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What passes for a governing body should take a step back, stop listening to the self interest of the teams , stop fiddling round the edges, tear up the section of the rule book entitled 'penalties ' , accept that faster isn't always better, realise that only folk who don't get out enough give a damn about pit stop algorithms , undercuts and overcuts, and that not even they care very much about which tyres wear out quickest.
What do we like ? Fast , noisy , spectacular cars which slide about a bit, which place driver skill at a premium so overtaking isn't easy, but can be effected without silly DRS or pit stops.
Where do we want it ? On exciting racetracks - Spa , Monaco, Monza , Suzuka, Austin etc - with big local crowds.
Where don't we want it? On vanilla Tilke circuits in countries where local oligarchs , and kleptocrats use a GP as nationalist willy waving , and where only 20 expats and a stray dog turn up to watch . And not in places where being gay , indulging in extramarital sex or looking at the supreme leader in a funny way gets you banged up without any of those milquetoast privileges we get in the UK - y'know - access to a lawyer and translator, a fair trial , and all that old school kinda thing ?
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