a lottery amongst the drivers before the race. Everyone could draw numbers, and the highest number gets his day in the sun for that race. "Number Thirty-two!! Yippee, I'm going to win today!!" I suppose it would be advantageous in that teams like Minardi could have at least the same odds of winning the championship, as anyone else. Also, it could cut costs, as it would no longer be important to have the fastest cars or the highest paid star drivers. All you would need is some luck. In fact, eventually you could replace the actual cars and drivers with computer generated "virtual racers". You could run a computer program that would randomly select the championship driver and team, as well as each races winner. It would be great! You could just write the program so the drivers are not just gentlemen, who are fabulously cordial to one another, but also incredibly attractive. Cars too fast? It doesn't matter, no one to get hurt!! In fact you could stage spectacular crashes where the driver always walked away waving to the crowd, and blowing kisses, as he slowly loosens the silk scarf that had just been blowing in the wind to maximum dramatic effect. I for one would hate it. The real world is far more interesting and exciting most of the time. And after all, its REAL!!! I dont think that there was anything honorable, or especially gentlemanly about a driver who let his teammate win at a time when it had no bearing on anything except showing his team boss that he was a good boy. After his public criticism of the team after having to let Hakkinen win before, Coultard had lost favor with Ron Dennis, and Coultard simply realized that it was better to let Dennis's favorite sun win, to get back on his good side. Those who speak like David was only too happy to do this, haven't been listening to David's comments of late. He feels Mika "owes" him now. My question are: How gentlemanly, and selfless is this? And, are we going to have to be robbed of another real race finish, when its Coultard's turn for payback from Mika? If only the other teams would step it up, then none of it would matter. No one would care if David and Mika decided before the race who got to finish last, and second-to-last. Even if it were team orders. Formula One should be competition at the highest level. Racing amongst teams who are not there to put on a show, but to win. The "show" is the natural product of this. The best driver with the best car on that particular day---- unless they, or their team make a mistake. That's what its all about after all, the whole package: Team, Car, Organisation........and luck. |