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I don’t deny that safety cars make for exciting racing but they really do introduce a completely artificial dynamic into Grand Prix. It’s like some bloke winning the London marathon by 2 miles then making him wait at Buckingham Palace so the rest of the field can catch up for a sprint finish...

I watched it live on C4 and I’ve read all the comments about what a great race it was. But surely that was principally because a safety car was deployed 10 laps from the end, wiped out the leaders advantage and bunched the field up again? Without that it would have just been another fairly...

Not showing a replay. I guess this isn’t good news…

Yes. The organisers plan for the National Anthem :facepalm:

Ironic that the technical changes introduced to enable closer racing seem to have resulted in a befuddling aerodynamic cluster**** that is having the exact opposite effect.

I don't follow F1 nearly as much as I used to but when I saw Schumacher completely write-off a second car through another unforced error after just 7 rounds of the season, I did wonder if Haas might decide they can't afford to keep him anymore. He doesn't just break cars - he utterly destroys them.

I believe I heard on 5Live that this circuit has signed a 15 year deal to stage a F1 world championship race. Seems such a waste that the constructors go to such pains to design and develop machines at the pinnacle of motorsport and then the current organisers make the drivers drive them round...

Yes, but how many cup holders does it have?