I can’t discuss some things at the level you guys do. I’m more a casual fan. My sons are much more up on the technical aspects. But....
I do despise Eccelstone. I’m saving up a really good vitamin-asparagus pee just for his grave.
There are a lot of things that have improved in F1 in the past few years. The DRS system has to be at the top of the list. Passing, once considered a lost art, is now a regular feature thanks to DRS. Tyre rules have brought back an element of strategy, and caused teams to concentrate on their pit stops. I don’t like the fuel rules; I think they over-reacted to the danger of pit fires. I believe refueling should be part of race strategy.
Some of the new tracks like Texas, Abu Dhabi and Singapore are terrific. Some places like Bahrain I can do without.
I like having more teams. It adds a challenge to the race. Sure, the HRT’s were little better than “fahrende Chicane” but I attended a USGP at Indy that featured six cars. More cars are better, trust me. Just because Narain Kartekeyan drove a crappy HRT doesn’t mean all back markers are bad drivers. Having a good ride also doesn’t automatically make you a good driver. Exhibit A: Pastor Maldonado, Exhibit B: Roman Grosjean. So I disagree with Bernie about the need for contraction, and have another reason to think about that piss stop on his resting place. Not that I’m storing it up in jars in the basement or anything...
How much of the good things in F1 are attributable to Bernie and how much he takes credit for the work of others, I don’t know. I do know the past two or three seasons have featured some of the best racing in decades. I do cringe any time anyone other than a toxic waste recycling center says they are “going green.” We’ll see what happens. I trust in the F1 engineers to work around whatever restrictions get in their way. It seems that whatever is left of drive, ambition and innovation in Europe found its way into F1.
agreed on that DRS was good, the KERS, not so much...
also agreed on the tyre rules and yes refueling should be part of the strategy
i also like the current number of teams even with the “fahrende Chicane” aspect since you have to have a pool of drivers with F1 experience to move up to Class-A teams as the slots open without dipping into the lower Formulas
and again YES, they will never be able to keep grass on his grave, they might as well pave it over and paint it green...
i still don't know why he is against Austria having an F1