Yesterday the Ferrari F1 team announced that they had fired their entire
pit crew.
This announcement followed Ferrari's decision to take advantage of
the British government's 'Work for your Dole' scheme and employ
some Liverpudlian youngsters.
The decision to hire them was brought about by a recent documentary on
how unemployed youths from Toxteth 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 8 seconds with millions of pounds
worth of high tech equipment.
It was thought to be an excellent, bold move by the Ferrari
management team giving Ferrari an advantage over every other team
as most races are won or lost in the pits,
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 6 seconds but, within 12 seconds, they had re-sprayed,
re-badged and sold the car to the Mclaren team for 8 cases of Stella, a
bag of weed and some photos of Lewis Hamilton's bird in the shower.
