This is a strange season indeed, probably the strangest since I started watching F1 in the mid nineties. The previous season's frontrunners started the season as back markers and a new team (BrawnGP) was taking the honours and subsequently the championship. The championship team still does not have a second confirmed driver and the jury is out about who it may be. One of the best drivers currently in F1 was not able to get a seat and is off to go rallying next year. Two of the team bosses, Ron Dennis and Flavio Briatore, had to give the FIA their way so that they could save their teams. All the teams, except for one, were planning a breakaway series because of the FIA. Arguably the most important economy in the world, the USA, does not even stage a Grand Prix but there is a Grand Prix in Abu Dhabi, where the economy is falling by the day. And so we can go on. The sport is not in a healthy state!
Then it comes to saving the British GP at Silverstone. For starts I hope the investment is logistic, given the current market scenarios. You can't build or force atmosphere. That is what it's all about. I can't help thinking Bernie is attracted by the bling of the newer circuits and would like to see lots of white marble, stainless steel, led's and glass. But if the truth be told, there might be only an ounce of benefit from the type of architecture that is "en vogue", but anyone could fully appreciate the difference in atmosphere between a Shanghai and a Spa.
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