How to make Formula 1 exciting again
Despite all the pre-season excitement, Formula 1 failed to live up to the hype in the first race of the season in Bahrain. Tony Dodgins analyses what went wrong and looks at ways to fix the racing
Going in to the weekend, it was the Michael Schumacher question on everyone's mind. His rivals were probably tired of being asked how he was going to do.
"Yeah, mate, he's good for F1," Mark Webber said.
But what if he dominates like he did before?
"He won't. Don't worry about that."
Then, on Saturday, after Schuey had qualified seventh, "Is that where you expected him to be?"
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