Some very interesting talk about finances today.
Makes me wish I understood how the money side of F1 works.
Mercedes have put a lot of time, thought and money into winning the constructor's title, but only because they have the finances to do it. That's great for them and their fans, but it does feel like a bit of a retrograde step, back to the days when Ferrari simply outspent everybody else.
I thought it was interesting what one of the Sky pundits was saying about how American Football is funded, with each team getting an equal share of the pie.
If F1 did that, maybe we wouldn't see so many drivers effectively buying their seats from teams which have no other option but to allow it to happen and ultimately, this would be of benefit to those drivers who genuinely do have the talent required to be competing at the top of motorsport.
Sedge, you make a good point about driver development, but isn't that what GP2 is for?
It's difficult to spot potential champions in cars that are at the back of the F1 grid. All we can do it compare them to their team-mates ... I mean, how many of us fans saw Ricciardo's potential when he was driving a Torro Rosso? I certainly didn't. I thought his promotion was simply being on-message with the philosophy of the Red Bull group, but now he's in the big team, he's definitely showing his worth.
In other news ... GO NICO!!! ... good job, son. Hammy looks perturbed
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