Masters Stroke: the verdict
The inaugural Masters Grand Prix at Kyalami proved a big success for everybody involved: organisers, drivers, and fans enjoyed a weekend of strong racing amid a relaxed atmosphere. Dieter Rencken reviews the success of an event that could teach Formula One a thing or two...
An hour after Grand Prix Masters' inaugural race at Kyalami, Scott Poulter still looked absolutely stunned, looked as though he had just won the world's largest-ever slot jackpot with a 5p coin, and was fighting to escape the spewing silver all about him.
The series' originator had been besieged by messages of goodwill all weekend, had felt both hands shaken by many - media members, motor racing folk and just plain, dyed-in-the-wool petrolheads - who thought he would not/could never get his Grand Prix Masters show on-track anywhere, let alone in some far-off country with strong connections to A1 Grand Prix.
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