Save F1

Currently leading an unofficial campaign to #BringBobBackToF1 (Varsha, that is). And remember, F1 doesn't need reinventing, it needs un-reinventing.

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#BringBobBackToF1
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Oh, they said they need the orange (carfboard) box back to process the return too! So disappointing. @Hermes_Paris has lost me as a customer.

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Recently bought another belt kit (buckle and strap) from @Hermes_Paris. Liked the buckle, didn't like the strap color. Processed the return for the strap, sent it back, got a confirmation email. Today they emailed me and said they can't process the return without the buckle.

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@edjenks1 Hey there, so nice to hear from you! Yeah, I miss Bob, but I agree, the new coverage is generally very solid. They do good work. Now, just wondering what will become of the season.... How are things with you?

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@russsalzberg Strange interpretation. If you wanna claim he was out of the field of play, that might be valid. But he clearly makes the catch if the fans weren't there.

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@Citi locked my friend's checking account 2wks ago due to THEIR clerical error. He's been on the phone every day, emailed the CEO, visited the branch. Every day they promise it will be resolved by EOD. All lies. Checks are bouncing, can't get cash. Just imagine! #BoycottCITI

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@edjenks1 Perhaps if it wasn't on the heels of flatulent V6s, DRS, fuel-saving, anti-competitive regs, paved runoff, etc, etc, I could have shrugged it off. But for me, it's tarnished what little luster the sport had left. I'm glad you don't feel the same way.

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@edjenks1 If he can't accept that risk, there are other sports he can play.

So to me, halo wasn't needed. It's taking safety further than makes sense (to me) and in the process has ruined the aesthetics of the car. What's worse to me is what it represents - an ever-more-sanitized F1.

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@edjenks1 So I hear. Glad you're enjoying it!

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@pro_ski_bum @MrSteveMatchett I'm afraid I no longer have a horse in this race. Halo is the anvil that broke this camel's back; I'm no longer watching. Too many of the things I loved about the sport have been consigned to history.

That said, I fully support the cause of getting Bob back in the booth.

[Peter Grossman @petergrossman]

@SaveFormulaOne now this is a proper @F1 car. @ScuderiaFerrari #nohalo @Petersen_Museum

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@edjenks1 FWIW, I believe the accepted consensus us that halo wouldn't have saved Bianchi. Though that's irrelevant to my position.

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@edjenks1 Yes, for 25yrs or so.

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@edjenks1 I don't think my complaint is about change, it's absolute. We'll never know for sure, but I doubt the 12yr-old me would fall in love with F1 if I discovered it for the first time today. Beautiful cars, screaming engines, an element of danger; the things that drew me in are gone.

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@edjenks1 Particularly given that (in my eyes), danger has a place in F1, and F1 was very safe without them. Absolute safety is not the right goal IMO.

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@edjenks1 Two things: Paved runoff (I think it's made the racing worse because track limits are now artificial), and halo (because for me, the aesthetics are unpalatable). To me (and reasonable people will disagree), the marginal safety benefits of those things don't justify those costs.

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@edjenks1 I'm saying if you take the "if it saves one life" argument to its logical extreme, we'd have remote control F1 cars, or painfully slow cars, or something along those lines. We all have a point at which we'd say "that's far enough". I just got there before you. To each his own.

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@edjenks1 Taken to its logical extreme, the "if it saves one life" argument would change the sport beyond recognition. We might draw the line in different places. But you have to draw the line somewhere.

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@edjenks1 I don't think helmets, seat belts and roll bars are a reasonable comparison. Without them (and fuel cells, armco, etc, etc) death was a constant reality. That isn't the world we were in. Danger has a place in motorsport, and F1 was very safe already.