Formula E

[Doc Austin]

I would too mate, but a 12 or 13 lap race on tight street circuits, doesn't give the guys in back much hope of scoring points for final finishing position.

I think eventually they will figure out how to recharge the things quickly and then they can just race them. The whole changing cars thing is, well, phoney.

I'm not going to judge the series by one race, or even the first season or so, because the technology is evolving. I think it is a minor miracle they have gotten this far. I look forward to this being a great series, but they have to ditch the gimmicks like fan boost and car changes. I can't think of another race in history where they allowed mid race car changes, and certainly not planned changes.

If they want this to be relevant to road technology, they need to be able to "refuel" the cars the same way the rest of us refuel our road cars, or recharge our hybrids.

Of course you could reverse the order for the second heat.

That would be a lot of fun.

N. Prost already has a rep. for dirty driving, but this was the first race of the season.

I'm not surprised. He grew up watching his dad crash Senna on purpose and then Senna crash his dad on purpose. I'm sure he thinks that just how you go racing.

Although, as I stated, I don't think the penalty is severe enough, I have faith the next time will have serious consequences.

Getting someone killed would be a serious consequence.

Prost gets a 10 place grid penalty and Heidfield's team loses an entire car, or at least has a big repair bill. Certainly doesn't seem very fair, but fair is not what I expect from the FIA anyway.

As for Mike, and JV. that was not the first time Mike had been reprimanded by the FIA in F1, he already had a history.

And they still did essentially nothing considering he kept his wins and poles and points. He just lost second place in the championship, as if he even cared about second place. They should have let him keep his second place and make him sit out the next season, or at least the first three races. Why not? They banned Verstappen a couple of races in 94 for an accident that was not even his own fault!

From here on out I have every confidence that Prost will be kept on a short leash.

I hope you are right. Today's incident could have very easily been deadly.