F1 risks creating Frankenstein's monster
Grand prix racing's increasingly frenzied identity crisis is well-intentioned, but threatens to create something that will be unloved and abandoned. EDD STRAW argues it's time for a new approach
Formula 1's current preoccupation with what it should be, what it shouldn't be and what must be done to breathe new life into it is becoming the most dangerous threat to its future.
This insidious threat to the sport comes so well-disguised that it not only appears to be a force for good, but genuinely considers itself to be so. Most 'stakeholders' will have inadvertently contributed to its power over the years, and with the best of intentions.
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