The sport of F1 has always attracted the cream of the business and show business worlds, not to mention a number of the most beautiful ladies on the planet, but it has suffered a number of set backs of late. The recent Canadian GP must go down as one of the more accident prone and badly organised events of all time with a track which began to crumble during the qualifying sessions.
As if this was not bad enough, world title contender Lewis Hamilton crashed out of the race after a school boy error in the pits when he failed to stop at a red light and crashed into the back of a competitor. In a split second Hamilton took out his main contender for the world title and also ruined his car in the process, rendering them both spectators in the process.
This is the latest in a series of PR gaffes by the F1 sport, with both drivers and the organisers each playing their part over the last few months. While the sport itself has never been more popular, there are many commentators concerned that a lack of forward thinking and serious investment in some of the poorer tracks will have serious consequences in due course.
Do not forget that we are dealing with cars which travel in excess of 200 mile per hour!
