Obviously, I’d love to see ultra hi-def ad-free racing, but I think we can all but forget about it for the forseeable future

As for increasing the number of teams, I think that your proposing a means of masking the poor racing rather than adressing the root problem itself, although some of the other points would probably help.

More teams would be great, but if we are to see Prodrive branded McLarens, or Toro Rosso branded Red Bulls etc or more teams that would be 4-5 secs of the pace, with more not too good pay drivers, than better have 10 or 11 …

The every year Silverstone bashing from Bernie gets a bit boring, there are tracks like Hungaroring that for some reason seem to safe forever, and great place like Silverstone is under the threat of axe all the time. This just one of Bernie’s mind games. Sometime is really difficult to read his mind … Like when he decided to criticize Sepang for things that do not seem to be a problem, but did not mention at all the horrible food and bev situation there (I went to F1 race there for past 3 years). Same with Shanghai – great track from spectator point of view, but try to get some decent food there … No word from Bernie on that … So I would add another point for him – “Do not pick on 1 track, make sure that all the tracks are up to standards, no matter how much they pay to your pocket …”

Calendar – I think it is not that important, whether we have 18, 19 or 20 races. But is annoying that this figure is different every year … Set it for 18, 19 or 20, but keep it at that for a while. Do not ever repeat such a stupid start to the season as this year with that massive gap between 1st and 2nd race.

As for Mosley – that man definitelly needs some whacking for airing way too many stupid ideas that way too often turn into stupid rules.

Another extra from me – Try to make sure that when they broadcast 16:9 picture on the on track TVs, they do not squeeze the picture into the 4:3 screens … The screens are of horrible quality already, when you distort the picture further, the TV feed on track is totally useless … (Sepang 2007).

KEEP F1 IN THE U.S.A.!!

And onboard laps instead of the boring Circuit Map with only few small pictures. Also some more videos, like the one that is on the main page at the new website…

I especially like the ideas behind the HDTV and video game issues. Such complex and interesting cars should be seen in the best possible clarity, I can deal with the ads (if need be), as long as they are placed at better times. There is nothing worse then anticipating a pass and right as he it is about to be made, BOOM, commercial. There is only about 10 minutes of actual racing and about 20 minutes of commercials.

Sony’s stranglehold of the F1 license was a disaster from the start on so many levels. Firstly Sony has next to no experience making a decent racing game. On top of poor game design there are even poorer controls. When did The Shu race with a controller? (I know there are probably steering wheels for the console but they are awful, just buy Rfactor and a race wheel for the computer. There is nothing like a 32 car online F1 match….. If you don’t get speared on the first corner).

Video games are one of the most influential tools to the younger generation. If you want them to understand and be interested in your sport, make a video game they can relate to. I’m not saying remove the side pods and add machine guns, just add some immersion. I always loved racing, but I first became interested (and finally understood all the rules and drivers, albeit 1998 rules, when I first played an F1 game, I’ve been hooked ever since.

Pipe dreams I guess…. Bernie doesn’t care about how clear our viewing picture is or how the next generation will take to F1.

As a starting point from a fan’s perspective I would say the hi-def, ad-free racing is a must but probably unlikely while ITV still have a contract to show the races. Which is a right kick in the teeth.

Online videos should be available on YouTube, what do they have to lose from not having them on there when they don’t have a competing alternative like a subscription service on their site?!

The calendar issue is supremely annoying and plain stupidity – why it has to be arranged on a year-by-year basis just doesn’t make sense. I understand why sometimes they may want to swap a couple about due to a city hosting the Olympics or whatever but to do it every year is crazy!

Of the 10 items mentioned, there are probably only a couple which even have a chance of gaining Bernie’s approval – unfortunate, as all 10 are requiring attention.