The Things They Say

“But there are those who say the engine gives too much power for proper handling and on lap 28 Paterse took a curve too fast and spun off the track” — Keith Botsford writing in The Times on August 16th after the Austrian Grand Prix. Mr. Botsford presumably did not see the cloud of smoke from the BMW engine as it blew up, nor could he have looked at the hole in block, or talked to Patrese. Makes you wonder from where Fleet Street reporters watch the races.