Two motor sport matters to consider today:
Firstly, this season's Moto GP World Championship has been intensely exciting, notably the battle between Valentino Rossi and Jorge Lorenzo. The strategic renewal of Moto GP, formerly the 500cc World Championship, has been one of the world's quietest sporting stories of the last decade. As such, the sport is very popular in countries including Spain, France and Italy, but still lacks the broad appeal of other forms of motor sport, in particular Formula One. Is there anything the organisers of Moto GP can do to further secure market share in the highly competitive world of motor racing?
Secondly, following yesterday's serious accident involving Felipe Massa at F1's Hungarian GP, Brawn driver Rubens Barrichello stated: "In the GPDA (Grand Prix Drivers' Association) we talked quite a lot about it yesterday [Friday] - and something needs to be done." Given recent political problems in F1, how might the safety agenda take priority over territory and commerce? Is this a good time or a bad time for the important issue of safety to re-emerge? What new safety changes could be identified and implemented, and who will do these things? And is there any way in which the sport could become stronger and more competitive as the result of new safety measures?
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