FORMULA 1 PEOPLE HATE UNKNOWNS. They can’t stand any inkling that they lack control over their own destinies. Yet at the same time, and just like the rest of us, they relish the uncertainty of this most complex of sports once the red lights go out, a contradiction that sits at the heart of their F1 addiction. Predicting what’s going to happen next is usually folly in F1, even for motor racing’s greatest minds, and this year it’s true to a degree rarely matched.
The delicious morphine of the tantalising unknown is the best hope F1 has of saving it from itself, in the wake of the bitter events of the Abu Dhabi climax last term. So many have vowed to switch off and turn their backs – but will they? Won’t it be business as usual when they line up in Bahrain, or has lasting damage been inflicted by the contrivance of Lewis Hamilton’s last-lap defeat? Amid promises of reflection and a meaningful review by the governing body, president Mohammed Ben Sulayem has stood down race director Michael Masi, restructured how races are
