Well it was a little less controversial at this weeks Grand Prix although if you looked at the stewards office after the race you would possible question that this was the reality with over 8 drivers called before them. The majority were called because of the use on DRS when there was a yellow flag on on the circuit. Those have gone unpunished due to an error in the larger system. It was always going to be a difficult one to police if 8 drivers were guilty of the same offence. They probably will not be so lucky. Mark Webber will have a 3 place penalty at the next race in Bahrain for causing an accident, as will Gutierrez for hitting Adrian Sutil which put him out of the race.
The race itself was more about tactics rather than serious driving, although there were some good overtaking moves, and fast speeds. The tyres are providing a much talked about point. Its very difficult to know where to sit on the fence about the tyres being so influential. In many ways it is particularly brilliant, it shakes things up, there isn't one team at the front. Driver skills are on show, with the drivers such as Jenson Button, Nico Hulkenburg, Paul Di Resta, Sergio Perez and Felipe Massa showing to be the smoother drivers whereas Alonso is particular driven with his tyres, diving into corners. If it wasn't the tyres providing the differences it would be something else, and if we want all the teams the same we may as well make the cars identical, and then its not formula 1. Formula 1 is the best of the best, the best designers, the best drivers, the best engineers and mechanics. On the other side, it is a pain for the fans in the early sessions with the drivers not coming out, as they need to save tyres, not going full throttle because it could change it. I miss fuelling as part of the pitstops, where you didn't know how much fuel was in the car. Maybe they should bring that back with the tyres being unpredictable too, it would shake it up quite a bit. But we would probably still find that the tyres are too bad. I am currently not sure what would be best.
The politics of F1 is still high in the press with Sebastian Vettel centre of attention. In my personal opinion he is appearing to be a little bit too big for his boots. At the moment, it can still be drawn back, and he can become the cheeky chappy, that the fans and the press love. It could be an interesting few weeks.
