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"Of course they shouldn't, it is the jewel of F1, the race that every driver wants to win."
I think you said it in your opening comment, Jay. Monaco, for all its deficiencies, attracts an enourmous amount of interest in the sport and the celebreties who throng there lend the event and and all F1 the cachet of glamour and exclusivity that make it so appealing to the general public.
Yes many of the people who attend are not real fans, but their prescence attracts a lot of attention that the sport (and its sponsors)cannot afford to do without.
I also agree with the issue of danger that both Liz and TimD have endorsed-the sport shouldn't be completely sanitized-and the tradition of cars racing on the same virtually the same course that has been in use since before the war is unparalelled in the sport-it would be like giving up on Indy.
And for those of you who would say, "Hey, what about Monza and Silverstone?"- it ain't the same, chicanes have eviscerated those tracks.
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