The lack of action in Bahrain is Max Mosley’s fault according BBC F1 pundit David Coulthard.
“I hope Max Mosley, watching from his ivory tower after relinquishing his post as president of Formula One’s governing body last autumn, enjoyed the Bahrain Grand Prix on Sunday,” he wrote in his Daily Telegraph column.
The ex-Red Bull driver blamed the departed FIA President for playing with the rules too much, citing rev limiters and a single tyre supplier as some of the problems, or legacies left by Mosley.
“Revs limited to 18,000rpm, the ban on in-race refuelling, standardised gearboxes and engines, a single tyre supplier; all initiatives introduced during his tenure at the FIA, all of which appear to have done little for the show if Bahrain is anything to go on.
“The ban on refuelling and the requirement to stop at least once for the second available tyre compound resulted in all the top drivers coming in around the same time; the change to the points system had no noticeable effect on overtaking; and even if the drivers had wanted to overtake they could not because the diffusers (which should have been outlawed last year) create too much downforce for the leading cars and too much turbulence for those following.”
However, it wasn’t all doom and gloom in DC’s column. The Scot noted that it can only get better from here.
“What is certain is that things can only get better,” he added. “I refuse to believe this season will turn into a snoreathon given the potent ingredients on the table.”
