If ever proof weere needed as to just how screwed up some of the sport's regulations are, regulations that are driving current fans away and turning off prospective new fans, look no further than young Brendon Hartley. The Le Mans and winner, and about to be two time WEC Champion, is about to make his much anticipated F1 race venue. Indeed, when he takes to the track on Sunday it will be fifty years to the day since countryman Denny Hulme won the title, edging out Australian Jack Brabham for whose team he was driving. With the event sure to attract a whole new generation of fans down under, how does one explain that without even having driven the car, the youngster is to be hit with a grid...
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