Dodgy Business
As the F1 world moves closer towards finding out Fernando Alonso's plans for 2008, Tony Dodgins ponders the gulf between perception and reality...
Perception and reality can be two very different things. And sometimes, for a racing driver, it's perception that matters.
I remember taking a big interest in Niki Lauda when I was around 13 or 14, and I don't really know why. I suppose it was that he drove a Ferrari, seemed young and fast and took nine poles in '74 and '75 when I was at an impressionable age. He also won the championship in '75 and '77 of course.
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