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F1: Pick a country, any country by Mathias Olaf Uncertain
10th Mar 2010
It really is about time someone got hold of the Formula 1 teams and told them to get their house in order so that jingoistic fans can really get on-side with a national team, epecially now that A1GP is no more*.

Take, for example, Lotsoftroubleusuallyserious - the arguably Anglo-Malaysian squad - who have an Italian and a Finn driving for them. Where's the sense in that? None that I've been able to make out.

And then you look at the real national squads. Ferrarsi are historically the national Italian cruderia, and they've been joined by Farce India and now The Spanish Inquisition, who we weren't expecting to be the new name for Compos Mentis.

Ironically, Ferrarsi's line-up includes a Spaniard (cheers!), Farce India's includes an Italian, and Spanish have an Indian on their books.

So it looks like there's only one nation with the determination and efficiency properly to pull off a national team, and that's the Germans. We fully expect national teams for Poland, Czechoslovakia and france to follow.



* Although, on reflection, there is still the whole issue of just what country Ralph Firman, Adam Carroll, Adam Langley-Khan, Richard Antinucci and Hubertus Bahlsen are actually from.

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