Amid quit threats from Red Bull, criticism that the show isn't good enough and senior Formula 1 figures squabbling over its future, Felipe Massa decided to put a drivers' view on the current state of the championship into the mix over the Austrian Grand Prix weekend.
After qualifying, Massa headed over to F1 boss Bernie Ecclestone, CVC chief Donald MacKenzie and his Williams boss Sir Frank Williams in the paddock and filled them in on what he felt - with 12 seasons under his belt - Formula 1 could and should be.
"I was giving my ideas," he said. "You have so many changes that are much cheaper than doing difficult and big changes that will not do anything and that's why I'm trying to give my ideas."