If you've listened to our podcasts, you'll know that I've been critical of F1 and the FIA to get out ahead of some the past controversies both organizations have faced over the years. It has always been intriguing to me that the PR divisions of these organizations have chosen not to set the narrative rather let others and then be placed in a position to respond to that narrative. I think of the Hybrid Power Unit and engine sound blowback, the Grid Girl reaction only to be supplanted with Grid Kids and even that has issues, the change in ownership, the change in qualifying, the regulation changes that aren't easily digestible etc. The HALO is another nuance in Formula 1 this season that...
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