# Formula 1

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/formula-1/9436>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [October 17, 1999, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/formula-1/9436 "1999-10-17T14:24:00Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![gypsy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bbce88/32.png) [@gypsy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gypsy)\
**Post date:** [October 17, 1999, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/formula-1/9436/1 "1999-10-17T14:24:00Z")

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All right, the provisional results are in…Eddie Irvine and Michael Schumacher and Ferrari were disqualified from Malaysian Grand Prix. Which in turn means that Mika Hakkinen…The Flying Finn, is the winner and The World Champion!!!  
What can I say…driving fast and well is a national past-time!

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Unforgiven

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**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\
**Post date:** [October 18, 1999, 10:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/formula-1/9436/2 "1999-10-18T10:24:00Z")

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Hello.

BIG Schumacher / Ferrari fan here. What a disgrace - how the hell can you leave such an error in your car design. On the other hand: they raced the very same Ferrari in Nürnburg, with the same bargeboards, they were measured, and Irvine was NOT disqualified. I guess it makes a difference whether you’re first or sixth.  
Any which way, this world championship is one of racing poverty. Too many mistakes and dumb errors were made by the top teams and drivers.

The superb driving of Michael Schumacher on his comeback grand prix showed everybody what would have happened had he NOT broken his leg in the English grand prix.

Oh well. Unless the appeal is succesful, we’ll have to wait another year.

MICHAEL SCHUMACHER, SCUDERIA FERRARI. WORLD CHAMPION FORMULA ONE 2000.

## One championship was certainly more than enough for a driver with such limited talent as Mika Hakkinen.

Coldfire

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“You know how complex women are”

- Neil Peart, Rush (1993)

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**Author:** ![WallyM7](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b5e925/32.png) [@WallyM7](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WallyM7)\
**Post date:** [October 18, 1999, 10:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/formula-1/9436/3 "1999-10-18T10:30:00Z")

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If they started the race earlier, they wouldn’t have to drive so fast.