MPH: Mark Hughes on...
...F1's climate of fear, and how this has sanitised the sport
Inevitably, as we arrived in Bahrain, the big questions weren't of motor racing, but of Max Mosley's extra-curricular activities. And because this is sanitised Formula 1, the drivers had all been briefed about how to respond to the inevitable questions.
Jarno Trulli, Nick Heidfeld, Nico Rosberg and Lewis Hamilton sat in the Thursday press conference as the question was asked. Nick and Jarno refused to comment. So far, so bland and so typically modern F1. A drama of Shakespearean proportions was unfolding and the sport's leading representatives, its public face, had nothing to say.
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MPH: Mark Hughes on...
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