Autosport: Watching Paint Dry
The highlight of many Grand Prix weekends in 2006 was the GP2 support races, or the Formula One qualifying. Just not the Grand Prix itself...
In the early 1990s, there was talk of a TV 'soap' set in and around Formula 1. The late Adam Faith, a good friend of Bernie Ecclestone, was involved, and he came to Barcelona one year, together with a couple of scriptwriters.
The idea was that it would centre round the paddock - the people, the gossip, the friendships and rivalries and intrigues. There would be no actual racing involved.
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