Former F1 driver Carlos Reutemann running for President of Argentina
There's not much of a shelf life for professional racing drivers. Around the time when the rest of us are just getting our careers started, they're already in their prime. Especially in Formula One: a few years ago, Fernando Alonso set the record of youngest world champion at 24, which was beaten last season by Lewis Hamilton at 23. And while a handful of drivers will stay in the sport into their late 30's or resort to other series after hitting their peaks, most of them, like other sports figures, start their second careers after they're earned their trophies on the race track.Carlos Reutemann won twelve grands prix over the course of his ten years in F1 with such teams as Ferrari and Williams, but when his racing days were finished, he turned to politics in his native Argentina. Now, after having served as governor of the Santa Fe province and in the National Senate, Reutemann has announced his candidacy for President. Reutemann's conservative policies and ties to former President Carlos Menem have been a source of some controversy, culminating in his being assaulted by an angry mob in 2004. Meanwhile supporters had hoped he would run for the presidency in 2001, but Reutemann opted to remain in the Senate and run in the next elections in 2011 instead. With car journalists running London and racing drivers running for president in Argentina, we don't know what's going on with global politics, but we like it.
[Source: F1-Live]
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Farmboy 2:04PM (1/25/2009)
Out of one race and into another. I would like a President Earnhardt Jr. or President Stewart. lol. Now THAT would be SWEET!!!!
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FSM 2:21PM (1/25/2009)
No thanks, we just got rid of a millionaire redneck. Time for something different.
firstplace 2:27PM (1/25/2009)
obama looks more and more tired every broadcast. no way hes going to turn this mess around. just another politician.
Sea Urchin 2:37PM (1/25/2009)
FSM, why don't you read on the current President of Argentina. She is not border line communist, she IS a communist. She nationalized 401K accounts of every Argentinian. Nationalized Banks and Airlines....not because they were in any kind of trouble. Because she wanted their assets to belong to state.
Now, Bush was a bad president, but you are obviously such an intelligent individual, you are attacking a guy (Carlos Reutemann) who runs for the President of Argentina based on what Bush did...because he Carlos somehow reminds you of Bush. FSM, you are a loony toon.
I think you seriously need to get a job at either Postal Service or General Motors, you will be a CEO in no time at either of those.
FSM 2:51PM (1/25/2009)
@ SeaUrchin
Actually I was referring to Bush as the redneck millionaire...I have nothing against Carlos
Franz 3:05PM (1/25/2009)
@ firstplace:
"obama looks more and more tired every broadcast."
Don't you think you'd look tired if you had all that sh*t to deal with? You couldn't pay me enough to take on that kind of responsibility.
Sea Urchin 3:19PM (1/25/2009)
Franz, I'd kill for that job. I think i would make a great President.
Heck, i am a Republican, but if that Monkey (Bush) can become a President and do what he did, i am sure i can do a much better job.
firstplace 4:48PM (1/25/2009)
All I really know is carlos has the arms of a wookie.
fernan 11:24PM (1/25/2009)
@sea urchin
1* there cant be any communist president in the present, there is no communism anymore, even Cuba gets millions from private investing.
2* Pres. Kirchner brought the country out of bankruptcy and negotiated international debt to reduce it by half. Brought millions of people out of poverty, you wish you had someone like him as a president now
Farmboy 11:51PM (1/25/2009)
Hey!!! Here's an idea. How about all of you stop with the damn political discussion off of my comment. It is childish and annoying as hell. It is REALLY pissing me off. So in other words, F*** OFF and bitch somewhere else. I am really tired of all the emails.
Emilio 8:35AM (1/26/2009)
Sea Urchin, despite your mistake (Arg president is not a comunist), you're right in the rest of the points you mentioned.
Fernan, I'm affraid your absolutely wrong. The country is getting deeper and deeper in serious crisis, with the presiden accompanied by her husband -supposedly former president, but is said he's the real leader now-, and many other awfull people around (De Vido, Fernandez, Moreno, Moyano, Jaime, etc). They are aplying the worst long term policies for every industrie, frightening away investors, and have achieved the highest level of corruption in the country for the last 20 years, even more than Menem...
Smegley 2:04PM (1/25/2009)
better than President Obankrupt, I mean Obama.
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Farmboy 2:08PM (1/25/2009)
That made my day!!!!
chconline 4:57PM (1/25/2009)
Lol.
ajmalzx 5:44PM (1/25/2009)
Reutemann is a dipsh*t. Anybody who knows 2 salts in F1 history know big of a douchebag he was in the Williams team. He was a good driver tho. But given the choice of a commie and a him, I think I'll lean slightly toward the dipsh*t.
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