or Ferrari's performance today (although Rubens did brilliantly to get> second), but really the whole race in general... or could it really be> called a race any more?>

People have said of past seasons that it looks like a procession, but

drivers afraid to push incase they wear their tyres out, and if they don't> care about the tyres, then they're worrying about the engine that has to> last two races.>

The aggrigate times for qualifying sucks, there is no "fun" in watching> either qualifying runs any more. Also, the "one shot" qualifying runs> sucks, bring back the 12 lap, much better for all viewers, even if the> drivers occasionally complained of traffic. It's been reduced from who

run a great lap to who can run an average lap but also catches good> weather, no gusts of wind / driest track in between rain showers etc.> (also shown up in last years qualications).>

Why don't the FIA for once butt out of making stupid rule changes, this

taken us back to the "boring" 1980's... at least they had turbos in them> days so they could do x amount of overtaking manouvers if they needed it.>

In the 80's we had tyre changes but no fuel changes, now we have fuel> top-up's but no tyre changes. At least with the former, you could charge> as fast as you liked and were rewarded if your engine didn't burn fuel at> the rate of knots.>

To add to the stupidity, you can't add fuel to the car _IF_ a tyre needs> changing, you have to come in seperately for a fuel stop.>

It was interesting that on the grid walk before the race, Martin Brundle> (for ITV-UK tv) said that he had heard of "clarification" of some tyre> rules about changes etc. This should all have been sorted out weeks ago,> not just before a race.>

What a sorry state the FIA have got F1 into.>

sounds fine to me the old system was better or fairer especially for drivers>like DC who don't seem to flourish under the new system. The new system is>better for MS overall except on the odd occasion like this last GP. As soon>as MS fails to win a GP his fans want to change the system. I am surprised>you don't propose that we have the current system EXCEPT when the weather is>variable then we revert to the old system that way MS would benefit all>times!!>

Yes bring back the old system DC prefers it.>

f1 is starting to resemble a > cross between miss world and televised parliment. a parade with a lot of hot > air

Ooh, bad image - Politicians in bikinis.>

better for MS overall except on the odd occasion like this last GP. As soon> as MS fails to win a GP his fans want to change the system. I am surprised> you don't propose that we have the current system EXCEPT when the weather is> variable then we revert to the old system that way MS would benefit all> times!!