23/07/2014
NEWS STORY
Tired of leaving the rants to Glen 'Crompo' Crompton, Mat Coch (who allegedly joined the show from a telephone box, or possibly toilet, somewhere) expresses his concerns over the standard of marshalling in Hockenheim, a view shared by Editor Chris Balfe who branded the handling of Adrian Sutil's stricken Sauber as disgraceful.
Crompo is uncharacteristically forgiving and instead is left wistfully reminiscing Jean Alesi's helmet before pointing out the flaws in Bernie Ecclestone's business model.
Balfe agrees, saying no matter what the teams claim fans are voting with their feet, as evidenced by swathes of empty seats in the grandstands at what is historically one of the better attended races on the calendar.
Bringing things back on track, Felipe Massa's opening lap escapades caught the team’s eye with Balfe asking whether the Brazilian should be considering calling time on his career. That aside, Williams renaissance earns the Grove squad praise in a year where they look to be genuine front runners.
Somehow Crompo believes the race left him unimpressed, a view not shared by his colleagues who point out the entertaining racing further down the order.
Not satisfied with just one rant, Coch embarks on a second as he claims the sport regulates against true innovation in the interest of producing a better television product.
Interlinked suspension is also discussed, with questions asked about the timing of the FIAs announcement in terms of banning the system, seemingly, yet again, moving the goal posts in an attempt to manipulate the desired result.
At 19-minutes the team covers a lot of ground, from comparing Formula 1 to late night television advertising to discussing brake-by-wire, not to mention Crompo taking great delight in proving Coch wrong. Again.
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