Mercedes team boss Toto Wolff believes the thrilling British Grand Prix came at just the right moment for Formula 1, taking fans minds off recent criticism levelled at the sport.
Empty grandstands and boring races were the topic of conversation before F1 headed to Silverstone, but that was all quickly forgotten when a sell-out crowd of 140,000 watched a thrilling race on Sunday.
The race had multiple leaders, close racing at the front, an unknown outcome and that was all before rain added additional excitement, leading to Wolff asking: "Crisis called off?
"Sometimes these things just happen at the right moment. There were such great crowds out there and a race with all the ingredients necessary to make exciting races," he said.
"There was Williams going like arrows, us not able to overtake, then the right calls, the right rain at the right time and the right winner."
The Austrian doesn't agree that the season has been as boring as some have suggested, but admitted it could be improved with races like the most recent a more common sight.
"I don't share that we are always racing in front of half empty grandstands. We had great races like Montreal, which was full.
"Melbourne was full and Austria was good considering it's a tiny place and we had 55,000 on Sunday.
"We need to work on how can we make it better all the time, to convince the critics that this is a great sport. And we did that [at Silverstone]."
