...He did sort of make it what it is...

What? An overpriced, single-manufacturer-led sequential borefest?

The whole point of F1 at the moment is the enrichment of the rights holders, and nothing at all to do with the racing. The problem is that the new owners will see it all the same way... have you heard them? "We'd like more pre-and-post race crap, with lots of adverts, and even more expensive PAYG and live tickets"[1]

I'm all in favour of bringing back the old euro-tracks and getting rid of the newer 'I have a beeellion, please to make new track' places - but to be honest if the racing isn't there, what's it all about?


[1] I may have paraphrased a bit.

General admission prices for Friday to Sunday :

Spain..........£102
Austria........£87
Hungary......£81
Belgium.....£113
Italy...........£79

Britain......£179

Why so much more?

It's generally accepted that the British Grand Prix is one of the only ones (if not THE only one) that receives zero funding from national government. Despite the multi-million-pound technological industry in the UK that F1 fosters, the government sees no merit in backing the flagship event.

Although I'm no fan of Silverstone as a circuit (for spectating), I do feel sorry for the (perpetually cash-strapped and abused) custodians, whose only option for paying the previous rights'-holder to keep the race has been to shaft the punters.

I hope this changes, but it's hard to see how it will.