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 by employing 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
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 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 Coulthard's
bird in the shower.
