Wednesday, June 22, 2005
Bernie the Dinosaur
Formula One President and CEO Bernie Ecclestone might be the most ignorant man in professional sports. First came the shit storm in Indianapolis, where the race was a farce. See Michelin article.
Now it seems that Ecclestone had to air his views on women in racing. On Saturday, he made some less than flattering comments about Dancia Patrick and it appeared that he had seen the error of his words about women racing with men when he called Patrick over the weekend, presumably to apologize. But then he repeated his comments.
Ecclestone made news last week with his comments made in response to Patrick's fourth-place finish at the Indianpolis 500. Asked about Patrick's success, Ecclestone acknowledged her strong finish, but then made an assessment about women racing with men that caused a stir, saying, "You know I've got one of those wonderful ideas ... women should be dressed in white like all the other domestic appliances."
Read More.
F-1 would be wise to dump this ass and do it soon.
Now it seems that Ecclestone had to air his views on women in racing. On Saturday, he made some less than flattering comments about Dancia Patrick and it appeared that he had seen the error of his words about women racing with men when he called Patrick over the weekend, presumably to apologize. But then he repeated his comments.
Ecclestone made news last week with his comments made in response to Patrick's fourth-place finish at the Indianpolis 500. Asked about Patrick's success, Ecclestone acknowledged her strong finish, but then made an assessment about women racing with men that caused a stir, saying, "You know I've got one of those wonderful ideas ... women should be dressed in white like all the other domestic appliances."
Read More.
F-1 would be wise to dump this ass and do it soon.
# posted by Shaky @ 5:58 p.m. 
