JUNE 8, 2001

Ah, yes a manufacturers' championship

EVERYONE in Montreal was talking about Adrian Newey. The lawyers are counting their minutes and doing complicated multiplication sums and everyone has missed the important point in all this: How in the world are the car manufacturers ever going to agree how to run their own World Championship when they are getting into heavy legal action over a mere designer?

The Newey saga has highlighted just what a silly idea the car manufacturer series is - and always was.

And, really, there is no more analysis needed...