Secret Mechanic: Teams forget F1's a sport
There has been plenty of negative talk around F1 lately, and the SECRET MECHANIC explains that when this comes from the people at the top of a team, it impacts on everybody else
There seems to be an awful lot of talk around the paddock right now about everything that's wrong with Formula 1. The major players from various teams have all got ideas to make things better, but none of them are prepared to work together to actually achieve anything.
For me, and I'm sure my many colleagues in the pitlane, the political jibing and propaganda is verging on distracting and, even worse, doesn't appear to be anywhere near coming to any kind of conclusion.
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