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Schumacher F1 signing slammed by Mercedes board; The Daimler Works Council not happy!!!!!
Topic Started: Dec 29 2009, 12:03 PM (718 Views)
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sportsman,Jan 3 2010
08:28 AM
In many ways I agree with your points.

The big difference is that I am referring to mainstream news broadcasts.
I am not talking about F1 fans at all.
In that context many F1 fans feel the same as you do,that it is not necessarily good for F1.

In the case of my mother in law, she`was watching the equivalent the BBC news.
And after the news of Medvedev,Putin and the Duma then Schumacher coming out of retirement and signing for Mercedes.

I do think that ,many on here attach far to much importance to F1 in the wolds news however.
For example "Liegate" "Crashgate" never made the mainstream news here or in the Russian mainstream news.
The sportsnews sections however it did.
I cannot speak for the UK as I cannot watch the UK version of BBC news.
I can however read their website but I get their international version,which differs from the UK version.
But on BBC World  the BBC's International TV broadcast
the Schumacher news made the main broadcast, not only the sports news.
European press may well be different
That's what I meant by my original post.

Sportsman what's this obsession with main stream news?

We are petrol heads and the majority of motor sport is almost underground as it is of no interest to main stream news at all.

F1 only gets headlines as it is arguably the pinnacle of the sport and attracts the rich and famous to the GP's.

So if I say MS has generated a lot of interest in the media, that media can only be the sports news. To get any main stream news, which he has done, is a massive achievement when its about motor sport.

To further cement this point, if you are going to bring your relatives into this, I am sure we all have family who are so disinterested in the sport they only remember the last thing they took any interest in which maybe was five years ago, hell many kids didn't know MS had even retired to make a comeback.

Mainstream are only interested in the romantic story line, ex-champ returns to the sport in his sporting twilight years. Its the only formula of film Hollywood can sell when it comes to sport. If its not the driver then in films like days of thunder its the guy that builds the car, if its not an ex-champ its the little team taking on the corporate big teams.

Motor sport is a total bore to 95% of the planet, the sports pages are full of Football, boxing, the national games of interest to that country be it cricket baseball or American football and then buried somewhere you might find a paragraph on motor sport. Unless a driver is shagging some pop star and the paparazzi take an interest in her and then mention the driver.

So to sum up, making any news is a revelation when it comes to motor sport, and when its not got a "gate" attached to it and its about the sport itself, it can only be a good thing for F1. Like MS or not, his return has given F1 an advert that will attract new fans to the sport next season. That said, I will not be supporting him now he is not driving for my team.
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Steelstallions,Jan 3 2010
09:31 AM



Sportsman what's this obsession with main stream news?

We are petrol heads and the majority of motor sport is almost underground as it is of no interest to main stream news at all.


So if I say MS has generated a lot of interest in the media, that media can only be the sports news. To get any main stream news, which he has done, is a massive achievement when its about motor sport.


So to sum up, making any news is a revelation when it comes to motor sport, and when its not got a "gate" attached to it and its about the sport itself, it can only be a good thing for F1. Like MS or not, his return has given F1 an advert that will attract new fans to the sport next season. That said, I will not be supporting him now he is not driving for my team. [/QUOTE]
I think you have answered my point exactly.
Schumachers return is mainstream news.Not as you say buried away in the sportsnews.

And the fact that it is not attached to any scandals is a positive point in F1's favour
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sportsman,Jan 3 2010
10:11 AM

And the fact that it is not attached to any scandals yet is a positive point in F1's favour



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Petra Lead,Jan 3 2010
10:56 AM
sportsman,Jan 3 2010
10:11 AM

And the fact that it is not attached to any scandals is yet a positive point in F1's favour



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