It’s years since I was last much of a petrol-head, but I see that at least Patrick Head is thinking of ways to reinvigorate Formula One and win back lapsed fans:
A radical idea to improve the spectacle of Formula One and make overtaking easier has been proposed by Williams team co-owner Patrick Head. The veteran says races can be boring and wants the fastest cars to start at the back and the slowest at the front. “I would like to see the grids in reverse order of championship position,” Head told BBC Sport. “It’s the same for everybody, and over a whole season the right guy would still win the championship.” Head, who has been involved in F1 for more than 30 years and is one of the most respected engineers in the sport, feels his idea will “very much upset the purists”. But he said current proposals to facilitate overtaking and improve the spectacle were unlikely to work and urged the FIA, the sport’s governing body, to “be a bit more adventurous”.
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