It's me again sorry Alan, I hijacked your thread to vent one of my pet hates.
currently motersport is over regulated, with to many people making decisions about things they do not understand. socalled stewards being a case in point. untill the regulations are simplfyed it will continue. safety regs when i was involved in F1 a driver had to be able to get out of his car unassisted in 15 seconds. this was checked in the pits by stewards walking up toone of the cars and tapping the driver on the shoulder showing him the stop watch and pushing start.now i doubt a driver could get out in 1 minute this is progress for saftey i do not see how. the cars must comply with hybrid regs, frontal and rear crash regs which as far as I can see increase the wheelbase fo give more floor area for Aero dynamics. the average paying spectator does not know all this he just sees an F1 car that is the length of a van from behind a fence 200 yards away from the track. he cannot take his kids to look at the "cars" as they are kept behind closed doors
might as well stay home and watch tv.