It turned out only to be a race which did nothing to allay my conspiracy theory that Mercedes is deliberately sabotaging Lewis Hamilton's races so as to advantage Rosberg. Isn't it logical that a German team would want a German Champion? And let's face it, Rosberg hasn't really got the natural skills to get there on his own - especially with Hamilton driving a car with the same spec. Toto Wolff, in a post race interview, actually went as far as to admit that Hamilton had an incorrect engine setting from the start - yes I'll just bet he did sunshine (or should that be moonshine?).
The trouble is that Bernie Ecclestone and the FIA have made it too easy for the teams to do this kind of thing. They've encouraged the development of all that electronic gubbins and then prevented the drivers from getting any advice from the pit wall on how to adjust it when it goes wrong. And one day a driver is going to die because he took his eyes off the track to fiddle with his buttons.
I hope it doesn't come to that before the FIA sees sense. As fans we don't get any real benefit from watching the cars get faster and faster. We'd rather watch genuine wheel to wheel action with the more skilful driver winning out rather than the one who can deploy the most amps, volts or whatever it is through their kinetic energy do dahs. I often watch Caterham 7 racing and what a difference that is! If only Formula One could go back to the days of V6 power units with bugger all electronics. Not only would today's race have been utterly different but there would be more teams competing. More exciting racing would mean more ticket sales and maybe encourage the old classic circuits to come back on the calendar.
Of course I'm only dreaming but surely greedy Bernie Ecclestone cannot survive forever?
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