peterpiper
16th February 2009, 03:46 AM
The Ferrari F1 team fired their entire pit crew yesterday. This
announcement followed Ferrari's decision to take advantage of the
British government's **/Work for the Dole/** scheme and employ some
Liverpudlian youngsters.*
*The decision to hire them was brought about by a recent documentary on
how unemployed youths from Liverpool were able to remove a set of wheels
in less than 6 seconds without proper equipment, whereas Ferrari's
existing crew could only do it in eight seconds with millions of pound's
worth of high tech equipment.*
*It was thought to be an excellent, bold move by the Ferrari management
team as most races are won and lost in the pits, giving Ferrari an
advantage over every other team.*
*However, Ferrari got more than they bargained for. At the crew's first
practice session, not only was the scouse pit crew able to change all
four wheels in under six seconds, but within 12 seconds they had
re-sprayed, re-badged and sold the car to the Mclaren team for eight
cases of Stella, a bag of weed and some photos of Coulthard's bird in
the shower!** *
announcement followed Ferrari's decision to take advantage of the
British government's **/Work for the Dole/** scheme and employ some
Liverpudlian youngsters.*
*The decision to hire them was brought about by a recent documentary on
how unemployed youths from Liverpool were able to remove a set of wheels
in less than 6 seconds without proper equipment, whereas Ferrari's
existing crew could only do it in eight seconds with millions of pound's
worth of high tech equipment.*
*It was thought to be an excellent, bold move by the Ferrari management
team as most races are won and lost in the pits, giving Ferrari an
advantage over every other team.*
*However, Ferrari got more than they bargained for. At the crew's first
practice session, not only was the scouse pit crew able to change all
four wheels in under six seconds, but within 12 seconds they had
re-sprayed, re-badged and sold the car to the Mclaren team for eight
cases of Stella, a bag of weed and some photos of Coulthard's bird in
the shower!** *