Looks like Bernie is trying to break new ground again. Let's hope Bulgaria manage to create a track a little more exciting than some of the more recent installations and the Bulgarian public show a bit more interest than those in Turkey and the Middle East.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsport/formula_one/8131474.stm

Sorry if this has been done but.......

I've seen very many posts proclaiming how Sebastian Vettel is the bee's knees but personally i just can't see it at the moment, correct me if I'm wrong but his 3 wins have all come from pole, yes, he's good but personally I just can't see the genius yet.

I knew F1 cars were expensive, I never realised they were gold plated.

http://www.f1passionates.com/golden-era-in-formula-one.html

F1 Live said: At a stakeholders meeting on Tuesday, it was decided that the city of Hockenheim will no longer host the German Grand Prix.

"We will not be the promoters anymore," City Mayor Dieter Gummer, ruing annual multi-million euro losses, is quoted as saying in the German press.

However, he was also quoted as leaving the door open to investors or a new promoter, and earlier this week it was rumoured that Hockenheim is open to the idea of FOTA's breakaway series.

Gummer said discussions with Bernie Ecclestone are taking place, and that the F1 Chief Executive has put into writing his desire for a solution to be found.

With Hockenheim alternating Germany's annual race with the Nurburgring, it is now possible that the country will not appear on the 2010 F1 calendar.

Copied directly from F1 Live.

I wonder if this is true, if it still applies now the FOTA series is dead and whether this will be good news for the Nurburgring?

Thoughts?

This is just speculation, so please don't shoot me down in flames - I am only a female after all (gender call)!

I have been watching F1 for donkeys (ageist call) and am a great supporter of Silverstone (home call). I thought that today's GP was more entertaining than most (bias call) so far this season and have put that down to the fact that the TV Director didn't focus on the front runners (lame-duck call).

But to get back to the title of the "article" - I am wondering if the well-held perception of lack of overtaking is more down to the calibre of the driver than the track or technology. Quickly scanning GM's overtaking thread, I note that some drivers attempt the "impossible" more often than others. This was highlighted today with several back-marker battles - hence my speculation.

Do we have a grid of wimps and not racers?

one thing about a possible breakaway series eludes me. namely what rules and regulations will govern this new series? can i go to the local copy shop with a whole stack of docs with FIA logos removed and say, hey presto! here are my rules and regulations!

i don't think its that easy. so anyone who has an idea who owes the F1 regulations ans can someone just copy and paste them?